Roundtable
From AI Pilots to Production: Governing AI Without Killing Innovation
Learn how higher-education CIOs move AI from pilot to governed production, without slowing the innovation already happening on campus
The panel will cover:
- Why AI pilots stall before production, and what moves them forward
- Where governance protects the institution, and where it quietly kills good ideas
- How to handle the AI already in use outside the view of IT
- What governed AI at scale looks like one budget cycle from now
August 18, 2026
1:00PM ET, 60 min
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Speakers
Dr. Steven D'Agustino
Senior Director for Online Programs
Fordham University
Senior Director for Online Programs, Fordham University Leads Fordham University's online and distance-learning programs, widening access to education through technology.
Simeon Ananou
Vice President, Information Technology and Chief Information Officer
Stony Brook University
Leads Stony Brook's Division of IT and university-wide governance, with 20+ years of higher-ed IT leadership across four institutions.
Isaac Abbs
Assistant Vice Chancellor for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer
Pima Community College
Leads a ~100-person IT organization across infrastructure, security, and edtech, driving digital transformation on a public-sector budget.
Join an invite-only virtual roundtable of higher-education technology leaders for a candid, practical conversation about the gap between AI ambition and AI execution. Most campuses have plenty of AI pilots and very little in production. This session is about closing that gap.
Moderated by Nandhini Kumanan of Kissflow, the panel brings together four senior leaders in higher education: Dr. Steven D'Agustino, Senior Director for Online Programs at Fordham University; Simeon Ananou, VP for Information Technology and CIO at Stony Brook University; Isaac Abbs, Assistant Vice Chancellor for IT and CIO at Pima Community College; and Bryan Aylward, AVP for Academic Innovation, Operations and Technology at the University of Arizona.
Plenty of AI pilots. Almost nothing in production. Hear how CIOs close the gap
