Ascend Orange County IAG: The Human Edge

Ascend Orange County holds its 2026 Inspiring Across Generations conference on Thursday, November 19, 2026, from 4:30 to 8:30 PM at Tustin Ranch Golf Club, 12442 Tustin Ranch Road in Tustin. The theme is The Human Edge: Leading the Future. The published agenda opens with registration and networking at 4:30, a welcome and sponsor recognition at 5:00, a keynote on leading the human side of AI at 5:10, then a session titled From Doing the Work to Directing It, a break, facilitated table discussions with scenario cards, table share-outs, a Pass It Forward close with 90-day commitments, and a happy hour from 7:30 to 8:30. Light refreshments and complimentary parking are listed on the master event page.

Ascend is the pan-Asian professional leadership network founded in 2005. Orange County is the chapter for the Irvine, Tustin, Anaheim, and broader OC corridor, separate from Ascend LA Metro's Culver City IAG on November 7. This evening is the OC marquee IAG, not a Downtown LA mixer and not NAPABA Convention programming earlier in the month. Online registration stays open through November 19 on the Ascend record. The public pages do not print a dollar amount; read the live checkout before you compare it with LA Metro's student, member, and non-member tiers.

Go if you work Orange County and want an AI-and-leadership chapter night with table work and a written commitment close rather than a standing cocktail hour. Skip it if you needed Ascend Pinnacle's board-director mixer at Jonathan Club on November 12, or if Culver City on November 7 already covered your Ascend IAG for the month. Those rooms sit in different basins. Contact orangecounty@ascendleadership.org with registration questions.

Tustin Ranch Road is an OC car trip from Irvine Spectrum, South Coast Plaza, or the 55 corridor, not a Metro hop from Culver City. Budget the drive and club parking for a 4:30 start. Screenshot confirmation. If a named keynote or panelist appears after you register, read it before you clear the evening. Trust the Ascend registration clock over a forwarded LinkedIn graphic.