AI Ready Ohio
@ AI Week 2026.
A community-powered AI Week series for every Ohioan with a stake in the AI economy. Workforce. Enterprise. Leadership. Across the regions where Ohio's AI future is being built.
Three regions. One year.
A statewide drumbeat of community-powered AI gatherings, anchored in Ohio's three major regions. Each event brings local industry, talent, and leadership together. Each city has its own focus and flavor.
The Cincinnati region's flagship AI gathering. A community-powered unconference connecting workforce, employers, and leaders across one of Ohio's fastest-growing AI ecosystems.
Ohio's capital convenes its AI ecosystem. Builders, business leaders, government, and academia in three days of thought leadership, hands-on workshops, and statewide collaboration.
The flagship convening for the Great Lakes region. Manufacturing, advanced industry, and workforce come together for the largest AI Week in the series.
Three things you
will walk away with.
AI Week is an unconference. Sessions are proposed, voted on, and led by the people who show up. Less keynote stage. More collaboration. Each event delivers across three formats — designed so every attendee, from individual learners to senior executives, walks away with a practical takeaway.
Leadership
Industry-leading speakers and panel discussions. The strategic conversations shaping AI in Ohio and beyond.
- AI strategy & policy
- Sector deep-dives
- Ethics & responsible deployment
- Future-of-work outlook
Workshops
Practical sessions where you build, prototype, and learn from practitioners. Skills you can apply Monday morning.
- Prompt engineering & tooling
- AI product development
- Workflow automation
- Sector-specific use cases
Networking
Curated time with business and technology leaders. Meet the partners, employers, and collaborators driving Ohio's AI future.
- Sector-anchored mixers
- Founder & investor matchmaking
- Workforce-employer connect
- Cross-region introductions
Every Ohioan with a stake
in Ohio's AI future.
AI Week is built for the full breadth of the AI economy. Whoever you are, whatever your sector — there's a track for you.
Workforce &
Talent
For the Ohioans who want to learn, level up, and lead in the AI economy. Get certified, find your community, get hired.
Business &
Leadership
For the leaders building Ohio's AI economy. Connect with talent, partners, and the policy conversations shaping what's next.
From AI Ready
to AI Enabled.
Each AI Week is a launchpad for AI Ready Ohio. Workforce trainings. Leadership convenings. Sector engagement. The drumbeat of the program plays through these three weeks.
A statewide platform.
Not a conference.
AI Week is the public face of AI Ready Ohio. The drumbeat where workforce, enterprise, and ecosystem come together — three times a year, in the regions where Ohio's AI economy lives.
Be part of the
community.
AI Week is built by the Ohioans who show up. Three ways to get involved across all three regions in 2026.
Attend
For everyone with a stake in Ohio's AI economy. Three days. Three formats. Practical takeaways and the connections that come with them.
- All three regions, one ticket option
- Workshops, panels, and networking
- AI Ready Ohio certifications onsite
- Open to all Ohioans
Sponsor
Put your organization in front of Ohio's AI ecosystem. Sponsorship opportunities across all three events, sized for every organization.
- Statewide and regional packages
- Track and workshop sponsorships
- Roundtable Series partnership
- Sector-anchored visibility
Volunteer
An unconference is built by its community. Help propose sessions, shape the agenda, run a workshop, or support an event in your region.
- Session organizers & facilitators
- Track curators & reviewers
- Onsite event volunteers
- Regional ambassadors
If AI is your future,
join us.
Whoever you are. Whatever your sector. AI Week is built for every Ohioan with a stake in the AI economy.