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For the past 21 years, Regent’s Annual Research Roundtables have been a cornerstone of the School of Business & Leadership (SBL), providing a forum for collaboration, knowledge exchange, entrepreneurial innovation, and both intellectual and practical exploration.
Participants in the Roundtables engage in meaningful discussions, share their ongoing research, and gain transformative insights from their peers. Forum content has gone on to be published in respected journals and books and presented at global conferences. Additionally, some of the ideas have blossomed into cutting-edge concepts with practical applications in business and academic settings.
In the 2024 Regent Research Roundtables, which focus on “Human Flourishing,” one of the groundbreaking topics to be discussed is artificial intelligence (AI). Experts agree that, as AI’s impact grows, there’s a need to teach it what’s right and what’s wrong.
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U.S. Army Lt. Col. Toby Crandall (SBL ’21 & ’26)
U.S. Army Lt. Col. Toby Crandall (SBL ’21 & ‘26) earned his master’s degree in business analytics at Regent and is currently studying for his doctorate in strategic leadership from SBL. As the Chief Data Officer for the Army Talent Innovation Directorate, he’s presenting in the 2024 roundtable: “Does AI Facilitate or Impede Human Flourishing?”
“The premise of the proposal is that, as these tech companies look to grow machine learning and AI capabilities, there’s going to be a need for a workforce to train these models to do specific tasks,” Crandall explains. “These are good paying jobs, and they’re going to be good paying jobs into the future. My proposal suggests we deliberately go into low-income communities and up-skill qualified people to do this type of work.”
Your financial gifts to Regent University not only support innovative academic initiatives like SBL’s Research Roundtables, but Crandall insists your generosity is also crucial to fulfilling the university’s mission of equipping Christian leaders to change the world.
“I think what is missing in education today is the presence of God as it relates to what people are learning,” he says. “Donors provide options for people seeking spirit, soul, and body nourishment to come to Regent. It’s wonderful and so needed. Please continue to support the university’s important work.”
