# Event Details - **Event Name**: Fall Convocation 2026 - 'The Double-Edged Sword: How the Digital World Hurts and Heals - **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 17 Sep, 2026 at 09:00 am – Thu, 17 Sep, 2026 at 04:00 pm (-04:00) - **Event Description**: Online and in person The Double-Edged Sword: How the Digital World Hurts and Heals Fall Convocation 2026 The internet, smartphones, AI—all are utilities which both enhance and detract from our daily living. What is the ethical means by which we engage with technology which is rapidly changing our fragile world community? Speakers Dr. Deanna Thompson is an author, speaker, and former Director of the Lutheran Center for Faith, Values, and Community and Martin E. Marty Regents Chair of Religion and the Academy at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. She has been living with stage IV cancer since 2008 and found solace and spiritual renewal in a Caring Bridge community online. Deanna shares this compelling story in her book The Virtual Body of Christ in a Suffering World and Glimpsing Resurrection: Cancer, Trauma, and Ministry. Michael Hanegan is the Founder of the Center for the Future of Learning and Work. He is an adjunct professor at Rose State College where he teaches on the theory, ethics, and social impact of Generative AI on learning and work. He is the co-author of Generative AI and Libraries: Claiming Our Place in the Center of a Shared Future. Michael serves as an advisor to numerous institutions and industry partners on the human factors of AI experimentation, adoption, and integration. For the last three years he has offered a series of micro-credentials and other training opportunities in partnership with the Association of Theological Schools, Atla, and the InTrust Center for Theological Schools. Michael’s work focuses on the renegotiation of the relationship of learning and work, how generative AI complicates, accelerates, and enhances that future, and the ways in which we can collectively build a world that is good for the whole human family. You may register here: https://ulsforms.wufoo.com/forms/r1x91s91st0fni/ - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/flourtown/fall-convocation-2026-the-double-edged-sword-how-the-digital-world-hurts-and-heals/200030433571447 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, artificial-intelligence, workshops - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 3 ## Ticket Details ## Event venue details - **city**: Flourtown - **state**: PA - **country**: United States - **location**: 7301 Germantown Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19119-1726, United States - **lat**: 40.06187 - **long**: -75.191 - **full address**: 7301 Germantown Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19119-1726, United States, 7301 Germantown Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19119-1726, United States, Flourtown ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Fall Convocation 2026 - 'The Double-Edged Sword: How the Digital World Hurts and Heals - **Image URL**: https://dyn-image.allevents.in/generate-image?v=4&title=Fall+Convocation+2026+-+%27The+Double-Edged+Sword%3A+How+the+Digital+World+Hurts+and+Heals&date=Thu%2C+17+Sep%2C+2026+at+09%3A00+am&bg=3 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Fall Convocation 2026 - 'The Double-Edged Sword: How the Digital World Hurts and Heals being held? - **A:** Fall Convocation 2026 - 'The Double-Edged Sword: How the Digital World Hurts and Heals takes place on Thu, 17 Sep, 2026 at 09:00 am to Thu, 17 Sep, 2026 at 04:00 pm at 7301 Germantown Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19119-1726, United States, 7301 Germantown Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19119-1726, United States, Flourtown. - **Q**: Who is organizing Fall Convocation 2026 - 'The Double-Edged Sword: How the Digital World Hurts and Heals? - **A:** Fall Convocation 2026 - 'The Double-Edged Sword: How the Digital World Hurts and Heals is organized by Kindling Faith at United Lutheran Seminary. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** Fall Convocation 2026 - 'The Double-Edged Sword: How the Digital World Hurts and Heals is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Flourtown, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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