AI Week Virtual Events

Thursday's featured online keynote speaker is Dan Russell, a researcher in artificial intelligence, human–computer interaction, and search with nearly 40 years of experience, including more than 17 years at Google. Author of The Joy of Search: A Google Insider's Guide to Going Beyond the Basics, he will explore how AI is changing the way people search for information and conduct research online.Register ( The week concludes with an in-person Prompt-A-Thon on Friday, October 30. Learn more about all the events for AI Week ( including speakers, times, and topics. AI Week 2026 was organized by Sebastien Marion, M.B.A., M.L.I.S. and Eduardo Rivera, M.L.I.S., M.S.Ed., co-principal investigators on Building AI Fluency Through Prompt Engineering: A Scalable Model for Long Island Libraries, the award that funds the program.AI Week 2026 is supported by theLong Island Library Resources Council(LILRC). Keynote Speaker Daniel Russell, Ph.D.Resident Futurist, University of Maryland (adjunct faculty position) Daniel Russell has taught as a visiting faculty member at universities world-wide, including the University of Santa Clara and Stanford University. He has worked with Google Deep Mind on its co-scientist project, as a senior research scientist at IBM's Almaden Research Center, managing the User Experience Research group at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, and as director of the Knowledge Management Technologies laboratory within Apple's Advanced Technology Group (ATG). Russell publishes widely, with more than 100 articles and publications in his CV. He is a frequent subject of press interviews and has helped portray a great deal of complex technology to the non-technical world. He received his Ph.D. degree in computer science from the University of Rochester.