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The New Jersey Photography Forum will present a free panel discussion, “Artificial Intelligence: Transforming our Lives,” on June 22, 2025, from 2 to 4 PM in the Main Gallery of the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey. Immediately following the panel discussion, there will be a wine reception to celebrate the opening of the NJ Photography Forum’s exhibit The Garden State, in the Art Center’s Main Gallery.

The panel will be moderated by Umesh Bhatt, who is the Director of Emerging Methods & Technologies at Bristol Myers Squibb. He will be asking the experts to focus on education, healthcare, drug development, research, copyright laws, jobs, and marketing to share the trends and observations in the growing use of artificial intelligence in their fields. He also has over a decade of experience conducting workshops, educating photographers and artists on various technologies and advanced techniques, with a recent focus on AI tools. He will join the panel to present information on AI in the visual arts.

The members of the panel include Dr. Amish Patel, Chief of Interventional Radiology at Overlook Medical Center; Douglas Orr, District Supervisor of Technology for the Summit Public School System; Thomas Graham, Scientist in Drug Research at Bristol Meyers Squibb; James Klobucar, Esq., Partner, Gearhart Law, LLC; and Rachel Rubinstein, AI Champion, Ogilvy Health PRS&I.