This conference took place on April 18, 2025, in the MUSC Bioengineering Building.
Keynote Speakers
Ben Campbell
VP of Solutions Engineering, D2L
Ben Campbell is the VP of Solutions Engineering at D2L, where he’s worked for 12 years. In that time, he has worked with hundreds of institutions to help increase their return on investment in learning technology.
Prior to joining D2L, Ben worked at the University of Florida and UC Berkeley as an instructional designer and distance learning administrator. He lives in Asheville, NC, with his wife, 2 children, and a dozen or so pets. He holds a Master’s in Educational Technology and a Bachelor’s in Film and Media Studies from the University of Florida.
Aekta Shah, PhD
Principal Researcher, Responsible AI Team, Salesforce
Dr. Shah is currently a Principal Researcher on Salesforce's Responsible AI Team. Previous to that she was a senior researcher at Google - focusing on AI Responsibility, Ethics and Inclusion in Google Search’s GenAI products. She cares deeply about - and has a two-decades long track-record of - advancing responsible tech design, with a strong commitment to understanding harm, abuse, bias, and unintended impacts of technology global populations that are often the most left out of tech discourse.
She holds a PhD (2020) from Stanford in Tech Design during which time her work was featured in The Atlantic, The Nation, The Root and beyond. She has also been a speaker at the White House, UC Berkeley, Aspen Institute, the UN. and more.
Dr. Shah writes, teaches, and speaks widely about the opportunities and risks of AI. She is hopeful about the possibility of AI to improve life for everyone, including the most vulnerable populations. And believes that the time is now to set the course of these powerful tools in a direction that serves everyone.
