Conference Agenda

Tuesday, April 21, 2026 

8:00 a.m. 
Registration / Light Breakfast 

8:30 a.m.
Conference Co-Chairs' Welcome
Anne Bowen Fischer, MPA
Director of Strategic Relations, Senior Associate to the Chancellor, UNMC 

Emily Glenn, MSLS, AHIP-D
Dean, McGoogan Health Sciences Library, UNMC 

8:40 a.m.
Chancellor's Welcome
H. Dele Davies, MD
Interim Chancellor, UNMC 

9:00 a.m. – Keynote Address
AI May Be the Answer—But What Is the Question?  
Ryan Lee, MD, MBA 
Howard B. Hunt Centennial Professor and Chair, Department of Radiology, UNMC 

9:45 a.m. 
Break

10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. 
Digital Poster Session 1 

10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. 
Print Poster Session 1 

11:00 a.m. 
Break 

11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. 
Digital Poster Session 2 

12:15 p.m. 
Get to Know the University of Nebraska AI Institute 
Santosh Pitla, PhD and Adrian S. Wisnicki, PhD 
University of Nebraska AI Institute 

12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. 
Networking Lunch / Announcements / Partner Tables Open 

1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. 
Print Poster Session 2 

1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. 
Digital Poster Session 3 

2:30 p.m. – Plenary Session
Humans in the Loop: The Evolution of Work in Early Experiments with Generative AI 
Ben Armstrong, PhD 
Executive Director, Industrial Performance Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 

3:15 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. 
Vibe Coding Demonstration — Guided by audience input and imagination; no device needed 
Victor Winter, PhD 
Professor, Computer Science, UNO 

4:00 p.m. 
Closing Reflections 

4:15 p.m. 
Adjournment