Scenes from TBTLA’s AI fireside chat

The Tampa Bay Technology Leadership Association (TBTLA) held an “AI fireside chat” yesterday at the St. Petersburg Shuffleboard Club, and it was a well-attended event with a lot of discussion about the opportunities and challenges that generative AI presents. I was invited to be one of the panelists and enjoyed the get-together at one of St. Pete’s best (and underappreciated) venues.

Here are some photos from the start of the event, with everyone mingling:

First up were Mark Moskowitz, COO at CellPoint Digital and Kishen Sridharan from the Office of Technology Innovation at Raymond James, moderated by Anitra Pavka:

They were followed by Chad Hage, Senior Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft and Amit Bharwani, Product Manager at PWC Labs and the AI Lab at PWC, with moderator Benjamin Allen:

Then came Yours Truly (Joey deVilla, Senior Developer Advocate at Okta) and Rahul Khanna, Cybersecurity Expert at Propensic Solutions. Once again Benjamin Allen moderated:

And finally, Keith Sartain, Director of IT at ConnectWise and Josh Nelson, Director of Technology Experience at Power Design, with Craig Laue moderating:

With the talks done, it was then time to take advantage of the venue and the lovely weather and play some shuffleboard!

My thanks to TBTLA for putting on a great event, and to my fellow speakers for providing solid insights and opinions!