UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Penn State Forum Speaker Series 2026 lineup continues with Jeff Sundheim, artificial intelligence (AI) strategist, 18 year Google veteran and Penn State alumnus, on Monday, Nov. 16, at the Penn Stater.
The forum series, modeled after the National Press Club Speaker Series, includes a presentation by an invited speaker, followed by audience questions.
The buffet-style luncheons are held from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in various venues on the University Park campus. All events are open to faculty, staff, students and the general public. Tickets are $25 each, or $250 for a table of 10, and include a buffet lunch.
Registration and tickets are available at the Penn State Forum website. Registration for the spring speakers will be made available at a later date.
Jeff Sundheim, AI business strategist at Sundheim Advisory, 18-year Google veteran and Penn State alumnus
Monday, Nov. 16, at the Penn Stater
Sundheim graduated from Penn State in 1983 with his bachelor's degree in business from the Smeal College of Business, and was part of the first class of University Scholars —now today's Schreyer Honors College.
He has spent his entire career at the intersection of creativity and technology. He regularly advises C-Level executives at the world’s largest brands on how AI can fuel new ideas and creativity, driving stronger relationships with customers and the communities they most care about. As a speaker at Google as well as industry events and universities worldwide, Sundheim discusses how AI is creating a “new level playing field” where people with imagination now have access to resources they never thought possible, impacting all facets of society as we know it. Drawing on his dual careers in tech and art, Sundheim helps put those changes into perspective. Learn more about Sundheim at his website.
About the Penn State Forum Speaker Series
The Forum Speaker Series is co-sponsored by the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost, the Office of the Senior Vice President for Finance and Business, and the John W. Oswald Endowment.
More information about the series, as well as previous and forthcoming topics and speakers, is available on the Penn State Forum website. Suggestions for future Penn State Forum speakers can be shared with Forum coordinator Susan Varner at sjh138@psu.edu.