Apple orchard rows beneath the snow-dusted Cascade foothills near Wenatchee at golden hour
NCW Tech Alliance · AI in Action

Cool Tools.
Cool Schools.
The Rules.

A one-day community gathering on how North Central Washington uses AI well — for our students, our small businesses, and our towns. We don't ban it. We don't blindly trust it. We govern it like we engineer it.

August 11, 2026 · Wenatchee Convention Center

300

attendees

4

breakouts

35

mini-camps

7

pledge commitments

Five scenarios, one rule

A camp for everyone who walks in the door

Thirty-five hands-on mini-camps, built from five real NCW scenarios. The human stays in the driver's seat. AI does the painful work. Always truth-grounded.

Two futures

Maria's future, or Jake's future

Both are real. Both are happening in American schools this year. Which one North Central Washington gets is not automatic — it depends on the tools we choose and the rules we write.

The difference between them isn't talent or money. It's a human in the loop, a written policy, and the habit of keeping the receipts.

The shape of the day

Schedule at a glance

One plenary that sets the stakes, then four breakouts that run twice so you can catch the two that matter most to you. Close it out by signing the pledge — together, in the room.

See the full plan & room grid
8:30

Doors & coffee

Wenatchee Convention Center lobby

9:00

Centerpiece plenary — AI as Partner in Education

Maria vs Jake · the evidence · a live Deep Think + Model Council demo

10:15

Breakouts, round 1

Cool Tools · Cool Schools · Build It in 60

11:30

Breakouts, round 2

Cool Tools (repeat) · The Rules · Build It in 60 (repeat)

12:45

Plenary Q&A & the pledge signing

Sli.do questions · sign v1.0 in the room

After the Expo

Keep learning — the community courses

One day sets the stakes; the habit is built over time. Short, hands-on learning paths from the AiGovOps community carry the same idea forward — capabilities, the read/act line, and turning a principle into a control you can run.

Browse the courses
A warm community gathering of neighbors of all ages in a sunlit hall

The story we tell about AI in NCW
will be the story we wrote — together.

Add your name to the NCW AI Partnership Pledge. Seven commitments. One region deciding to do this right.

Sign the Pledge