Built It. Now What? The Communications Strategy Behind Campus-Wide AI Adoption

Wednesday, September 30, 2026 | 3:30PM–4:15PM MT
Session Type: Breakout Session
Delivery Format: Panel Session
Deploying an AI platform is one challenge. Getting 30,000 people to use it confidently and effectively is another. This session shares how one university IT team approached both: building a secure, institution-owned AI platform and investing equally in the communications, training, and AI literacy programs that made adoption possible. Because even the best tool sits unused when people don't know how to get started. You'll hear from the IT communications director who built the multichannel adoption campaign, the AI specialist who designed the training program that brought hundreds of new users on board in its first month, and the IT director who led the tech strategy— a candid, practical conversation about what it takes to meet your community where they are and bring them along.

Presenters

  • Beth Clark

    Vice Provost of Information Technology & Chief Information Officer, University of California, Irvine

  • Sarkis Daglian

    Director of AI, Cloud, and Client Solutions, University of California, Irvine

  • Xanat Hernandez Alvarez

    Director of Communications, University of California, Irvine

  • Ian Williamson