Live Event Ignite Resilience: AI, Humans, Possibility

Think Series // AI presents Ignite Resilience: AI, Humans, Possibility, a high-voltage happy hour of ideas. Explore the ideas shaping the future of business, education and human ingenuity in North Carolina. Discover how App State faculty and staff are leading the way in AI innovation through

  • ethics,

  • design

  • and resilience. 

Thursday, Nov. 13 | 5 – 7 p.m. Ignite Talks start at 5:30 p.m.

The Solarium, Plemmons Student Union, Appalachian State University


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When curiosity meets courage, sparks fly.

After eight weeks exploring how AI is reshaping work, teaching and research, App State’s faculty and staff take the stage to show what happens when imagination leads the machine.

Nine speakers. Five minutes each. 

Twenty slides that don’t wait.


Welcome to Ignite Talks—where ideas move at the speed of innovation and no one hides behind a deck. Expect sparks in business, design, tech, education and beyond.


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Open to faculty, staff, industry partners and community members interested in how artificial intelligence is transforming work, creativity and the human experience.

AI isn’t the future, it’s the present tense. 

Ignite Resilience Top Honors

Awards for top Ignite Talks:

$1,000 – First Honor
$750 – Second Honor
$500 – Third Honor

Sponsored by: NC Innovation and CETLSS

Ignite Resilience
Published: Nov 7, 2025 4:07pm

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