AI Readiness Summit 2026

AI Lab: Entrepreneur's Edge

What if you could build a team member that works 24/7, answers customer questions, qualifies leads, and helps your business grow—all without writing a single line of code?

In this highly interactive lab, Jeanne "Moe" Robinson, Founder and Chief AI Architect of KairosAI Solutions, will guide attendees through the process of building a customized AI Business Assistant using free AI tools and practical prompt engineering techniques.

Participants will learn how AI assistants work, how to create effective system prompts, and how to train an AI assistant to communicate in their unique business voice. Through a live guided exercise, attendees will first build an assistant for a sample business and then create one tailored to their own organization, side hustle, nonprofit, consulting practice, or entrepreneurial venture.

Attendees will choose from several real-world business applications, including a Customer FAQ Bot, an Intake Assistant that helps qualify prospects, or a Review Responder that drafts professional responses to customer feedback. By the end of the session, every participant will have built, tested, and refined a working AI assistant they can continue using long after the summit.

What You'll Learn:
• How AI assistants can save time and increase business efficiency
• The fundamentals of prompt engineering and system prompts
• How to create an AI assistant that reflects your brand and communication style
• Practical use cases for customer service, lead generation, and business operations
• How to test, improve, and refine AI outputs for better results
• Strategies for leveraging AI without technical or coding experience

Ideal For:
Entrepreneurs, small business owners, consultants, nonprofit leaders, side-hustlers, creators, and professionals interested in using AI to streamline operations, improve customer experiences, and create more time for high-value work.

Format: Hands-on workshop with guided instruction, live demonstrations, peer testing, and individual build time. Attendees will leave with a customized AI Business Assistant, a reusable prompt framework, and practical tools they can immediately apply to their business.

AI Lab: Personal Productivity & Life Systems

What if you had a personal AI-powered operating system that could help you organize your priorities, manage information overload, and make better decisions every day?

In this interactive workshop, Leland Baptist, Chief Systems Architect at Ignite Business Software and RDU Triad Chapter National Black MBA Association member will guide participants through the process of building their own Executive Operating System (Executive OS), a personalized AI-enhanced productivity framework designed to help professionals operate with greater focus, clarity, and effectiveness.

Attendees will explore how AI can be used to create intelligent workflows for task management, daily planning, inbox triage, decision support, financial projections, and personal goal tracking. Through hands-on exercises and practical demonstrations, participants will learn how to transform AI from a simple chatbot into a strategic partner for both professional and personal success.

This session is designed for busy professionals who want to spend less time managing information and more time executing on what matters most.

What You'll Learn:
• How to build a personal AI-powered productivity system
• Techniques for organizing tasks, priorities, and daily workflows
• AI-driven approaches to managing email, calendars, and information overload
• Methods for improving focus, decision-making, and execution
• Practical ways to use AI to support personal goals, finances, and long-term planning
• How no-code AI tools can help automate and simplify everyday work

Ideal For:

Professionals, managers, entrepreneurs, consultants, executives, students, and anyone looking to leverage AI to create more structure, efficiency, and intentionality in their work and personal life.
Format: Hands-on lab featuring live demonstrations, guided system-building exercises, practical templates, and actionable frameworks attendees can immediately apply after the summit.

AI Lab: Prompting 101

Great AI results don't happen by accident—they start with better prompts.
In this hands-on lab, Richard "Professor T" Tillies, Department Head of Computer Programming & Information Sciences at Wake Technical Community College, will introduce attendees to the fundamentals of effective prompting and show how small changes in the way you communicate with AI can dramatically improve the quality of your results.

Participants will learn a practical framework for building stronger prompts using Persona, Task, Context, and Format (PTCF). Through interactive exercises and real-world business scenarios, attendees will practice transforming vague requests into clear, actionable prompts that produce more accurate, useful, and reliable outputs.
The session will also explore common AI pitfalls, including hallucinations, ambiguity, and overreliance on AI-generated content, helping participants become more informed and responsible AI users.

What You'll Learn:
• Why prompt quality directly impacts AI output quality
• The Persona, Task, Context, and Format (PTCF) prompting framework
• How to reduce hallucinations and improve accuracy
• Practical prompting techniques for business, marketing, HR, operations, and everyday productivity
• Simple strategies for turning AI into a more effective work partner

Ideal For:
Professionals, managers, entrepreneurs, educators, students, and anyone looking to improve their ability to communicate effectively with AI tools such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and Microsoft Copilot.

Format: Interactive lab with hands-on exercises, group activities, and real-world prompt improvement challenges.

