Friday, September 25, 2026 · 8:30 AM to 3:00 PM · Hospitality and Resort Management Center, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
Where the Gulf Coast meets what’s next.
Gulf Coast AI Summit brings that conversation to the Mississippi Gulf Coast for people across the full range of AI readiness, from the simply curious to experienced users ready to go deeper.
Mississippi is not behind on AI. Mississippi is at a decision point.
Attendees will include business owners, workforce professionals, educators, community leaders, students, nonprofit teams, service providers, and power users who want to learn more about AI. The day also includes box lunches and networking.
People who know AI matters, but need a clear starting point.
Professionals using AI for writing, research, planning, customer service, and operations.
People already testing tools, workflows, automation, and stronger use cases.
Trusted voices who help others make sense of what is changing.
Gulf Coast AI Summit gives sponsors early visibility, meaningful community alignment, and direct access to a room full of engaged attendees.
Connect with 150 to 200 attendees who are paying attention to how AI is shaping work, education, business, and community life.
Founding sponsors help shape the Summit from the start and stand alongside it as the event grows.
Your support helps keep admission at a flat $25, opening the door to a broader cross-section of the Gulf Coast community.
Your brand appears across event promotion, printed materials, on-site signage, and the live Summit environment.
The Summit is fully in person at the Hospitality and Resort Management Center, with stage programming, breakout learning, relationship-building, and a tech demonstration area that makes AI easier to see and discuss.
Gulf Coast AI Summit will feature four program tracks designed to help attendees explore AI through work, learning, leadership, technology, and community impact.
For business owners, founders, service providers, and professionals exploring how AI can support operations, communication, customer service, marketing, productivity, and growth.
For educators, workforce professionals, students, trainers, and community partners focused on skills, learning, access, and preparing people for AI-shaped work.
For attendees interested in responsible AI use, decision-making, evolving tools, risk, trust, and what is coming next.
For nonprofit teams, community leaders, service providers, and everyday users thinking about how AI affects people, access, services, trust, and real life across the Coast.
The demo area gives attendees a place to watch tools in action, ask better questions, and connect the conversation to real use cases.
Tools, workflows, and AI-enabled processes shown in real time.
A natural setting for relationship-building and guided explanations.
A visible event feature that adds energy, movement, and value.
Sponsorship opportunities are structured for organizations that want visibility, alignment, and community connection at the Summit’s founding moment.
Presenting naming rights, welcome remarks, 10 tickets, VIP reception, logo visibility, exhibitor table, social features, first right of refusal for Year Two.
Logo recognition, stage acknowledgment, 5 tickets, VIP reception access, social feature, exhibitor table.
Logo recognition, stage acknowledgment, 3 tickets, social media mention.
Name in program and on website, 2 tickets, social media thank-you.
Sponsors receive visibility through the Summit’s promotional campaign, event-day environment, and follow-up recognition.
The founding advisory council includes Cecelia Shabazz, Anthony Williams, LaShaundra McCarty, Tracy Daniel-Hardy, Aaron Standberry, Wayne Francis, and Rita Green.
Convened by Pamela Berry-Johnson, founder of Yellow Rabbit PR & Marketing.
Sponsorship opportunities are limited, and early partners will help shape how the Summit shows up in its founding year.