A conference about how AI is changing professional work, and how to prepare for it.
We asked Michigan students one question: “What do you want to know about how AI is changing your career?” Here’s what students are asking.
Bring the question to people doing the work now. Hear what changed, what matters, and how you can prepare.
Whether you’re a Michigan student ready to help run the conference, or a company that wants to reach the room, there’s a seat at the table.
Step into a leadership role and help plan, execute, and grow BIC from the ground up.
Learn more StudentsAttend workshops and gain access to the full conference alongside Michigan’s top AI-focused students.
Learn more CompaniesYour support brings BIC to life, funding speakers, workshops, and experiences that connect students with industry.
Learn moreKeynotes, panels, and hands-on workshops on how AI is changing professional work, and how to prepare for it.
Registration opens soon. Get on the list and we’ll send the link the moment tickets go live.
An opening keynote framing how AI is reshaping professional work.
Operators, investors, and builders on how AI is changing their fields.
Practical sessions in AI tools, prompting, and judgment.
Structured access between students, speakers, and partners.
BIC brings together the people building, adopting, and working with AI to show students how the work itself is changing. See what that change looks like in practice, and what it means for the way you prepare for what comes next.
Follow a software deal from the investor and legal perspectives to understand where AI is entering the process, what work it changes, and what professionals still need to own.
Josh Gray is a Managing Director at Vista Equity Partners, where he is a member of the private equity Foundation team and serves on the Vista Foundation Funds’ Investment Committee. His career spans both investing in and operating software companies, with prior roles at Insight Partners, Eved, and BigMachines. He earned his B.A. from the University of Michigan and his M.P.A. and M.B.A. from Harvard.
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Corey Fox is a partner in Kirkland & Ellis’s corporate transactional group, where he advises private equity sponsors and portfolio companies on mergers, acquisitions, and other complex transactions. His work spans industries including software, financial services, healthcare, and manufacturing. He earned his B.A. from the University of Michigan and his J.D. from Northwestern.
LinkedIn ↗What happens to the work junior finance professionals traditionally learn on?
See how AI is entering real financial workflows and explore what that changes for the people beginning careers in finance.
Additional participant to be announced.
Elliot Boz works at Rogo, an AI platform built specifically for finance. Before joining Rogo, he worked in investment banking at Cowen and TD Securities. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business and now works closely with financial professionals as they apply AI to real financial workflows.
LinkedIn ↗Move from a single workflow to the organization itself.
How are companies changing the way teams operate as AI moves from an individual tool into the systems, data, and processes behind the work?
Additional participants to be announced.
Ryan Bouchard is a Principal Data Scientist in Microsoft Fabric’s product group. Over the past decade, he has applied analytics, causal inference, and predictive modeling across Microsoft businesses and products including Azure, VS Code, and GitHub Copilot. He holds a B.A., M.B.A., and Master of Applied Data Science from the University of Michigan.
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Parker Nolan is an AI Strategist at SoftSnow, where he works with companies on enterprise AI transformation, including redesigning workflows, building AI systems, and helping teams adopt new ways of working. He is a recent graduate of the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business.
LinkedIn ↗Live demonstrations will show specific AI workflows in action, connecting the conversations on stage to the tools changing how work gets done.
Additional speakers, demonstrations, and partners will be announced ahead of November 6.
Session times will be posted as they are confirmed.
The full schedule for November 6 will be published once sessions and times are confirmed.
A student-led AI conference at the University of Michigan, founded at the intersection of Ross and the School of Information.
AI is reshaping how businesses operate, changing how decisions get made and what skills the work requires.
Business with Intelligence is the conviction that technology still needs human judgment to interpret and apply it. BIC brings founders, investors, and executives to campus to show students what that looks like in practice.
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inTwo ways to be part of BIC: join as a general member, or apply to the committee that plans and runs the conference.
There are two ways to get involved with BIC this fall. Both are selected through the same application, due September 20 at 11:59 PM.
Help build the November 6 conference.
Planning Committee members take ownership of real parts of BIC across Speakers & Program, Sponsorships & Partnerships, Marketing, Operations, Demonstrations, and Finance.
You’ll have a defined role, work directly with a BIC team lead, and contribute to real decisions and deliverables leading up to November 6. That can include helping plan workshops and experiences, bringing in speakers and partners, and helping execute the conference itself.
You do not need to be an AI expert. We are looking for students who are curious, take initiative, communicate clearly, exercise sound judgment, and follow through.
Stay connected and take part in BIC programming.
General Members can attend BIC workshops and programming, receive conference and community updates, and hear about future opportunities without taking on a Planning Committee role.
General Membership is noncompetitive and lower commitment.
Applications for both paths close September 20 at 11:59 PM.
Apply to BICFill out our contact form and we’ll get back to you within two business days.
Supporting the conference funds speakers, workshops, and the industry connections students carry into their careers.
Support the day and be recognized alongside our partners.
Reach out to discuss a tier or a custom opportunity at team@bicm.ai.
Students, sponsors, speakers, or anyone curious. One form, routed to the right place. We usually reply within two business days.
Prefer email? Write us at team@bicm.ai.