On January 13, 2026, Dr. Nathan C. Walker will give a second keynote presentation at the University of Kansas, this time for university-wide graduate and postdoctoral fellows, on the ethical implications of applying AI systems across academic disciplines and societal sectors. Dr. Nathan Walker’s keynote will introduce moral imagination as a conceptual framework to measure whether human wisdom is embedded throughout the AI lifecycle, asking, is “smart” the best we can imagine for this century’s technological advancements? Dr. Walker challenges attendees to think not only about how to build smarter machines but also about how preventing harm, promoting good, and safeguarding human dignity sets us on a path toward a wiser future.
