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SUMMARY:2026 Tech Summit
DESCRIPTION:Tech Summit: Navigating AI\, Cybersecurity & Innovation\n\nThe Chamber's newest signature event\, the Tech Summit\, explores the trends and innovations reshaping today's business landscape. This half day program brings together experts in tech\, AI\, and cybersecurity\, along with local businesses applying these tools in real world ways\, to share insights every organization needs to stay competitive.\n\n\n\nWhether you are a business leader\, tech professional\, or decision maker preparing for the next wave of digital transformation\, this summit offers the clarity and connections to help you navigate what's coming next.\n\n\n\n\n\nAgenda\n\n\n\nAI in Action Panel: Success Stories & Insights \n\n	Emily Honerbrink\, Principal\, Director of Artificial Intelligence\, Short Elliott Hendrickson Inc.\n	Nick Mueller\, CEO\, Ronald McDonald House Southeastern MN & Western WI\n	Additional panelists TBA soon!\n\n\n\nFeatured Speaker:\n\nGalin Jones \n\nLynn Y. S. Lin Professor of Statistics and inaugural Vice Provost for Artificial Intelligence\, University of Minnesota\n\n\n\nGalin Jones is the Lynn Y. S. Lin Professor of Statistics and inaugural Vice Provost for Artificial Intelligence at the University of Minnesota\, where he leads the AI Hub. An elected Fellow of the ASA and IMS\, his work focuses on Markov chain Monte Carlo methods\, mathematical statistics\, and interdisciplinary AI applications across the physical and social sciences. He has presented at the Mayo Clinic AI Research Summit\, Minnesota Business Partnership\, Big10 State Relations Meeting\, and more.\n\n\n\n\n\nTech Talk Panel: Successes\, Challenges\, & Lessons in Innovation\n\n\n	Jordan Bremer\, Manager\, Software Development & AI Champion\, IBM\n	Matt Redlon\, Chair\, AI Program\, Mayo Clinic \n	Additional panelists TBA soon!\n\n\n\nKeynote:\n\nInside the Threat: An FBI Perspective on Business Cybersecurity  \n\nSpecial Agent Colleen Pe a\, Cyber Criminal Squad\, FBI\n\n\n\nColleen Pe a is a Special Agent with the FBI and works on a cyber investigative squad in the Minneapolis Division. She examines cyber-criminal violations such as ransomware\, SIM swapping\, and complex cyber intrusions. Colleen has been with the FBI for over 9 years and was previously assigned to the San Francisco Division. Colleen holds a bachelor's degree in criminal justice with minors in psychology and forensic science\, a master's degree in forensic psychology with a cybercrime emphasis\, and her Juris Doctor degree. \n\n\n\n\n\nAgenda subject to change. By attending a Chamber event\, you consent to the Chamber Event Policy.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<span style="font-size:24px\;"><strong>Tech Summit: Navigating AI\, Cybersecurity &amp\; Innovation</strong></span><br />\nThe Chamber&rsquo\;s newest signature event\, the Tech Summit\, explores the trends and innovations reshaping today&rsquo\;s business landscape. This half&#8209\;day program brings together experts in tech\, AI\, and cybersecurity\, along with local businesses applying these tools in real&#8209\;world ways\, to share insights every organization needs to stay competitive.<br />\n<br />\nWhether you are a business leader\, tech professional\, or decision&#8209\;maker preparing for the next wave of digital transformation\, this summit offers the clarity and connections to help you navigate what&rsquo\;s coming next.<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-size:18px\;"><strong>Agenda</strong></span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-size:16px\;"><strong>AI in Action Panel: Success Stories &amp\; Insights </strong></span>\n<ul>\n	<li>Emily Honerbrink\, <em>Principal\, Director of Artificial Intelligence\, Short Elliott Hendrickson Inc.</em></li>\n	<li>Nick Mueller\, <em>CEO\, Ronald McDonald House Southeastern MN &amp\; Western WI</em></li>\n	<li><em>Additional panelists TBA soon!</em></li>\n</ul>\n<br />\n<span style="font-size: 16px\;"><strong>Featured Speaker:</strong><br />\n<strong>Galin Jones&nbsp\;</strong></span><img alt="" height="150" src="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/1427/Image/GalinJones.png" style="width: 150px\; height: 150px\; float: right\; margin: 15px\;" width="150" /><br />\n<em>Lynn Y. S. Lin Professor of Statistics and inaugural Vice Provost for Artificial Intelligence\, University of Minnesota</em><br />\n<br />\nGalin Jones is the Lynn Y. S. Lin Professor of Statistics and inaugural Vice Provost for Artificial Intelligence at the University of Minnesota\, where he leads the AI Hub. An elected Fellow of the ASA and IMS\, his work focuses on Markov chain Monte Carlo methods\, mathematical statistics\, and interdisciplinary AI applications across the physical and social sciences. He has presented at the Mayo Clinic AI Research Summit\, Minnesota Business Partnership\, Big10 State Relations Meeting\, and more.<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-size:16px\;"><strong>Tech Talk Panel: Successes\, Challenges\, &amp\; Lessons in Innovation</strong></span>\n\n<ul>\n	<li>Jordan Bremer\,&nbsp\;<em>Manager\, Software Development &amp\; AI Champion\, IBM</em></li>\n	<li>Matt Redlon<em>\, Chair\, AI Program\, Mayo Clinic&nbsp\;</em></li>\n	<li><em>Additional panelists TBA soon!</em></li>\n</ul>\n<br />\n<span style="font-size:16px\;"><strong>Keynote:</strong><br />\n<strong>Inside the Threat: An FBI Perspective on Business Cybersecurity &nbsp\;</strong></span><img alt="" height="143" src="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/1427/Image/fbiseal1.jpeg" style="width: 150px\; height: 143px\; float: right\; margin: 15px\;" width="150" /><br />\nSpecial Agent Colleen Pe&ntilde\;a\, <em>Cyber Criminal Squad\, FBI</em><br />\n<br />\nColleen Pe&ntilde\;a is a Special Agent with the FBI and works on a cyber investigative squad in the Minneapolis Division. She examines cyber-criminal violations such as ransomware\, SIM swapping\, and complex cyber intrusions. Colleen has been with the FBI for over 9 years and was previously assigned to the San Francisco Division. Colleen holds a bachelor&rsquo\;s degree in criminal justice with minors in psychology and forensic science\, a master&#39\;s degree in forensic psychology with a cybercrime emphasis\, and her Juris Doctor degree.&nbsp\;<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em><span style="font-size:12px\;"><span style="color: black\;"><span style="font-family: arial\, sans-serif\;">Agenda subject to change. By attending a Chamber event\, you consent to the <strong><a href="https://www.rochestermnchamber.com/event-policy/">Chamber Event Policy.</a></strong></span></span></span></em>
LOCATION:Hilton Rochester Mayo Clinic Area Ballroom on the Third Floor 10 E Center St\, Rochester\, MN 55904
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URL:http://business.rochestermnchamber.com/events/details/2026-tech-summit-1515941
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