AI Week 2026: State & Local

Join us as thought leaders from government and industry share their expertise, their experiences, and their suggestions for harnessing the power of AI to provide noticeable improvements to internal operations while improving security and opening up opportunities for new and expanded services to their constituencies.

Agencies throughout state, local, territorial, and tribal governments are being encouraged to incorporate artificial intelligence (AI) into their everyday operations, to streamline processes, modernize outdated systems, and strengthen cybersecurity defenses. Using AI is viewed as one promising way to deal with shrinking budgets and increased demand for services by citizens.

This three-day event addresses key issues that agencies must contend with in ensuring that investment in AI generates maximum benefit.

Learning Objectives:

• Outline the capabilities of AI management and compliance platforms and match them to the needs of your agency
• Delineate the use of the platforms to maintain auditability and traceability
• Understand how these platforms can guard against “shadow AI,” unauthorized use of AI within the agency
• Identify available AI tools to determine which best fit the security needs of your agency
• Review ways to integrate AI cybersecurity into existing defenses
• Understand the nature and magnitude of the threats posed by AI-empowered attacks
• Delineate places in your agency’s IT systems where AI can serve as a bridge between legacy systems and new services for citizens
• Establish priorities for tasks and processes that can be streamlined through the use of AI tools
• Outline metrics that can measure improvements, such as improved accuracy in testing, cost savings through reductions in outside labor costs (such as coding), and faster turnaround time in updating apps