{"id":230534,"date":"2026-06-12T06:04:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T10:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/12\/jackson-state-to-host-inaugural-southern-spark-conference-focused-on-artificial-intelligence\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T06:30:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T10:30:11","slug":"jackson-state-to-host-inaugural-southern-spark-conference-focused-on-artificial-intelligence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/12\/jackson-state-to-host-inaugural-southern-spark-conference-focused-on-artificial-intelligence\/","title":{"rendered":"Jackson State to host inaugural Southern Spark Conference focused on artificial intelligence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/darkhorsepressnow.com\/news\/2026-06-12\/jackson-state-to-host-inaugural-southern-spark-conference-focused-on-artificial-intelligence\/\">Jackson State to host inaugural Southern Spark Conference focused on artificial intelligence<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/darkhorsepressnow.com\/news\/2026-06-12\/jackson-state-to-host-inaugural-southern-spark-conference-focused-on-artificial-intelligence\/\">https:\/\/darkhorsepressnow.com\/news\/2026-06-12\/jackson-state-to-host-inaugural-southern-spark-conference-focused-on-artificial-intelligence\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-12 06:04:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"darkhorsepressnow.com\">darkhorsepressnow.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jackson State University and the Mississippi AI Collaborative host the inaugural Southern Spark Conference, a two-day event focused on the growing role of artificial intelligence across multiple industries.<\/li>\n<li>The conference aims to bring together educators, technology professionals, business leaders, and community stakeholders for discussions on AI innovation, education, workforce development, and public service.<\/li>\n<li>It will feature panel discussions, workshops, and breakout sessions designed to provide practical knowledge and hands-on experience in using AI technologies.<\/li>\n<li>Organizers highlight the event&#8217;s goal to explore AI&#8217;s impact on classrooms, businesses, government agencies, and workforce training, fostering collaboration among various stakeholders.<\/li>\n<li>The conference is scheduled for Friday, June 12, from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in Ballroom B of the Jackson State University Student Center, located at 1400 John R. Lynch St.<\/li>\n<li>University officials intend the event to foster innovation conversations and help attendees understand how AI can address challenges and create opportunities in Mississippi and the broader region.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jackson State to host inaugural Southern Spark Conference focused on artificial intelligence https:\/\/darkhorsepressnow.com\/news\/2026-06-12\/jackson-state-to-host-inaugural-southern-spark-conference-focused-on-artificial-intelligence\/ Publish Date:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":230535,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/darkhorsepressnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/JSU.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-230534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230534"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230534"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":230536,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230534\/revisions\/230536"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}