Queen City AI Exchange

The Queen City AI Exchange is a recurring CLA-hosted meet-up series at the CLA Connection Center in Ballantyne, Charlotte, bringing together business leaders for practical, peer-led conversations about AI adoption and digital transformation.

Designed both for leaders already putting AI into practice and those looking for a clearer path forward, the series focuses on real-world lessons, open discussion, and approachable use cases rather than formal presentations.

It fills a gap in the local networking landscape by offering a community-focused forum dedicated specifically to practical AI in business.

Join us for the second event in this series:

From Experimentation to Adoption: Our AI Journey

AI adoption rarely starts with a perfect roadmap. More often, it begins with curiosity, a few practical experiments, and a willingness to learn what works.

This session will feature a guest speaker from the Charlotte ecosystem sharing their organization’s AI journey, including how they started, where they’re finding value, what challenges they’re encountering, and what they’re learning along the way.

Whether you’re just getting started or already exploring how to scale AI across your organization, we’ll discuss practical examples, lessons learned, and the decisions leaders face when moving from interest to real-world application.

Space is limited, register today!

Schedule

7 – 7:30 a.m. — Registration and networking breakfast
7:30 – 8 a.m. — Introductions and guest speaker: Our AI journey
8 – 8:30 a.m. — Open discussion: AI adoption, lessons learned, practical use cases, and common challenges
8:30 – 8:45 a.m. — Practical demo showcasing one simple off-the-shelf tool and how business leaders can use it
8:45 – 9 a.m. — Anonymous Q&A — Any question about AI you’ve been too afraid to ask

Location

CLA Connection Center
14815 Ballantyne Village Way, Suite 400
Charlotte, NC 28277

Questions?

Contact CLA’s meetings, events, and experience team at CLAevents@CLAconnect.com.