AI & the Next Generation: Opportunities, Risks, and What’s Ahead (w/ The AI Collective)

AI is changing how we learn, make decisions, and navigate everyday life. How do we make the most of its possibilities while staying thoughtful about its risks?

Join The AI Collective’s Tri-Valley chapter for an evening of conversation about what AI means for us today and the future we’re helping shape.

Bringing together perspectives from technology, education, and youth advocacy, we’ll explore

• How AI is influencing human decision-making, learning, and creativity
• Concerns around misinformation, privacy, overreliance, and critical thinking
• How parents and schools can help students develop AI literacy and use these tools responsibly
• The opportunities and challenges facing the next generation

Featured speakers

Rana Gujral is an AI entrepreneur, operator, and author of The AI Instinct (Wiley, 2026), with a foreword by Kai-Fu Lee. He is the former CEO of Behavioral Signals, an In-Q-Tel backed company building emotion and behavior AI from voice, and currently leads Renu Ventures. He serves on the board of Cartica Acquisition Corp and advises TNW and the Global AI Council. His career spans product and platform leadership at Logitech, Cricut, and Kronos. A TEDx speaker, he writes and speaks on how humans and AI will evolve together. He lives in Danville.

Amy Gao is a sophomore at Emerald High School (Dublin, CA) and the founder and president of Girls in AI, a student club dedicated to empowering girls through AI. An award-winning young innovator, Amy received the Bronze Award at AI YES 2026, third place at the Alameda County Science and Engineering Fair and more. Amy also serves as President of the Green Apple Education Foundation, which hosted 9 years of the San Ramon hackathon. A recipient of the Congressional Award Silver Medal, an AIME qualifier, and a College Board AP Scholar in freshman year, she is passionate about making AI more accessible to young people and bringing a student perspective to conversations about AI's opportunities, risks, and future impact.

Nikhil Gujral is a youth advocate, TEDx and international speaker, and youth ambassador for the AI Collective and iRAISE, where he works on AI literacy, ethical AI, and AI regulation from a next-generation perspective. He has spoken at UNESCO House in Paris and the French Consulate in San Francisco, engaging diplomats and researchers on youth voice in AI policy. A nationally ranked debater on the USA Debate Development Team, his 2025 TEDx talk, The Forgotten Joy of Hobbies, makes the case for creativity and play in a culture obsessed with output. He is a student at Monte Vista High School.

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Moderator

Saba Assadi Handjani is the founder of Lumino Learning AI, a company built on a simple belief: AI should help learners stay curious and think for themselves, not do their thinking for them. A Waldorf school alum, Saba brings that tradition's focus on creativity, independent thought and the whole learner into the age of AI. Through Lumino and its AI Education Academy, an after-school program for high school students, she's preparing young people to grow alongside AI, face real challenges, and make good choices in an AI-shaped future.

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Attendees

This event is open to parents, educators, community members, and anyone curious about AI’s impact. High school students are encouraged to join, and younger students are welcome with their parents.

No technical background needed, just curiosity and questions.

Agenda

• 6:00–6:20 p.m. — Arrival and community networking
• 6:20–6:30 p.m. — Welcome and introduction to The AI Collective
• 6:30–6:35 p.m. — Opening perspective from Rana
• 6:35–7:15 p.m. — Moderated panel discussion
• 7:15–7:40 p.m. — Audience Q&A
• 7:40–8:00 p.m. — Closing and networking

As always, food and drink, engaging conversation, and incredible company will all be provided!

Please be advised: Unfortunately, space is very limited at these community events and we can not always accept everyone we would like to. If you are not accepted to this event, please keep applying! We appreciate your application tremendously and we are looking forward to seeing you at a future event very soon!

The AI Collective is a global non-profit building the human layer for the AI era. We unite 200,000+ leaders, builders, and stakeholders across 100+ forums worldwide to democratize the frontier, build trust, and coordinate how society navigates the rapid acceleration of technological progress.

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