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Current Affairs for November: Innovation in the Age of AI
The Current Affairs group will meet on Wednesday, November 19 at 2PM in the Lillian Gade Room at the DCA and on Zoom. NOTE THAT THIS IS A DATE CHANGE!! If you have not received the Zoom link, please contact Barry at silver.barry@gmail.com or Doug at dbernacchi@gmail.com.
We are pleased to have our friend Art Baron lead the discussion covering the dramatic acceleration of innovation to create value across industry, government and society. It will also touch on risks and governance. This is a topic we all think about, and we look forward to a lively discussion! Here are some pre-reading suggestions that Art has been kind enough to assemble:
Industry AI Investment (AI Generated)
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AI Won’t Just Cut Costs, It Will Reinvent the Customer Experience
Tilly Norwood, an AI generated actress . . .
How Americans View AI and Its Impact on People and Society
$2 trillion in new revenue needed to fund AI’s scaling trend – Bain & Company’s 6th annual Global Technology Report
We have a great one coming up for you on Thursday, December 18 at 2PM in the Lillian Gade Room at the DCA and on Zoom (link provided below).
Our topic will be: The U.S. Supreme Court and the Constitution | The Operation of the Court in a Challenging Era
Graciously presenting this most relevant of subjects will be Tom Igoe. Many of you know Tom as a singer and past DMA President, but he also is an attorney who was chairman of a national law firm. He has taken a deep dive into the workings of the Court, and we are all in for a fascinating and enlightening hour.
Tom has put together a terrific reading list for us. See separate email.
As always, our goal is to share knowledge through informed discussion. This is not the venue for partisan debate, and we ask everyone to resist any urge to engage in political punditry. Believe me, it will be difficult enough to squeeze this topic into a single hour.
The DMA’s annual Holiday Party will be held on Wednesday, December 17th at the Country Club of Darien starting at 5:30 PM. The cost is unchanged from last year, $70 per person. This price includes passed hors d’oeuvres, buffet dinner, two bottles of house wine (one red and one white) on each table of 10, and musical performances by Gab Kallay and the Camerata singers.
This event traditionally sells out, so to ensure your place be sure to register by the general meeting of November 19th. Final deadline to sign up and pay is December 3rd.
DMA members who have any questions may contact Chet Cobb or Ted Helms.
State Representative Tina Courpas will be our guest to talk about special education in Connecticut. She sponsored a reform bill on the subject, and will discuss how it passed the General Assembly with 100% bipartisan support – a rarity these days! She will discuss her education bill and influential role on the Education Committee as a minority member.
Background readings
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- Glossary of School Finance Terms. Click here.
- Overview of Special Education Funding in CT. CT Office of Fiscal Analysis. Click here.
- Special Education Law 101. CT Office of Legislative Research. Click here.
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- Summary of 2025 Legislative Action on Special Education. Click here.
- Full text of 2025 Special Education Bill. Click here.
- Recent CT Mirror Article. Click here.