Local AI experts and community activists from Ashland, Oregon and other parts of Oregon's Rogue Valley organized a conference on regional AI, focusing on the unique needs of their relatively rural region in Southern Oregon. ConnectSafely CEO Larry Magid attended the event and spoke with attendees and speakers including conference co-coordinators Thor Muller and Ian Ingram, workforce expert Heather Stafford, local science museum volunteer Cynthia Sabato, Instute of the Future staffer Toshi Andsers Hoo and Stanford law instructor Brittan Heller.