A timely and authoritative panel discussion on artificial intelligence (AI) will be presented on Tuesday, February 10, 2026 in Oak Ridge. The program, entitled “Railroads, Radio, and Artificial Intelligence,” will address the question, “What can we learn from our past experience with new disruptive technologies to help us prepare for Artificial Intelligence?”

Members of the panel will be Stephen Streiffer, the Director of Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Lynne Parker, Associate Vice Chancellor Emerita at University of Tennessee, Knoxville; William Lyons, Professor Emeritus at the University of Tennessee; and Mark Buckner, Founder and Director of the iSchool and Wildcat Manufacturing at Oak Ridge High School.

The panel moderator will be Alan Lowe, Executive Director of the American Museum of Science and Energy and the Atomic History Campus at K-25.

The program is free to the public. It will be presented on Tuesday, February 10, 2026 at Pollard Auditorium, ORAU, 210 Badger Avenue, Oak Ridge, TN. Light refreshments will be offered at 5 pm with the program beginning at 6 pm.

This conversation on AI will be the first presentation in the fourth season of the “Our American Roots” program in Oak Ridge. Our American Roots is produced by the Oak Ridge Breakfast Rotary Club together with the Oak Ridge Institute for Continued Learning.