Stratford AI Summit: Real Skills. Real People. Real World AI.

Welcome to the Stratford AI Summit: Real Skills. Real People. Real world AI.

The Stratford Perth Centre for Business is excited to present this event with support from Presenting Sponsor Perth County and additional sponsorship support from Perth Community Futures Development Corporation, the Town of St. Marys, and Meridian.

Join us at the Tom Patterson Theatre in Lazaridis Hall for an event designed to help you gain real skills from real people working in the field of AI. Join Avery Swartz, Camp Tech founder and lead instructor for a fun and fast-moving morning that turns AI curiosity into clear next steps, including live demos, and open Q and A. After a complimentary lunch, the day is rounded out with a lively panel of business professionals from our community discussing how they are using AI.

Tickets are $100/person and include day’s programming as well as Continental Breakfast, Lunch and Refreshments.

Brief Agenda:

Morning AI Keynote and Skills Session which includes “Discover how AI can transform your business”, Live Prompting Transformation Session and an “Ask-Me-Anything Q&A” with Avery.

Lunch

Afternoon AI Panel Discussion: Join local business leaders who will discuss challenges, AI opportunities and share insights on adopting AI in their lives and their workplace. Panelists include Brock Hart (Co-founder & CDO, Overlap Associates), Greg Orr (Account Executive, Orr Insurance), Shelley Windsor (Partner, Windsor Hospitality), and moderator Joani Gerber (CEO, investStratford).

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What to bring:

The sessions are not “hands on with your laptop” so bring whatever device you need to take notes. That could be a laptop, a smartphone, or a good old fashioned notebook. And if you do bring a laptop, make sure its battery is charged!

Who should attend:

· Small-business owners, business leaders, and managers who choose the tech but never write code

· People in Marketing, Operations, HR, or Finance who need to save time and money·

· Anyone who has opened ChatGPT once or twice and wonders what else is possible

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Want more details?

Discover how AI can transform your business, from personalized customer engagement and marketing content creation to admin and operations tasks. You’ll learn how generative AI tools like ChatGPT work, and why they sometimes behave in unexpected ways. Through a mix of eye-opening examples and demos, you’ll learn what’s possible with AI so you can identify ways to embrace its potential while grounding yourself in responsible use.

Live Prompting Transformation Session. The better you prompt a generative AI system, the better the output will be. Learn how to get the most from tools like ChatGPT, Copilot, and Gemini with tried-and-true prompting techniques. We’ll take prompts from “just okay” to “wow!” right before your eyes using strategies you can replicate in your own work.

Ask-Me-Anything Q&A. Bring your thorny questions, half-baked ideas, or “can AI really do this?” challenges. We’ll tackle them on the spot so you leave with personalized next steps.

Afternoon AI Panel Discussion: Moderated by Joani Gerber, CEO of investStratford, local business leaders Brock Hart, Greg Orr and Shelley Windsor will share the challenges and oppportunities that AI has introduced in both their business lives.

Cost

$100/person

Why register now?

*Spaces are limited to keep the session interactive. Purchase your seat by Tuesday, September 16 to join Camp Tech in Stratford for a focused look at working smarter with AI.

What is Camptech?

Camp Tech has spent more than a decade helping Canadian businesses and nonprofits pick up practical tech skills, and now they’re bringing that classroom energy to Stratford.

SEE YOU SOON!

*This event is sponsored by Presenting Partner Co-Sponsors Perth County and SPCB, Supporting Sponsor Perth Community Futures Development Corporation and Community Sponsors Town of St. Marys and Meridian.