Archbishop Miller Lecture
Taylor Black, director of AI & Venture Ecosystems in the Office of the Chief Technology Officer at Microsoft, will speak on “What Has Silicon Valley to do with Jerusalem? A Conversation with Taylor Black about AI, Higher Education, and Catholicism with Professor Dr. Thomas P. Harmon,” for the Annual Miller Lecture. The lecture will be at 7 p.m. on March 21, 2026 in Jones Hall at University of St. Thomas.
Taylor Black is a senior innovation leader at Microsoft, where he works in the Office of the CTO on artificial intelligence strategy, venture ecosystems, and emerging technologies. He has spent more than two decades at the intersection of technology, entrepreneurship, and higher education, helping organizations translate cutting‑edge innovation into durable institutional and cultural impact.
In addition to his role at Microsoft, Black serves as the founding director of the Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies at The Catholic University of America. His work bridges technical innovation with the Catholic intellectual tradition, engaging questions of human dignity, intelligence, formation, and the future of higher education in an AI‑driven world.
The Archbishop Miller Lecture will feature a wide-ranging conversation on how developments in Silicon Valley intersect with theology, ethics, and the mission of Catholic universities.
The Miller Lecture was established through the generosity of the John W. and Alida M. Considine Foundation in honor of Archbishop J. Michael Miller, CSB.