Name: All Things AI Launchpad (Get Ready for All Things AI 2026)
Start: 2025-12-03T17:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-12-03T20:30:00-05:00
Location: Durham Armory

Before the main stage. Before the thousands. Before [All Things AI 2026](https://allthingsai.org/save-the-date-all-things-ai-2026?utm_campaign=the-countdown-to-all-things-ai-2026-starts-now&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=news.allthingsai.org) becomes *the* moment everyone will be talking about—there’s **[Launchpad](https://www.meetup.com/all-things-ai-live/events/310492346/?eventOrigin=group_upcoming_events&utm_campaign=the-countdown-to-all-things-ai-2026-starts-now&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=news.allthingsai.org)**.

This is where the magic starts. Where a conversation over pizza becomes your next co-founder. Where an idea scribbled on a napkin turns into next year's breakthrough. Where you stop being an attendee and become part of the story.

Here's the talks from experts with a variety of backgrounds and perspectives sharing an inspiring AI talk in five minutes a piece, bringing the fire, and inspiring you with their AI stories.

Guess what we have so many killer speakers we can't fit all the details into this field in Meetup.com but you can [check out all the speakers in the photos](https://www.meetup.com/all-things-ai-live/photos/35696830/).

Mark Hinkle

Todd Lewis

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Peripety Labs 

Technology

New Technology

Data Science

Data Mining

Predictive Analytics

Data Visualization

Machine Learning

Big Data

Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence Programming

Artificial Intelligence Applications

Deep Learning

***15 AI Experts, 5 Minutes a Piece, Unlimited Inspiration***

* *Abigail Merrill*, GrowthUp Partners, **AI for ROI in 3 Steps**
* *Marc Sirkin*\, Founder\, Marc Sirkin Consulting \| Former CEO\, Third Door Media \(acquired by Semrush\)\| Host of Playbook Broken\, **Force Yourself to Experiment: How AI is Rewiring the Modern Marketer**
* *Guoliang Cao*, Research Triangle AI Society, **Stop Learning, Start Building, Idea to product in one day!**
* *Jen McFarland*\, Founder at Marit Digital \| Writer for WRAL TechWire & Cary Magazine\, **Green AI: Finding Your Sustainable AI Solution**
* *Harsha Upadhyay*, All About Data LLC, **3 Simple Rules to Become an Agentic Polymath**
* *Una Stevenson*, Pinno Marketing & Business Development, **The One Shift That Gets AI Out of Pilot Purgatory**
* *Brittany Barnwell*, **How my digital twin stole my real life**
* *Danny Castro*, AI Tinkerers, **RTP is the community where AI innovation will thrive**
* *Chip Kennedy*, CivicReach, **Our Relationship with Government: Building the AI-Native front Desk for Government Social Services**
* *Nicholas Allen*, NPower, **Three Questions That Launch Careers: Empowering Young People in the AI Era**
* *Yassah Reed*, Gridiron Survivor, **Prescription for Change: Addressing AI’s Place in Healthcare**
* *Scott Girard*, Knowledge Reactor, **Composite AI**
* *Sarah Finnerty*, **AI, Meet Real Life: How I’m Using It to Lead Smarter**

Not just one expert but 13 speakers, and more to come. 

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