SCHEDULE

Monday, Feb. 5

6:00 – 8:00 PM | LMA and LMF board dinner (board members and invited guests only)

Tuesday, Feb. 6

8:00 AM – 5:00 PM | LMA and LMF board meetings (board members and invited guests only)

5:00 – 7:00 PM | Opening Reception at the Texas Tribune Studio, in partnership with our Newsroom Sponsor, The Texas Tribune – Open to all participants
The reception will take place at the Texas Tribune studio (919 Congress Avenue)

Wednesday, Feb. 7

8:00 AM – 12:30 PM | Special programming and AI Summit- Open to all participants
The AI Summit will take place at the Texas Tribune studio (919 Congress Avenue)

8:00 AM | Light breakfast and welcome

8:15 AM | Q&A with Jim Brady, VP Journalism, Knight Foundation

9:00 AM | AI Summit begins

  • 9:00 AM | R & D Partners Leading the Way on AI for News
  • 9:40 AM | Keynote: AI – Proof Your Journalism, presented by Aimee Rinehart, Senior Product Manager AI Strategy, The Associated Press
  • 10:30 AM | Creating a Culture of AI Innovation, presented by Jay Allred, CEO of Source Brand Solutions and Lede AI Lede AI Takeaways sheet
  • 11:00 AM | Roundtable: AI in Action – Local Newsroom Case Studies
  • 12:00 PM | Google’s AI Tools for News, presented by Chrissy Towle, Director, News Partnerships, Google
  • 12:30 PM | Lunch

1:00 – 5:00 PM | Cohort meetings (Collaborative members and invited guests only)

  • Word In Black
  • BloomLab cohorts 2 and 3
  • News Is Out/Queer Media Sustainability Lab
  • FIMS Lab
  • Lab for Journalism Funding

Thursday, Feb. 8

9:00 AM – 12:00 PM | Cohort meetings (Collaborative members and invited guests only)

  • Word In Black
  • BloomLab cohorts 2 and 3
  • News Is Out/Queer Media Sustainability Lab
  • FIMS Lab

REGISTRATION

Click here to register for this VIP, invite-only event.

TRAVEL AND LOGISTICS

If you are part of a collaborative where your flight and hotel expenses are covered, more information is available here on how to book.

HOTEL

A block of rooms was reserved at the following hotel. You can try and book rooms directly using the link below. If you have any issues, please reach out to Lindsey.Estes@localmedia.org.

Sheraton Austin Hotel at the Capitol
701 East 11th St
Austin, TX 78701, US

Booking Website: 
https://book.passkey.com/e/5072577

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