President Connie Ledoux Book featured on expert panel about artificial intelligence | Today at Elon
President Connie Ledoux Book featured on expert panel about artificial intelligence | Today at Elon
Publish Date: 2026-05-21 22:50:00
Source Domain: www.elon.edu
The virtual panel, hosted by The Conference Board, focused on how artificial intelligence could impact business and higher education.
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Elon University President Connie Ledoux Book
Elon University President Connie Ledoux Book offered her insight on the implications of artificial intelligence during an expert panel hosted by The Conference Board, a global, nonprofit think tank and business membership organization.
The virtual panel on May 21 featured Book; Anand Eswaran, chief executive officer of Veeam; and Joe Sutherland, director of the Center for AI Learning at Emory University, and it focused on five issues:
- How leading companies are prioritizing AI use cases that deliver measurable ROI
- How organizations are building AI governance – risk management, privacy, security and compliance – without slowing innovation
- What “scaling AI” looks like in practice across key functions
- How policy can support an AI innovation ecosystem while managing potential risks
- How policymakers could help prepare employees to succeed in firms using AI
All of the panelists were asked about one development they think people underestimate about the way AI may reshape business, work or daily life. For Book, it’s the “deepening value of humanness.”
“Most people are asking this question … about which jobs AI will replace, but the bigger story is what human capabilities will become newly scarce and newly valuable,” she said. “I think of those as judgments, and the ability to build trust, mentor, and ask better questions are all human capabilities. The institutions and organizations that invest in that are going to be the leaders in five years.”
Book was asked about Elon’s research on AI in higher education, including a November 2025 survey of 1,057…
