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APIPA 2025 Closing Plenary: Artificial Intelligence in the Workplace & Strengthening Collaboration for Oversight: SAIs and Stakeholders

Course Category Leadership

September 12, 2025

1:00 p.m.

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On-Site

This course will be delivered on-site in CNMI.

Registration is open to insular government professionals.

Course Description

The closing plenary will feature the following presentations:

Artificial Intelligence in the Workplace

This session explores the growing influence of artificial intelligence (AI) in our daily lives and the workplace. The presentation will provide an overview of AI fundamentals, highlight where AI appears in our daily lives, and introduce generative tools such as Large Language Models (LLMs). The session will also cover AI prompting techniques, explore key challenges and issues in the AI landscape, and offer sample prompts that can be used in professional settings.

Strengthening Collaboration for Oversight: SAIs and Stakeholders

This session explores the oversight role of SAIs and how they can work with key stakeholders to hold the government to account.

What You Will Learn

Session: Artificial Intelligence in the Workplace

By the end of this session, participants will be able to:

Recognize where artificial intelligence is used in everyday life and the workplace
Understand the basic concepts behind artificial intelligence
Identify tools that use artificial intelligence to support writing, research, and other professional tasks
Practice using clear and effective instructions to get useful results from these tools
Discuss common concerns and issues related to using artificial intelligence in the workplace

Session: Strengthening Collaboration for Oversight: SAIs and Stakeholders

By the end of this session, participants will be able to:

Identify key stakeholders involved in public oversight
Describe how Auditors and stakeholders can work together more effectively
Share strategies for building trust and improving communication among oversight partners
Reflect on ways to strengthen collaboration in their own work

Who Should Attend

APIPA conference sessions are intended for island government accountability professionals. Audit, budget, finance, accounting, and related management and staff members will find interest and value in this presentation.

Tuition Fees

With funding support from the United States Department of the Interior, Office of Insular Affairs, courses are available free of charge for government accountability professionals within the insular areas. The course fee is waived and there is no cost to register and attend, Professionals who do not meet the above criteria, please contact [email protected].

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September 12, 2025

1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

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CPEs - 4 Credit Hours

On-Site, CNMI

TBD, CNMI

Panelists

William Hunter

Saipan, CNMI

William Hunter has served as the Distance Learning Education Coordinator at Northern Marianas College (NMC) since 2017, where he has played a key role in the institution’s transformation in education technology. Having grown up on the island of Saipan, Mr. Hunter is strongly committed to advancing digital learning in the Marianas region.

Esther Lameko-Poutoa

Auckland, NZ

Esther Lameko-Poutua is the Chief Executive of the Pacific Association of Supreme Audit Institutions (PASAI), responsible for leading the PASAI Secretariat team to deliver the strategic plan, to engage and support Supreme Audit Institutions in the Pacific region to deliver their individual objectives and responsibilities while working closely with stakeholders and development partners.

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