Slack, Meet Your New Coworker: From Slackbot and Beyond

As Slack evolves from a collaboration hub into an AI-powered work surface, teams are beginning to rethink how work gets done inside the tools they already use every day. In this session, Joyce Kay Avila explores how Slackbot and related AI capabilities can help summarize conversations, surface action items, answer questions, and keep work moving without leaving the flow of discussion.

We’ll look at emerging patterns for agentic collaboration in Slack, including Claude Tag and what it means to delegate work to AI while maintaining context, visibility, and governance.

You’ll walk away with a clearer view of how AI can extend collaboration inside Slack, plus practical ideas for using these capabilities to reduce friction and keep teams moving.

Speaker Bio:
Joyce Kay Avila has more than 25 years of experience as a business and technology leader. She is currently the Chief Innovation Officer at DataWorthy.ai and the author of four O’Reilly books, including the Salesforce AI book, which will be released in October 2026.

Joyce holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in computer science and accounting/business administration, and she completed PhD coursework in accounting information systems. She also holds 22 Salesforce certifications and accreditations, along with certifications in Slack, Tableau, and Snowflake. Joyce is the leader of two well-known DFW groups: the Slack community group and the Snowflake user group.

Agenda:
6pm Food and Mingle
6:30pm Presentation and Q&A