Ben Bernard
• – • The Jasper Hotel
About the speaker
Ben Bernard is the Design Technologist for the School of Design, Architecture, and Art at North Dakota State University. With twenty years of experience working with design students and faculty, Ben has helped to launch two makerspaces while building out digital fabrication and production capacity in the downtown NDSU campus with a special focus on integrating new technologies. Along the way, Ben has slowly been working on a Computer Science PhD focusing on cybersecurity education and assists with Bison Cyber high school summer camp and the new Fargo BSides cybersecurity conference. Outside of NDSU, Ben serves on the Moorhead High School Career Academy (MHSCA) Construction Pathway Advisory Board, the new Northern Plains 3D digital fabrication club, and his sons' Boy Scout Troop committee.
Local partners
Their hotel in Fargo, North Dakota, is the perfect spot for today‘s travelers. Boasting modern rooms, an award-winning restaurant and lounge, and an energetic assortment of events, Jasper Hotel is the ideal place to stay, play, and create your own memorable adventure.
Kilbourne Group is built on RESPECT for the past, GRATITUDE for the present, and INSPIRATION for the future. Founded in 2006, Kilbourne Group has a deep passion for urban spaces and an experienced understanding of how design and amenities can respond to today’s demand for walkable, mixed-use, urban cores in communities.
Speciality coffee roasters based in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, supplying great tasting roasted coffee to a variety of places in the Fargo Moorhead area & more.
Marvin is a fourth-generation family-owned and -led business, with more than 7,000 employees across 16 cities in North America. The Marvin portfolio of products for builders, architects, and homeowners is designed to provide exceptional solutions for any project, with a focus on creating better ways of living. Since the company’s inception, Marvin has earned a reputation as an innovator and industry thought leader. Today, the company is driven by a purpose to imagine and create better ways of living.
Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational corporation headquartered that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports and sells computer software, consumer electronics and personal computers and services. At Microsoft their mission and values are to help people and businesses throughout the world realize their full potential.
Additional details
Join us for our next morning discussion as we invite Ben Bernard to the stage. The discussion will be focussed more on the broader topic of A.I. and how it is a technology we can’t ignore. Within that we will hear from Ben about the various levels of how this powerful tool can be one for inspiration, as well as, potential corruption!
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