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 Course Description:

Join us for a deeper look at how Massachusetts’ Operational Services Division leveraged university expertise to develop and successfully integrate AI assistance into its procurement operations. Learn how the use of AI agents for policy guidance and contract review has improved efficiency, consistency, compliance, and accessibility for OSD and executive agencies while maintaining security standards.

Presenters: Jennifer Lyons – Deputy General Counsel – Operational Services Division & David Fields – Senior Fellow & Professor of Practice - Northeastern University

Learning Objectives:

Describe key components of Massachusetts’s AI-powered procurement assistance agents

Describe essential steps in the development and implementation of the AI agents

Identify steps to adapt and adopt a similar solution in other procurement offices