Event Schedule
Ribbon Cutting
Official opening ceremony and welcome remarks
Navigating Risks and Opportunities: AI Essentials for Small Businesses
A morning workshop designed for small business owners, freelancers, and employees who want to not just survive, but thrive, in a world increasingly driven by artificial intelligence.
Networking & Refreshments
Connect with other attendees and enjoy complimentary refreshments
Understanding Wildfire Risk: Tools for Decision Making
An afternoon workshop on what you need to know about fire risk, home insurance, and how to harden your home effectively on a budget, so you can protect what matters most. Taught by a former firefighter and NFPA Certified Wildfire Mitigation Specialist.
Workshop Details
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Navigating Risks and Opportunities: AI Essentials for Small Business
Accelerator Conference Room
Don't let fear or uncertainty about artificial intelligence hold you back! This workshop provides specific strategies and tactics to thrive in the age of AI, whether you are a freelancer, small business owner, or an employee worried about your job.
Learn how you can leverage this transformative technology to effectively gain a competitive edge in today's rapidly evolving business landscape.
Taught by Ariel Strong, the founder of FireFlight. She teaches the "AI for Everyone" course at Coconino Community College and leads the "Northern Arizona AI Meetup.
Refreshments provided. Pre-registration required.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Understanding Wildfire Risk: Tools for Decision Making
Accelerator Conference Room
This workshop is designed to equip home owners, buyers, sellers, investors, and real estate professionals with the information and strategies they need to address their concerns about wildfire risk, home insurability, and the cost of mitigating properties. (Those risk scores on real estate listing sites are not the full story.)
Taught by a National Fire Protection Association Certified WIldfire Mitigation Specialist and former wildland firefighter, you will receive critical information about how to protect your home and family, and in many cases your livelihhood as well, from the threat of wildfires. A free risk estimation tool and other materials will be provided to help you move from anxiety about wildfires to empowerment in your actions and decisionmaking.
Refreshments provided. Pre-registration required.
About FireFlight
At Fireflight, our mission is to help you protect what matters most—your family, your home, and your livelihood—through cutting-edge technology. We serve in two critical areas, united by a commitment to risk management, resilience, and innovation:
AI Solutions for Small Businesses
As an AI solutions provider, we empower both workers and small business owners to navigate the fast-changing landscape of artificial intelligence with confidence. Through customized training, strategy consultation, and process automation, we help you understand and harness AI to protect your business, reduce risk, and unlock new opportunities. Our approach is practical, people-centered, and focused on long-term sustainability.
Wildfire Risk Management
We help communities and property owners stay one step ahead of wildfire threats. Fireflight uses advanced AI to analyze wildfire risk and create actionable mitigation strategies, all validated and communicated to you by certified wildfire mitigation specialists—human to human. From individual properties to entire neighborhoods, our goal is to protect homes and lives through intelligent, data-driven fire risk assessment and planning.
Meet Our Founder
Ariel Strong
From battling wildfires on the ground to building intelligent systems to help prevent them, Ariel Strong has always been driven to protect people and communities. She left a career in software engineering and leadership to found Fireflight and fuse her love of fire science with the power of AI. Now, she helps small businesses and everyday people use AI to stay safe, stay smart, and stay ahead.