Events

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Events

The Sweeney Center Event Calendar

Artificial Intelligence: Opportunities and Challenges for New Jersey Government, Business and Education

Rowan University, Business Hall Conference Center
Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Registration and Breakfast: 8:00 a.m.
Program: 8:45 am to 1:30 p.m. 
 
This Sweeney Center conference focuses on the challenges and opportunities that the growth of AI poses for government, business and education in New Jersey.
 
Speakers include:
  • Tim Sullivan, CEO of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority and co-chair of the state's AI Task Force;
  • Robert Asaro-Angelo, Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development;
  • Senator Andrew Zwicker, Ph.D., Chair of the Senate Legislative Oversight Committee and Head of Strategic Partnerships and Public Engagement, Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University
  • Arvind Narayanan, Ph.D., Director of the Center for Information Technology, Princeton University, and author of AI Snake Oil: What Artificial Intelligence Can Do, What It Can't and How to Tell the Difference;
  • Nidhal Bouaynaya, Ph.D., Associate Vice President for Artificial Intelligence, Rowan University, and Director of the New Machine & Artificial Intelligence VR Center (MAVRC), Henry M. Rowan College of Engineering;
  • Dave Cole, New Jersey State Chief Innovation Officer and former Vice President, Global Operations and Strategy, Mapbox;
  • Marc Pfeiffer, Senior Policy Fellow and Associate Director of Bloustein Local, Center for Urban Policy Research, Rutgers University.
 
The conference is free. Registration and breakfast open at 8:00 a.m. Lunch is included.
 
To register for the conference, please sign up here.
 

New Jersey Association of Counties: Shared Services and Regionalization Panel

Caesars, Atlantic Cit
Thursday, May 6, 2025
Program: TBD
 
State officials and academic experts will highlight the latest developments in regionalization and shared services initiatives in New Jersey, focusing primarily on county government projects funded through Division of Local Government Services LEAP grants. The panel will also discuss successes in municipal shared services projects and school regionalization initiatives.
 
For further information on NJAC's annual conference, go to NJAC Annual Conference | New Jersey Association of Counties. 
 

The Future of New Jersey Journalism: New Models, Digital Transformation and the Public Interest

Rowan University, Chamberlain Student Center, Eynon Ballroom
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Registration and Breakfast: 8:00 a.m.
Program: 8:45am to 1:30 p.m. 
 
This Sweeney Center conference focuses on the challenges facing New Jersey journalism. Major topics include the growth of nonprofit ownership models, the economics of the digital transformation, the decline in local news reporting, and the impact of increasing partisanship on independent journalism. 
 
The conference is free. Registration and breakfast open at 8:00 a.m. Lunch is included.