AI, Pressure, and People: Wellness in the Age of Acceleration

Wednesday, September 30, 2026 | 9:30AM–10:30AM MT
Session Type: Poster Session
Delivery Format: Poster Session
Artificial intelligence is accelerating faster than institutional change processes can absorb. In higher education IT, this creates a familiar, but intensified, pattern: IT professionals are often caught between urgency from leadership and early adopters, resistance from skeptics, and the limits of their own capacity. The result is not just strategic tension, but real pressure on the people doing the work. This interactive poster explores how leaders and practitioners are experiencing AI in practice: how it is helping, where it is creating strain, and what it means to use it responsibly while sustaining well-being.

Presenters

  • Kate Miffitt

    Chief Digital Experience & Engagement Officer, University of California, Office of the President

  • Felix Zuniga

    Campus Engagement Partner, California State University, Office of the Chancellor