AI for All: Who Will Build the Future of AI?

As AI becomes increasingly embedded in the products, services, and decisions that shape our world, a critical question emerges:

Who gets to build, influence, and shape the future of AI?

Join TEKsystems and Bank of America during Seattle AI Week for a discussion on how broader participation in AI can drive innovation, reduce blind spots, strengthen talent pipelines, and create better outcomes for businesses and communities.

As demand for AI skills continues to grow, organizations face a dual challenge: accelerating AI adoption while developing the workforce needed to support the future of innovation. Together with technology leaders, business executives, and workforce development organizations, we'll explore how talent, perspective, and opportunity intersect to shape the next generation of AI.Organizations consistently say they need more AI talent. Yet many aspiring technologists, career changers, and early-career professionals are struggling to gain access to technology careers. At the same time, we're asking AI to make decisions that increasingly affect a broad range of people and communities. If we want better outcomes from AI, we need to think about who is helping build, test, improve, and shape it.

Topics Include

  • Who will build the future of AI?

  • Why broader perspectives create better AI outcomes

  • Innovation, trust, and reducing blind spots in AI

  • The growing gap between AI talent demand and talent access

  • Building sustainable talent pipelines in an AI-driven economy

  • What business leaders can do today to prepare tomorrow's workforce

Agenda Highlights

Keynote WelcomeAndy Keys, Senior Vice President, Bank of America

Workforce Development Spotlights

  • Computing for All

  • Mentors in Tech (MiNT)

  • Per Scholas Seattle

Executive Leadership Panel

  • Moderator: Kevin Burson, Principal AI Strategist - One North

  • Payam Tarverdyan Chychi, Distinguished Security Architect - Expedia Group

  • Jessica Swetin, VP, Head of Inclusion, AI Ethics & Accountability, and People Compliance - Atlassian

  • Ruchi Arora, Associate Director - Bristol Myers Squibb

  • Devin Johnson, HR Senior Manager, AI Learning & Workforce Enablement - Nordstrom

Networking Reception & Happy Hour

Continue the conversation in Bank of America's award-winning RSQ Amenity Space, a speakeasy-inspired venue designed for meaningful connections and engaging conversations.

Event Details

Date: October 28Time: 3:30 PM – 7:00 PMLocation: Rainer Square Tower

AI impacts all of us. Join Seattle's technology, business, and workforce leaders as we explore who will build, shape, and influence the future of AI.

This version keeps the focus on the big question, positions the workforce development partners as part of the conversation rather than the centerpiece, and maintains the connection between better perspectives → better AI → better business outcomes.