AI Day
Brock University, Canada -- November 6th, 2025

Program

AI Day Program at Glance


Thursday - November 6, 2025


9:00AM - 9:30AM

Opening Remarks

Miriam Richards on behalf of Peter Berg (Dean, FMS, Brock University)

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Keynote Speech

Cooperative AI
Prof. Kate Larson, University of Waterloo and research scientist with Google DeepMind

10:30 AM - 10:45 AM

Brock AI Initiatives

BA and BSc in Artificial Intelligence
David Hutchinson (Department of Digital Humanities, Brock University)
Beatrice Ombuki-Berman, Yifeng Li (Department of Computer Science, Brock University)

10:45 AM - 11:00 AM

Coffee break

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Technical Presentations

Flourishing at Work in the Age of GenAI: Navigating Autonomy, Skills, and Connection
Kate Cassidy (Dept. of Communication, Popular Culture & Film, Brock University)
The Geometry of Bias in Contrastive Embeddings: A Spectral Analysis
Blessing Ogbuokiri (Department of Computer Science, Brock University)
Privacy-Preserving Residential Energy Consumption Prediction: A Federated Decision Tree and IoT Approach
Yuri Do Espirito Santo (Department of Computer Science, Federal University of Pará (UFPA), Brazil)
Let's Talk 'Bout Mutation: Evolutionary Programming for DNA Sequences
James Sargant (Department of Computer Science, Brock University)
Vibe Coding
Dipanjan Chatterjee (Department of Finance, Operations & Information Systems, Brock University)

12:30 PM - 2:15 PM

Posters & Lunch

2:15 PM - 2:45 PM

Featured Presentation

Weaving Global Wisdoms
Cassandra Hill, Six Nations

2:45 PM - 3:15 PM

Coffee break

3:15 PM - 4:30 PM

Panel

AI, Indigenous Law, and Land Back: Reclaiming Sovereignty in the Digital Age
Taryn Michel
Taima Moeke-Pickering
Sheri Cecchetto
Panel Moderator: Sheila Cote-Meek

4:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Provost Address

Arja Vainio-Mattila (Provost & Vice-President, Academic, Brock University)

5:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Lightning Presentations

5:30 PM - 6:00 PM

Student Awards

Melanie Pilkington (Associate Dean, FMS, Brock University)

6:00 PM

Closing Remarks