Columbia AI Ready: The Davis AI Strategy Summit
About this Event
AI is changing the way we do business. Are you ready to lead through it?
Artificial intelligence is creating extraordinary opportunities for businesses of every size. But with those opportunities come important questions.
Is your business information protected? Are you using AI responsibly? Can you trust the information AI generates? Do you understand the legal and ethical considerations? Most importantly, are you using AI strategically—or simply experimenting with tools?
It's time to move beyond AI curiosity and become AI ready.
Join us for Columbia AI Ready: The Davis AI Strategy Summit, a FREE, four-hour, hands-on experience designed specifically for entrepreneurs, small-business owners, and business professionals who want to understand, navigate, and leverage artificial intelligence with confidence.
This is not another event where you simply sit, listen, and watch someone demonstrate AI tools.
You will bring your laptop, engage in practical exercises, and explore how AI can support smarter decisions, stronger businesses, and meaningful results.
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
This interactive summit will explore six essential areas:
1. AI Readiness: Where Does Your Business Stand?
Understand what it means to be AI ready, identify opportunities within your business, and recognize where AI may improve productivity, efficiency, and business processes.
2. Protecting Your Business: AI Privacy and Cybersecurity
Learn about data privacy, sensitive business information, cybersecurity risks, and practical safeguards to consider before using AI tools.
3. Responsible AI: Using Technology with Confidence
Explore the importance of responsible AI adoption, including accuracy, misinformation, ethical use, and maintaining human oversight.
4. AI and Intellectual Property: Know the Risks
Gain awareness of key considerations involving AI-generated content, copyright, intellectual property, and the use of AI in business materials.
5. Practical AI Applications for Business
Participate in hands-on learning opportunities focused on using AI more effectively, writing stronger prompts, evaluating AI-generated information, and identifying practical applications for your business.
6. Human Capacity: The Power Behind the Technology
Discover why human judgment, leadership, creativity, adaptability, and strategic thinking remain essential to achieving meaningful results with AI.
IMPORTANT: YOU MUST BRING YOUR LAPTOP!
This is a hands-on learning experience. Every participant is required to bring their own laptop and charger.
You will have opportunities to work with AI tools and practice techniques during the summit.
Please come prepared with:
- Your own fully charged laptop and power adapter.
- Access to your email account.
- Your free ChatGPT and Claude accounts, created and verified before the summit (see Before You Arrive below), plus access to any other AI tools you already use.
- Questions or business challenges you'd like to explore.
- A willingness to learn, participate, and think differently about what's possible.
Laptops will not be provided. A smartphone or tablet is not recommended as a substitute.
No advanced technical knowledge is required. Whether you're beginning your AI journey or already experimenting with AI tools, this summit is designed to help you move forward with greater clarity and confidence.
BEFORE YOU ARRIVE: CREATE YOUR FREE AI ACCOUNTS
You do not need to purchase any AI subscriptions, but you MUST create free accounts with ChatGPT and Claude before attending the summit. We will use both platforms during our hands-on activities, so having your accounts set up in advance will allow you to participate fully.
Please complete these two steps before February 23, 2027:
- ChatGPT by OpenAI: Create your free account at https://chatgpt.com
- Claude by Anthropic: Create your free account at https://claude.ai
Both platforms offer free account options. A paid subscription is not required for this event.
Before arriving, please:
- Create and verify both accounts.
- Sign in to each platform to make sure you can access it.
- Bring your laptop and charger.
- Make sure you can access the email account associated with your AI accounts.
Important: Please complete your account setup before the summit so we can spend more time learning, practicing, and exploring what AI can do for your business!
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
This summit is ideal for:
- Entrepreneurs and small-business owners
- Business leaders and managers
- Startup founders
- Nonprofit leaders
- Professionals exploring AI for their organizations
- Anyone responsible for business processes, innovation, or organizational growth
EVENT DETAILS
- Date: Tuesday, February 23, 2027
- Time: 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM EST
- Location: Busby Community Center, 1735 Busby Street, Columbia, SC 29203
- Admission: FREE — advance registration required
- Registration capacity: 50 participants
- Equipment: Personal laptop and charger required
LIMITED TO 50 PARTICIPANTS — REGISTER EARLY!
To create a focused and engaging hands-on learning environment, registration is limited to 50 participants.
Once all 50 spaces have been reserved, a waitlist will become available.
If you're registered and later discover that you cannot attend, please cancel your registration promptly so another participant may have the opportunity to attend.
Waitlist registration does not guarantee admission.
WHY THIS SUMMIT MATTERS
AI is advancing rapidly, but technology alone does not create stronger businesses.
People do.
The ability to think critically, make informed decisions, protect information, navigate change, and apply technology strategically will help shape the future of business.
At Davis AI Strategies, we believe human capacity must remain at the center of innovation.
Our goal is to help you move beyond simply knowing about AI to understanding how to use it responsibly, intentionally, and effectively.
Don't just watch the future of AI unfold. Prepare your business to participate in it.
Reserve Your FREE Seat Today!
Only 50 spaces are available. Bring your laptop and come ready to learn, explore, and take action.
Davis AI Strategies
Human Capacity. AI Possibility. Strategic Impact.
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