The Center for Business Analytics, housed within the Carl H. Lindner College of Business, has been renamed the Center for Business Analytics and AI.
The name change more accurately reflects the depth and breadth of analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) offerings already supplied by the center, which bridges academia and industry to empower professionals to turn data into action - accelerating business transformations through AI and analytics solutions.
Lindner dean Marianne Lewis (left) and Fifth Third Bank Chief Information Officer Jude Schramm at the 2025 summit.
The Analytics & AI Summit, one of the center's longtime flagship events, returns to the Greater Cincinnati area at the Sharonville Convention Center on May 5.
Organizations feel pressured to move fast in today's AI landscape; the summit invites its attendees to pause and reflect on what "AI ready" means for their team. The 2026 summit aims to spark introspection while equipping attendees with the clarity and confidence to advance AI in their organizations responsibly and effectively.
"The summit will shift the conversation beyond the hype of AI and back to its true engine: Data," Angulo-Ramirez said. "Across industries, organizations are discovering they can't scale AI as quickly as planned because their data foundations are not built for AI. Without that in place, realizing meaningful ROI from AI is a challenge."
Milen Mahadevan (President/CEO, 84.51°) and Ryan Rosensweig, MDes (Director Business Strategy, Cloud & AI Platforms, Healthcare and Life Sciences, Microsoft), will serve as the keynote speaker speakers. Breakout sessions will highlight real-world wins and lessons learned through tracks in community and ethics, health, manufacturing and retail, and marketing.
Featured image: Exterior of Lindner Hall. Photo/Alex Fradkin.
