{"id":387,"date":"2023-08-07T16:51:58","date_gmt":"2023-08-07T16:51:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/offices.austincc.edu\/provost\/?page_id=387"},"modified":"2026-02-24T19:47:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T19:47:48","slug":"futurefit","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/offices.austincc.edu\/futurist\/futurefit\/","title":{"rendered":"FutureFit Event 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">FutureFit Series Hosts First Seminar: Generating Tomorrow\u2019s Workforce<\/h2>\n<p>Austin Community College&#8217;s Make It Center recently hosted the first seminar in a new series titled FutureFit. <em>Generating Tomorrow\u2019s Workforce<\/em> marked the first of the seminars and explored the impact of generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) on higher education and employment. The seminar featured keynote speaker Dr. E. Glen Weyl, of the Plurality Institute and Microsoft Research Special Projects Division.<\/p>\n<p>After the keynote address, Glen joined Abdul Sobhani, CEO of Centex Technologies, an I.T. consulting company, and the civilian advisor to the secretary of the Army for the Austin region. Dr. Umphrey, Provost\/Executive Vice Chancellor of&nbsp;Academic&nbsp;and&nbsp;Student Affairs, moderated the panel and took questions from the audience about AI\u2019s role in the future of student success.<\/p>\n<p>You can watch the entire seminar at the link below.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/austincc.hosted.panopto.com\/Panopto\/Pages\/Viewer.aspx?id=2414a4ca-85ef-4a57-bb1c-b05200e9aee8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"561\" src=\"https:\/\/offices.austincc.edu\/provost\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2023\/08\/FutureFitVideoImage_REV.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/offices.austincc.edu\/futurist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2023\/08\/FutureFitVideoImage_REV.png 900w, https:\/\/offices.austincc.edu\/futurist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2023\/08\/FutureFitVideoImage_REV-300x187.png 300w, 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