AI Lab: Entrepreneur's Edge

What if you could build a team member that works 24/7, answers customer questions, qualifies leads, and helps your business grow—all without writing a single line of code?

In this highly interactive lab, Jeanne "Moe" Robinson, Founder and Chief AI Architect of KairosAI Solutions, will guide attendees through the process of building a customized AI Business Assistant using free AI tools and practical prompt engineering techniques.

Participants will learn how AI assistants work, how to create effective system prompts, and how to train an AI assistant to communicate in their unique business voice. Through a live guided exercise, attendees will first build an assistant for a sample business and then create one tailored to their own organization, side hustle, nonprofit, consulting practice, or entrepreneurial venture.

Attendees will choose from several real-world business applications, including a Customer FAQ Bot, an Intake Assistant that helps qualify prospects, or a Review Responder that drafts professional responses to customer feedback. By the end of the session, every participant will have built, tested, and refined a working AI assistant they can continue using long after the summit.

What You'll Learn:
• How AI assistants can save time and increase business efficiency
• The fundamentals of prompt engineering and system prompts
• How to create an AI assistant that reflects your brand and communication style
• Practical use cases for customer service, lead generation, and business operations
• How to test, improve, and refine AI outputs for better results
• Strategies for leveraging AI without technical or coding experience

Ideal For:
Entrepreneurs, small business owners, consultants, nonprofit leaders, side-hustlers, creators, and professionals interested in using AI to streamline operations, improve customer experiences, and create more time for high-value work.

Format: Hands-on workshop with guided instruction, live demonstrations, peer testing, and individual build time. Attendees will leave with a customized AI Business Assistant, a reusable prompt framework, and practical tools they can immediately apply to their business.

AI Lab: Personal Productivity & Life Systems

What if you had a personal AI-powered operating system that could help you organize your priorities, manage information overload, and make better decisions every day?

In this interactive workshop, Leland Baptist, Chief Systems Architect at Ignite Business Software and RDU Triad Chapter National Black MBA Association member will guide participants through the process of building their own Executive Operating System (Executive OS), a personalized AI-enhanced productivity framework designed to help professionals operate with greater focus, clarity, and effectiveness.

Attendees will explore how AI can be used to create intelligent workflows for task management, daily planning, inbox triage, decision support, financial projections, and personal goal tracking. Through hands-on exercises and practical demonstrations, participants will learn how to transform AI from a simple chatbot into a strategic partner for both professional and personal success.

This session is designed for busy professionals who want to spend less time managing information and more time executing on what matters most.

What You'll Learn:
• How to build a personal AI-powered productivity system
• Techniques for organizing tasks, priorities, and daily workflows
• AI-driven approaches to managing email, calendars, and information overload
• Methods for improving focus, decision-making, and execution
• Practical ways to use AI to support personal goals, finances, and long-term planning
• How no-code AI tools can help automate and simplify everyday work

Ideal For:

Professionals, managers, entrepreneurs, consultants, executives, students, and anyone looking to leverage AI to create more structure, efficiency, and intentionality in their work and personal life.
Format: Hands-on lab featuring live demonstrations, guided system-building exercises, practical templates, and actionable frameworks attendees can immediately apply after the summit.

AI Lab: Prompting 101

Great AI results don't happen by accident—they start with better prompts.
In this hands-on lab, Richard "Professor T" Tillies, Department Head of Computer Programming & Information Sciences at Wake Technical Community College, will introduce attendees to the fundamentals of effective prompting and show how small changes in the way you communicate with AI can dramatically improve the quality of your results.

Participants will learn a practical framework for building stronger prompts using Persona, Task, Context, and Format (PTCF). Through interactive exercises and real-world business scenarios, attendees will practice transforming vague requests into clear, actionable prompts that produce more accurate, useful, and reliable outputs.
The session will also explore common AI pitfalls, including hallucinations, ambiguity, and overreliance on AI-generated content, helping participants become more informed and responsible AI users.

What You'll Learn:
• Why prompt quality directly impacts AI output quality
• The Persona, Task, Context, and Format (PTCF) prompting framework
• How to reduce hallucinations and improve accuracy
• Practical prompting techniques for business, marketing, HR, operations, and everyday productivity
• Simple strategies for turning AI into a more effective work partner

Ideal For:
Professionals, managers, entrepreneurs, educators, students, and anyone looking to improve their ability to communicate effectively with AI tools such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and Microsoft Copilot.

Format: Interactive lab with hands-on exercises, group activities, and real-world prompt improvement challenges.