Signature Events

A year of events commemorating the past and shaping the future of artificial intelligence.

Nov. 17, 2026 (Hanover, NH)

Technigala poster.

DALI TechniGala: Fall 2026

Dartmouth’s showcase of student-built technology and design projects is hosting another event during the 70th anniversary year. It will include an expanded AI-focused competition judged by Dartmouth alumni working in AI, a Startup Recruiting Fair with the Center for Career Design earlier in the day, and an alumni panel the evening before. Event details coming soon.

Spring 2027 (New York City, NY)

People in a classroom

Future of Work

An event focused on how organizations can structure work to preserve human judgment, creative capacity, and ethical accountability as AI capabilities expand—and what this means for how we educate future workers and leaders.

Past Events

October 29-31, 2026 (Hanover, NH)

What Must Remain Human?

AI at 70: What Must Remain Human?

Seventy years after AI was launched at Dartmouth, we convened leaders from government, industry, and academia, along with scholars, critics, and students to discuss what AI makes possible, question its limits, and confront the challenges it creates. Watch the sessions.

October 30, 2026 (Hanover, NH)

Martin Burt and Aniket Doegar

What If Your User Can’t Read the Screen?

Martin Burt, founder of Fundación Paraguaya and the Poverty Stoplight, and Aniket Doegar, co-founder and CEO of Haqdarshak, discussed how their organizations design technology for families with different levels of literacy and across many languages. This event was hosted by Social Entrepreneurship + Innovation at Dartmouth and Dartmouth Engineering.

October 6, 2026 (Hanover, NH)

Emily Harding

AI, Cybersecurity, and National Defense

Emily Harding of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a former CIA and National Security Council official, talked with Dartmouth government professor Daryl Press about how AI and cyber tools are changing intelligence work and national defense. This event was co-sponsored by the Alexander Hamilton Society and the Davidson Institute for Global Security. 

June 3, 2026 (Hanover, NH)

Students gathered at Technigala event

DALI TechniGala

Dartmouth's termly showcase of student-built technology and design projects marked the 70th anniversary year with an AI-focused competition featuring six themed $1,000 prizes, alongside demos spanning apps, hardware, and human-centered design. A panel of Dartmouth alumni working in AI across research, industry, and entrepreneurship followed the next day.

Feb. 26–27, 2026 (Hanover, NH)

Hany Farid

McGuire Prize: Hany Farid

The McGuire Prize event launched the 70th anniversary year with Hany Farid, whose career pioneering digital forensics demonstrates the Dartmouth approach—using AI to expand what's possible while keeping human judgment, innovation, and ethical responsibility at the center.