{"id":252006,"date":"2026-05-21T22:50:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T02:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/21\/president-connie-ledoux-book-featured-on-expert-panel-about-artificial-intelligence-today-at-elon\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T00:30:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T04:30:17","slug":"president-connie-ledoux-book-featured-on-expert-panel-about-artificial-intelligence-today-at-elon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/21\/president-connie-ledoux-book-featured-on-expert-panel-about-artificial-intelligence-today-at-elon\/","title":{"rendered":"President Connie Ledoux Book featured on expert panel about artificial intelligence | Today at Elon"},"content":{"rendered":"

President Connie Ledoux Book featured on expert panel about artificial intelligence | Today at Elon<\/a><\/p>\n

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The virtual panel, hosted by The Conference Board, focused on how artificial intelligence could impact business and higher education.<\/p>\n

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\t\tElon University President Connie Ledoux Book<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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:<\/p>\n

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  1. How leading companies are prioritizing AI use cases that deliver measurable ROI<\/li>\n
  2. How organizations are building AI governance \u2013 risk management, privacy, security and compliance \u2013 without slowing innovation<\/li>\n
  3. What \u201cscaling AI\u201d looks like in practice across key functions<\/li>\n
  4. How policy can support an AI innovation ecosystem while managing potential risks<\/li>\n
  5. How policymakers could help prepare employees to succeed in firms using AI<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    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\u2019s the \u201cdeepening value of humanness.\u201d<\/p>\n

    \u201cMost people are asking this question \u2026 about which jobs AI will replace, but the bigger story is what human capabilities will become newly scarce and newly valuable,\u201d she said. \u201cI 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

    Book was asked about Elon\u2019s research on AI in higher education, including\u00a0a November 2025 survey of 1,057…<\/p>\n

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