Director + Associate Professor, The Foresight Lab @ University of Cincinnati
Aaron Bradley is a professor, futurist, and innovation leader with a proven record of designing, launching, and scaling signature initiatives from blank page to sustained impact, including building one of the nation’s only undergraduate strategic foresight labs and founding a student innovation consultancy that helps Fortune 500 companies and global brands translate next-generation insights into whitespace innovation opportunities and forward-looking strategy. With expertise in applied strategic foresight, human-centered design, and futures research, he’s led more than 100 corporate innovation projects ranging from short-term ideation sprints to multi-phase strategy development for organizations across the globe.
This candid fireside chat-style panel offers an inside look at perceptions, concerns, and behaviors around AI from emergent Gen-Z leaders in the University of Cincinnati's Foresight Lab. Grounded in structured futures research and an unfiltered generational perspective from lived experience, we’ll challenge assumptions, surface tensions, and debate what’s next for AI and society without the polished talking points.
