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Working With Intelligence: People, Agents, and Institutions

Southern Alberta AI Conference 2027

A Student Organized Conference — hosted at the Dhillon School of Business, University of Lethbridge

Fourth Annual Conference · Details coming Winter 2027

What to Expect

SAAIC 2027 will bring researchers, practitioners, and students together to explore how people, AI agents, and institutions can work side by side. Expect thoughtful talks and conversations on collaboration, trust, and the practical questions that arise as intelligent systems move into real organizations. The full program will be shared as details are confirmed.

Explore SAAIC 2026 Watch 2026 Talks

Conference Theme

SAAIC 2027 explores how people, AI agents, and institutions can work together effectively. Building on last year’s focus on moving beyond the prompt, this year’s theme asks how intelligent systems become reliable collaborators in research, business, public service, and everyday work — and what trust, accountability, and design practice that requires.

People

How humans steer, evaluate, and work alongside AI systems in real organizational settings.

Agents

What changes when AI systems plan, coordinate tools, and take action across workflows.

Institutions

How governance, policy, and culture shape responsible adoption of intelligent systems.

Registration opens Winter 2027

Be first to hear when registration and the call for submissions open. SAAIC remains a student-organized virtual conference connecting researchers, practitioners, students, and industry across Southern Alberta and beyond.

While You Wait

Catch up on talks from previous years and revisit SAAIC 2026.

SAAIC 2026

Beyond the Prompt — schedule, speakers, and organizers from the third annual conference.

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Conference Videos

Watch recordings from SAAIC 2024, 2025, and 2026.

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Past Conferences

Explore archives from previous Southern Alberta AI Conference events.

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Organizers

2027 Organizers

Dan Pearson

Dan Pearson

(2025–2027)

MSc Student, Dhillon School of Business, specializing in Business Analytics.

Vinh Lam

Vinh Lam

(2024–2027)

Data Scientist | Data Analyst | Developer.

Alssa Thomas

Alssa Thomas

(2026–2027)

BSc in Computer Science.

Sidney Shapiro

Sidney Shapiro

(2024–2027)

Assistant Professor of Business Analytics, Dhillon School of Business, University of Lethbridge.

Past Organizers

Our past conferences were organized by faculty and students from the University of Lethbridge Dhillon School of Business and the Computer Science Program.

Dan Pearson

Dan Pearson

(2025–2027)

MSc Student, Dhillon School of Business, specializing in Business Analytics.

Vinh Lam

Vinh Lam

(2024–2027)

Data Scientist | Data Analyst | Developer.

Sanad (Toghoj) Al-Khatib

Sanad (Toghoj) Al-Khatib

(2026)

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Al Hussein Technical University (HTU).

Julia Oystrick

Julia Oystrick

(2026)

Western University Business (BMOS) Student, Honours in Finance.

Ziyu Liu

Ziyu Liu

(2026)

Majoring in English and Financial Management, Nankai University.

Aurora Pinzón Arzola

Aurora Pinzón Arzola

(2026)

Bachelor's degree in Physics, Physical Sciences, Universidad de Guanajuato. #WomanInSTEM ✨

Alssa Thomas

Alssa Thomas

(2026–2027)

BSc in Computer Science.

Rehan Ahmed

Rehan Ahmed

(2026)

BSAI at DHA Suffa University, focused on Machine Learning & Generative AI.

Wahaaj Nasir

Wahaaj Nasir

(2026)

BS Computer Engineering student at NUST - Pakistan | ex-ML Intern @RiseTECH.

Emiliano González

Emiliano González

(2026)

Business Engineering Student | Business Consultant for SMEs.

Ankit Mukherjee

Ankit Mukherjee

(2024–2025)

Graduate of BBA, General Management, University of Lethbridge.

Luana Kovalski

Luana Kovalski

(2025)

Mitacs GRI Intern | Production Engineering Student at Universidade Federal do Paraná.

Kateryna Zaremba

Kateryna Zaremba

(2025)

Mitacs GRI Intern | Sociology Student at National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.

Yuliia Ziuzko

Yuliia Ziuzko

(2025)

Mitacs GRI Intern | Computer Science Student at Sumy State University.

Sidney Shapiro

Sidney Shapiro

(2024–2027)

Assistant Professor of Business Analytics, Dhillon School of Business, University of Lethbridge.

Sponsors

We appreciate the support of the University of Lethbridge and the Dhillon School of Business.