Today I hosted the MnTech Q1 2023 Tech Leadership Forum. The organization is changing the format of this event to have technology leaders run these quarterly forums. I thought it would be fun to focus on the topic that is making so much press lately — Generative AI: Harnessing Disruption into Innovation.

MnTech Tech Leadership Forum title slide dated February 23 2023 with geometric blue and dark gray shapes

I was lucky enough to get three others to join in the dialog:

Slide titled Today's Panelists showing four circular headshot photos with names and titles below each: Jaime Thingelstad CTO SPS Commerce, Todd Van Nurden Principal Cloud Architect Microsoft, Sam

Some of the topics discussed:

  • Why now? AI has been in the works for a long time. Has there been a technological breakthrough recently?
  • How does Generative AI affect how we build software.
  • How does Generative AI benefit from these early releases.
  • Opportunities technologists see to use this capability in their organizations.
  • What are some of the risks to keep an eye on?
  • AI as a coach or mentor?

Since it was an invite only event for members there isn’t a video to share. 😕

Circular black badge with blue border reading Tech Leadership Forum February 23 2023 with MnTech Minnesota Technology Association logo and Generative AI Harnessing Disruption into Innovation text

Of course there is a POAP for the event! And even more exciting, the POAP is also held by POAP.MnTech.eth which is the first POAP that MnTech is officially producing.