This week, we’re highlighting Flower City AI, a conference occurring at The Little Theatre, where Rochester’s expanding AI community comes together for an evening of ideas, conversation, and forward-looking collaboration. The event highlights the city’s growing role as a hub for innovation across education, healthcare, the arts, business, and research.

Attendees will hear from local practitioners who are shaping the region’s technological landscape, while also having ample time to meet one another, exchange perspectives, and explore possibilities for partnership. The gathering offers a welcoming space to learn, connect, and participate in Rochester’s evolving future.

New York’s First High School AI Course: Teaching the Next Generation

AI is no longer science fiction. It's shaping how we learn, work, and live. But most students graduate without ever being taught what AI actually is or how it affects their world. That's about to change. This January, Geneva High School will launch New York State's first high school course focused entirely on AI Literacy. This talk shares how the course came to life, what it looks like in practice, and why teaching AI to teenagers might be one of the most important education experiments happening right now.