Different backgrounds.
Shared curiosity.
The conversation belongs to everyone, not only the people building the technology.
Next gathering · September 30, 2026AI in Production:
What Arkansas
Is Building Now
Two Arkansas teams. Two production AI stories. Go inside the machine-learning systems and clinical AI being built right here at home.
Free to attend. Food and beverages included. Come curious.
- When
- Wednesday, September 30, 2026
5:00 PM – 7:30 PM CDT - Where
- UA Little Rock
Engineering & Information Technology Auditorium - With
- Ouachita Labs
Arkana Laboratories
Doors, food, and networking at 5:00 PM.
Presentations begin at 6:00 PM.
Rooted in Central Arkansas.Open minds. Real people. Shared momentum.
Curiosity brings us together
AI is moving fast.
You don’t have to figure it out alone.
A community for people curious about AI and what it means for our work, our lives, and our shared future.
Meet the people asking good questions, trying new things, and helping Arkansas move forward.
Meet the community
Plan your evening
Good food. Useful ideas.
Questions welcome.
- Doors, food, and networking
- John McCrary, Ouachita Labs
- Owen Parker and Kurtis Cochran, Arkana Laboratories
- Audience Q&A with both teams
- Evening concludes
All times CDT · UA Little Rock EIT Auditorium
2801 S University Ave, Little Rock, AR 72204
Getting here
A little planning.
An easier arrival.
The closest EIT lot has 80 spaces. Additional parking is available north of W 28th Street, with walking routes to the auditorium shown on the map.
Open the full-size parking mapLast event recap · August 26, 2026
UA Little Rock, ArkansasLittle Rock
showed up.
An evening of ideas, connections, and conversations about Arkansas’s AI future.
Students, educators, business leaders, technologists, and curious minds came together at UA Little Rock to explore what comes next.
Thank you to UA Little Rock, our speakers, sponsors, and everyone who helped create an evening of shared learning.
A few things worth carrying forward
Different backgrounds.
Better questions start
with listening.
Bringing education, industry, and community together creates space for new perspectives.
The evening ends.
The conversation doesn’t.
Keep sharing ideas, making introductions, and helping shape what this community explores next.
What’s emerging
Less noise.
More useful
questions.
The conversations we want to keep having.
Not another list of tools to keep up with. A few human-centered starting points for making sense of AI together.
Suggest a topic
From pilot to practice
What makes AI useful beyond the demo?
The workflows, decisions, and small experiments that help turn an interesting tool into something people can use.
People at the center
How do we make room for everyone?
New skills, shared learning, and the human judgment that matters as AI becomes part of everyday work.
Responsible by design
What does trust look like in practice?
Clear boundaries, thoughtful questions, and a community willing to talk about both the possibilities and the tradeoffs.
Ways to get involved
There’s a place
for you here.
Bring your curiosity. Share your experience. Help the next conversation happen.
Join the conversation
Join us September 30 at UA Little Rock. Come curious, meet the builders, and connect with people learning alongside you.
Reserve your spotShare what you are learning
Bring a useful experiment, an honest lesson, or a project others can learn from. You do not need a polished success story.
Start a speaker conversationHelp make it possible
Interested in sponsoring, volunteering, or connecting the community with a new opportunity? Let’s talk about a good fit.
Explore ways to helpCommunity proof
Real people.
A growing conversation.
From the room at UA Little Rock to local news coverage, this is a community you can see and be part of.
In the news · KATV
Little Rock’s new hub for tech enthusiasts.
Read the coverageBuilt around people
A room full of different perspectives.
A shared interest in what’s next.
Students. Educators. Creatives. Business leaders. Developers. The simply curious.
Follow the community on LinkedInMoments from the community
From our meetup archive
Good people. Shared possibility.
Our community sponsors
Thank you to Matmon, UA Little Rock, and Arkana Laboratories for supporting AI InTheRock and helping our community keep learning together.
- Matmon
- UA Little Rock
- Arkana Laboratories
Stay connected
Your next good
conversation
starts here.
Be part of a community learning out loud. Hear about gatherings, share an idea, or tell us how you would like to get involved.
Find us on LinkedInWe’d love to hear from you
Let’s keep the conversation going.
Tell us a little about yourself and what you’re curious about.