AI in Hiring Symposium

October 13, 2026
North Carolina State University
Centennial Campus, Plant Sciences Building
Coastal AgroBusiness Seminar Room

Program

Time	Event
8:30 a.m.	Check-in Coffee, tea, and breakfast
9:00 a.m.	Welcoming remarks Steve McDonald
9:15 a.m.	Keynote 1 Ifeoma Ajunwa Asa Griggs Chandler Law Professor AI and the Future of Work Program Director, Emory University Author of The Quantified Worker Presider: Steve McDonald
10:30 a.m.	Coffee and snack break
10:45 a.m.	Keynote 2 Hilke Schellmann Associate Professor, New York University Emmy Award-winning investigative journalist Author of The Algorithm Presider: Munindar Singh
12:00 p.m.	Lunch and book signing
1:15 p.m.	Industry panel on AI in Hiring Haroon Abbu, Head of AI Strategy at Bell + Howell Joey Levene, HR Coordinator, Toshiba Jane Mehringer, Global Head of Talent Attraction, ABB Enrique Lambrano, Owner of Tenzor AI Talent Agency Moderator: Bill Rand
2:15 p.m.	Academic panel on AI in Hiring Sandeep Kaur Kuttal, Associate Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Human Factors + Experience Engineering Lab, NC State University Steve McDonald, Distinguished Graduate Professor of Sociology, University Faculty Scholar, and Director of the AI in Hiring Lab, NC State University Sonia Gipson Rankin, Interim Associate Dean of Technology and Innovation and Law, NC Central University Moderator: Kevin Lee
3:15 p.m.	Coffee and snack break
3:30 p.m.	Student panel on AI in Hiring Meriam Ali, Electrical and Computer Engineering Sanjana Cheerla, Computer Science Sonali Chhaya, Business Analytics Pablo Comino, Cybersecurity Victor Hermida, Computer Science Ryan Laraway, Business Analytics Krys Woodruff, Chemical Engineering Moderator: Kelly Laraway
4:30 p.m.	Closing remarks Sarah Heckman, Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor of Computer Science and Acting Executive Director, Data Science and AI Academy, NC State University

Questions? Please email steve_mcdonald@ncsu.edu