Register

Register now to attend in person at Statler Hall on the Cornell Ithaca Campus or attend virtually through Zoom. The free event will be held from 9am to 4pm, Tuesday, October 14, 2025 and is open to Cornell faculty, staff, and students from Cornell Ithaca, Cornell Tech and AgriTech, and Weill Cornell Medicine. 

Keynote

Elizabeth (Beta) Mannix, the Ann Whitney Olin Professor of Management at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, will be a keynote speaker. 

With research and teaching focused on the factors that make individuals motivated, high-performing leaders and team members, Professor Mannix is an ideal fit for the theme of this Emerging Tech Dialogue, “The Future of Work: People, Process, and Technology.” Her work concentrates on principled leadership, creating environments of belonging and inclusion, leading high performance teams, and leading sustainable organizational change.  

Professor Mannix’s research has been published extensively in top psychology and management journals. She is the author of the 15-volume book series, Research on Managing Groups and Teams. Her work has been recognized by awards from the Academy of Management, Small Group Research, and the International Association for Conflict Management. Mannix served as the associate dean for Executive MBA programs at Cornell University.  She also directed the Institute for the Social Sciences, established to promote interdisciplinary research and to increase the university's prominence in the social sciences. Mannix is the recipient of Johnson's EMBA Globe teaching award, as well as the Faculty Research Award. She is a fellow of the American Psychological Society, the Society for Organizational Behavior, and The Academy of Management.  

Breakout and poster sessions

A full slate of breakout and poster sessions is also coming together. Among them:

Kathy Burkgren, AVP for Organizational Development and Effectiveness, will review how we can be thoughtful stewards of Cornell’s legacy of leadership in continuous advancement, even as we navigate higher ed’s evolving landscape. The interactive session will help attendees understand normal responses to the changes we’re experiencing and learn about a tool that can help prioritize work to achieve the greatest impact and efficiency.

Shamsi Brinn, User Experience Designer for arXiv at Cornell Tech, will trace the tangible financial, performance, safety, and cognitive benefits of high‑quality collaboration, linking day‑to‑day teamwork with the goals we care about.

You can also learn about

• Responsible and effective AI in academic and administrative work.         
• Strategies for data‑driven, human‑centered decision-making and insights that lead to better outcomes, not just more charts.
• Student success and advising systems.
• IT governance, beyond process mechanics, covering how we align resources with our most important needs.
• Standards, integration patterns, and change management that underpins durable progress from pilots to sustainable operations.
• Culture, capability, and the human side of change.

Themed lunch tables for discussion

To take thought and conversation further, there will be themed tables at lunch, including AI in the Workplace: Promise, Pitfalls, and Practical Use; Building Community in a Remote and Hybrid World; Process Innovation & Service Modernization; Upskilling & Career Resilience; and Blue Sky Futures: Rethinking Work at Cornell.