RMAIIG hosted ten meetings in 2025 (one cancelled due to a CU Boulder campus closure). Most events were at the CU Boulder Aerospace Engineering Sciences Building (Room 120), 3775 Discovery Dr., Boulder, CO 80303.
November 12, 2025 — AI Robotics
Attendees: 291 | Sponsor: BearPeak Technology Group
Special format: “Pizza and Robots” demo fair (5:45–7:15 PM) followed by main presentations. Seven live robotics demos — from a face-detecting rover to commercial autonomous mowers, open-source humanoid platforms, and CU Boulder research robots.
Main Speakers:
- Dr. Mohammad Mahoor — Professor of CS, University of Denver; Founder/CEO, DreamFace Technologies. Presented “Ryan: The Social Companion Robot Transforming Eldercare.”
- Max Conway — PhD student, CU Boulder; Founder/CTO, RealtimeManufacturing. Presented “GOLEM: Humanoids for Manufacturing” (funded by DOE ARPA-E).
October 15, 2025 — When AI Systems Fail: Building Reliable, Explainable Systems in the Real World
Attendees: 216 | Sponsor: Customer Paradigm
Two complementary visions: how to build AI systems that adapt and self-correct in production, and how to build explainability and trustworthiness into the foundation from the start.
Speakers:
- Marisa Ferrara Boston — Founder and CEO, Simthetic AI. Presented “Self-Healing AI Systems: From Detection to Automatic Repair.”
- Beth Rudden — Archaeologist turned IBM Distinguished Engineer turned AI CEO; Founder, Bast.ai. Presented “From Magical Thinking to Explainable AI.”
September 17, 2025 — Vibe Coding: Everyone’s a Builder Now
Attendees: 251 | Sponsor: Customer Paradigm
Vibe coding is opening the door for anyone to become a software creator. This session explored the excitement, challenges, and real risks of building without traditional code.
Speakers:
- Thomas Olson — COO, Imaginary Space (#1 Lovable Development Partner); formerly at Meta (Messenger).
- Nima Keivan — Co-founder and CEO, Durable; co-founder/CTO of Canvas Technology (acquired by Amazon); PhD from CU Boulder.
- Michael Hedgpeth — Co-Founder, Hedge-Ops Software. Presented “What Scares Me About Vibe Coding.”
August 13, 2025 — AI, Law and Entrepreneurship
Attendees: 191 | Sponsor: Pixel Law (Chris Brown)
Generative AI is rapidly transforming the legal industry. This session explored how AI is reshaping access to justice, redefining the role of lawyers, and creating new entrepreneurial opportunities.
Speakers:
- Harry Surden — Professor of Law, CU Law School; Associate Director, Stanford CodeX Center for Legal Informatics. Presented “Opportunities and Peril at the Intersection of Technology and Access to Justice.”
- Jason Lynch — General Counsel and COO, Foundry; Commissioner, Colorado’s Access to Justice Commission.
- Otto Hanson & Evan Harris — Co-founders, Screens.ai (acquired by Agiloft). Presented “Idea to Exit in 18 Months.”
June 11, 2025 — AI and the Creative Arts
Attendees: 158 | Platinum Sponsor: Technical Integrity | Pizza Sponsor: Red Mage | Organizer: Andres Sepulveda Morales
A Creative Arts Showcase of paintings, poetry, music, and digital art exploring AI in creative expression. Attendees voted for “Best in Show” ($250 prize). Followed by main presentations and a fireside chat.
Speakers:
- Dr. Lee Frankel-Goldwater — Environmental educator and “cyborg poeticist”; PhD from CU Boulder. Spoke on the “Dickinson-Turing Test.”
- Mark S. Johnson — Photoshop luminary, photographer, children’s book author. Presented “Finding Your Place as an Artist in the Age of AI.”
May 14, 2025 — AI Member Showcase
Attendees: 297 | Organizers: Anna Rahn, Dave Taylor & Bill McIntyre | Sponsor: Route36
A trade fair-style event highlighting AI projects from local companies, students, researchers, and community members. 16 diverse projects in the lobby, with top-voted ones presenting on the main stage.
Projects included: personal productivity toolkits, AI tax analysis, therapist note summarizers, mental health platforms, civic meeting AI, enterprise RAG stacks, dementia care voice companions, AI literacy tools, voice conversion showcases, and more.
April 9, 2025 — AI in Healthcare
Attendees: 251 | Sponsor: Oracle
From Personalized Care to Self-Improving Clinical Assistants. This session explored how adaptive, domain-specific AI models are transforming care delivery — making it more efficient, personalized, and equitable.
Speakers:
- Scott Charter — Director of Cloud & AI Strategy, Oracle. Presented “Putting AI into Practice in Therapeutics, Life Sciences, and Healthcare.”
- Danielle Short — Senior Account Manager and Oracle Health Lead, NVIDIA. Presented “AI for Personalized Care and Health Equity.”
- Yang Liu — Senior Solutions Architect, NVIDIA. Presented “From LLM to SLM: Building a Practical, Self-Improving Healthcare AI.”
March 12, 2025 — AI Voice Technology and Innovation
Attendees: 218 | Sponsor: Tim Morrissey, Drive Capital
First meeting at the new CU Boulder Aerospace Engineering Sciences Building location.
Conversational AI, voice synthesis, and real-world applications — from scaling voice AI to millions of calls, to real-time voice cloning, to post-production workflows in media and entertainment.
Speakers:
- Trevor Uptain — Head of Engineering, MedicareVox; formerly at Google’s Core Machine Learning team.
- Daniel Ritchie — Founder, Brain Wave Collective. Demonstrated real-time voice cloning and synthesis.
- Christian Robins — Co-Founder and CCO, 11 Dollar Bill; 25+ years in visual effects, editorial, and sound design.
February 12, 2025 — AI Ethics, Safety, and Regulation
Attendees: 195 | Sponsor: Matt Bruehl, NVIDIA | Organizers: Anna Rahn, Susan Adams, Robert Monaco & Ken Fricklas
The intersection of AI development with ethical considerations, safety measures, and the evolving landscape of AI regulation — from diverse cultural perspectives to Colorado state legislation.
Speakers:
- Dr. Philip Butler — Founder, Seekr Project (distinctly Black conversational AI with mental health capacities).
- Representative Brianna Titone — Colorado House of Representatives; geologist and software engineer; house sponsor of the Colorado AI Act.
January 8, 2025 — Compound AI and the Rise of AI Agents
Attendees: 154 | Sponsor: Kamiwaza.ai | Facilitator: Uche Ogbuji | Location: CU Boulder ATLAS Building (Room 100)
Compound AI systems — coordinated workflows where individual models, traditional code, APIs, and humans work together — opening unprecedented possibilities for solving real-world problems.
Speakers:
- David Jitendranath — AI Advisor and Entrepreneur; leader of RMAIIG’s Denver AI subgroup. Presented “AI Agents for All Audiences.”
- Luke Norris & Matt Wallace — Co-founders, Kamiwaza.ai (15+ patents; $100M+ raised). Presented “Enterprise & Industrial Agents in Action” with live demos.
- Gabe Spradlin — Founder, NavGen AI LLC; Fractional Chief AI Officer. Demonstrated an AI agent built from scratch.
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