Monday, May 4, 2026
2:30 - 3:30 p.m.
The Workspace @ The Garage, 2311 N Campus Dr #2300, Evanston, IL 60208
Join us for the soft launch of FORGE, NNCI's new AI Makerspace program! Come by to learn more about our upcoming programming, workshops, and offerings.
Light refreshments will be provided. Registration is required.
Wednesday, May 6, 2026
3:30 - 4:30 p.m.
NM Mansueto Innovation Institute Gathering Hub, 541 N Fairbanks Ct, 22nd Floor, Chicago, IL 60611
Join us for the soft launch of FORGE, NNCI's new AI Makerspace program! Come by to learn more about our upcoming programming, workshops, and offerings.
Light refreshments will be provided. Registration is required.
Tuesday, Apr. 7, 2026
Noon - 1:30 p.m.
Norris University Center, McCormick Auditorium, 1999 Campus Drive, Evanston
Webinar available via Zoom
Join us for a Distinguished Panel event featuring Sean Mooney, Director, Center for Information Technology, National Institutes of Health; and moderator Kristi Holmes, Director, Galter Health Sciences Library, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
Lunch will be provided. Registration is required.
Tuesday, Apr. 14, 2026
Noon - 1:30 p.m.
Norris University Center, Wildcat Room (1-163), 1999 Campus Drive, Evanston
Webinar available via Zoom
Join us for an in-person Distinguished Panel event featuring Jeremy Gilbert and Sara Sood, moderated by Karen Smilowitz. Higher education is at an inflection point. As artificial intelligence rapidly reshapes how we teach, learn, and conduct research, universities face pressing questions about what this means for students, faculty, and institutions alike.
Lunch will be provided. Registration is required.
Tuesday, May 12, 2026
Noon - 1:30 p.m.
Norris University Center, McCormick Auditorium, 1999 Campus Drive, Evanston
Webinar available via Zoom
Join us for an in-person Distinguished Speaker event featuring Larry Davis, a leading figure in computer vision and artificial intelligence whose influential academic career and recent industry innovations at Amazon have helped shape modern approaches to visual understanding and generative media.
(Previously hosted on March 11th, rescheduled to May 12th)
Lunch will be provided. Registration is required.
Tuesday, May 19, 2026
Noon - 1:30 p.m.
Robert H. Lurie Medical Research Center, Baldwin Auditorium, 303 E. Superior Street, Chicago
Webinar available via Zoom
Join us for a Distinguished Speaker event featuring Hoifung Poon, a leading figure in biomedical AI and precision health whose influential academic career and recent industry innovations at Microsoft Research have helped shape modern approaches to medical data understanding and generative medicine.
Lunch will be provided. Registration is required.
Thursday, May 28, 2026
Noon - 1:30 p.m.
Daniel Hale Williams Auditorium, McGaw Pavilion, 240 E. Huron Chicago, IL 60611
Webinar available via Zoom
Join us for a Distinguished Panel event featuring Doni Bloomfield, Associate Professor of Law, Fordham Law School; Daniel Eisenman, Executive Director of Biosafety Services, Advarra; Nicole Kikendall, Principal Biologist, Argonne National Laboratory; and moderator Mohammad Hosseini, Assistant Professor of Preventive Medicine (Biostatistics and Informatics), Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
Lunch will be provided. Registration is required.
