The Fall 2026 Symposium of the Academy of Masonic Knowledge will be held on Saturday, Oct. 24, in the Freemasons Cultural Center at the Masonic Village at Elizabethtown.

Registration will open at 8:30 a.m., with the program beginning at 9 a.m.

Presenters: Brother Roger S. VanGorden: “If Thomas Smith Webb Had a Chatbot: Speculative Masonry Meets Artificial Intelligence,” and Brother Joshua W. Schutts, Ph.D.: “Curating a Culture of Brotherhood and Engagement.”

A lunch (for a requested contribution of $20) will be served at noon, and the program will be completed by 2 p.m.

All Masons (including Entered Apprentices and Fellowcrafts), their significant others and their guests are welcome to attend. Dress is business formal (jacket and tie for men, dress or business suit for ladies).

Pre-register at PaMasonicAcademy.org or through your Lodge Secretary. If you pre-register and subsequently determine that you will be unable to attend, please have the Masonic courtesy to cancel your reservation by emailing amksecretary@pagrandlodge.org.

A live stream of the symposium will be available on the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania YouTube channel.