ATELLIGEN × INSURGI
A SALON ON TRUST, POWER & THE FUTURE WE'RE BUILDING
OFFSIDE
Where AI crosses the line.
OFFSIDE · WHERE AI CROSSES THE LINE
WASHINGTON, D.C. · OCT 22, 2026
THE THESIS
A PRIVATE EXECUTIVE SALON, WHERE THE AI CONVERSATION FINALLY GETS THE EDGE SOCIETY CAN NO LONGER AVOID
AI is not just code.
It is not just quarterly profits.
It is philosophy.
It is consequence.
It is power.
OFFSIDE convenes C-suite leaders, board members, policy makers, founders, educators, and artists to confront, in one room, where AI adoption is racing past the lines that global societies have not yet drawn.
01 · THE THESIS
THE ROSTER
THE VOICES
Atinna Smith
Chief Innovation Architect, Atelligen Consulting Group
Daniel Blackman
Founder, Ren94, Global Citizen & Humanitarian
Diya Wynn
Principal, Responsible AI Lead, AWS
Justin Dunbar
Computer Science Research Student, Howard University
Talitha Washington, Ph.D.
Executive Director, CADSA; Sean McCleese Endowed Chair & Professor of Mathematics, Howard University
Zalyia Grillet
Experience Strategist; Founder, Fifth & Found; COO, Brooklyn Level Up
02 · THE ROSTER
CONVERSATION LANES
CONVERSATION LANES
Our discussion draws from core lanes. You do not need to represent only one — bring the fullness of your experience into the room.
Future of Work
Labor, displacement, education, and human agency.
Civic & Human Responsibility
Who governs AI and who bears the consequences.
03 · THE ROOM
THE PLAYBOOK
OCTOBER 22 AGENDA
DOORS OPEN
Opening Networking Reception — The pre-match. Arrive, register, and settle into the room. This is the warm-up, time to meet peers working the same terrain and to find your footing before play begins.
OFFSIDE PANEL DISCUSSION BEGINS
The Opening Whistle — Play begins. Your conveners set the terms of the evening and name the question underneath it. To be offside is to move ahead of the rules. That is precisely where most organizations now stand with AI.
CLOSING NETWORKING RECEPTION
The After-Match — The whistle ends the match, not the conversation. The evening's questions move from the stage to the people who will carry them into the week.
EVENT ENDS
Full Time — The lights come up and the room clears. What was said moves from the evening into the work that follows.
03 · THE PLAYBOOK
THE ADMISSION
04 · THE ADMISSION
THE CONVENER
ATELLIGEN
CONSULTING GROUP
Atlanta-based strategic advisory specializing in AI governance, workforce transformation, and responsible innovation. Founded by Atinna Smith, a former Fortune 5 workforce-transformation leader, Atelligen moves organizations from fragmented AI experimentation to governed implementation through its proprietary A.C.T.U.A.L. framework.
04 · THE CONVENERS