The theme for TAAS 2025 is “Leveraging AI in Fundraising – Opportunities and Challenges.” Speakers and topics have been selected that address this theme to create a program that focuses on both theory and practice. We look forward to the conversation! To learn more about our speakers, visit our speakers page.

 Monday, August 4th, 2025

10:00 AM CT    |     Neelesh Tekal: Symposium Opening Remarks

10:30 AM CT    |    Marianne Pelletier and Team, Staupell Analytics Group: Going Old School with AI: Self Learning Model for Fundraising

11:15 AM CT    |    Ryan Jackson, UVA: Your AI Can’t Prospect from What it Doesn’t Know: Collection Management for Advancement

12:00 PM -1:00 PM  |   Break

01:00 PM CT   | Andrew Gutierrez, Cleveland Clinic:

Creating a Comprehensive Philanthropic Revenue Projection System: A Case Study

01:45 PM CT   |  Lauren Seo, Oregon State University Foundation :

Recommendation Algorithm to Generate Interest-Based Leads

02:30 PM CT   |  Break out room discussion

03:15 PM CT   |  Panel with presenters

04:00 PM CT   |  Neelesh Tekal: Closing Remarks