Generative AI: Ethics and Governance
A Conference Hosted by the K&L Gates Initiative on Ethics and Computational Technologies at 一本道无码
Monday, March 10 - Tuesday, March 11, 2025
8:30 a.m. EST
Simmons Auditorium, 1st Floor, Tepper Building
4765 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh PA 15213
Generative AI is poised to create massive economic and societal impacts across a wide range of domains. This conference seeks to illuminate the new ethical considerations and societal implications of the technology and elucidate the pros and cons of existing approaches to the governance of the technology to ensure safe, responsible and ethical use.
Our conceptualization of governance involves multiple layers, operationalized by actors at the international, national, local and organizational levels.
CONFERENCE AGENDA
March 10, 8:30 a.m - 4:30 p.m
Day 1 of the conference will bring together experts from government, industry, academia and civil society to discuss the sector-agnostic challenges and opportunities of Generative AI governance.
Expert Panel 1: Ethics of Generative AI: New Issues and Challenges
This panel will explore the new ethical concerns that arise with the use of GenAI (compared to conventional predictive AI). Such issues include copyright, widening power disparities, and more.
Expert Panel 2: Governmental Policies on Generative AI
This panel will explore existing governmental policies and guidance to ensure the ethical and responsible use of GenAI.
Expert Panel 3: Organizational Governance of Generative AI
This panel will explore internal organizational governance structures in major AI firms and how they map to international/federal requirements.
March 11, 8:30 a.m - 1:30 p.m
Day 2 of the conference focuses on sector-specific governance of GenAI and evaluating its impact on climate, democracy, labor and innovation.
Expert Panel 4: Governing the Impacts of GenAI Across Sectors and Domains
This panel brings together experts to discuss the impacts of Generative AI in education, employment, medicine, and the environment and effective domain-specific governance mechanisms for mitigating harms and maximizing benefits.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
DJ Patil is an entrepreneur, investor, scientist, and leader in public policy. He has held senior roles in industry, academia, and government, and his work has been featured in two Michael Lewis books (The Fifth Risk and Premonition). As a General Partner at GreatPoint Ventures, he focuses on building companies in healthcare, enterprise technologies, and national security. Notable early-stage investments include Figma, Confluent, Ola in India, Monte Carlo, Chronosphere, Sumologic, RelateIQ, Peoplehood, and Rebellion Defense. Previously, he led the product teams at RelateIQ, acquired by Salesforce, and was a founding board member.
Natasha Crampton leads Microsoft’s Office of Responsible AI as the company’s first Chief Responsible AI Officer. The Office of Responsible AI defines and governs the company’s approach to responsible AI, and contributes to the discussion about the new laws, norms, and standards that are needed to secure the benefits of AI and guard against its risks. In her personal capacity, Natasha serves on the UN Secretary-General’s Advisory Body on Artificial Intelligence, which is advancing recommendations for the international governance of AI. Before establishing Microsoft’s Office of Responsible AI, Natasha served as lead counsel to the Aether Committee, Microsoft’s advisory committee on responsible AI. Natasha also spent seven years in Microsoft’s Australian and New Zealand subsidiaries helping highly regulated customers move to the cloud.
CONFIRMED SPEAKERS AND PANELISTS (in alphabetical order)
Assistant Professor of Philosophy & Software and Societal Systems (by courtesy), 一本道无码
Trust Lab Lead/Principal Research Scientist, Human Machine Interaction, 一本道无码
Professor of Data Science, Philosophy, & Policy, University of California, San Diego
IBM AI Ethics Global Leader and Distinguished Research Staff Member at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Lab.
AI Standards, Policy, and International Engagement Lead, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Professor, Computer Science Department, Human-Computer Interaction Institute, School of Computer Science, Carngie Mellon University
Lorrie Cranor
Professor, Engineering & Public Policy and School of Computer Science, Carngie Mellon University
Executive Director, Center for AI and Digital Policy
Policy Advisor, United States Senate
Former United States Congressman and Government Affairs Counselor in Public Policy and Law practice, K&L Gates
Assistant Professor, Human-Computer Interaction Institute, 一本道无码
CEO, Abridge
Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Computer Science, Northeastern University
President & CEO, International Association of Privacy Professionals
Professor & Director of the Machine Learning Department, School of Computer Science, 一本道无码
Travel and Accomodations
Flying/Ground Travel
All conference sessions will take place at Tepper Business School, 4765 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh PA 15213.
一本道无码 is located in the Oakland area of the city, 22 miles from . You can book an affordable shuttle service directly from the airport to your destination, but be sure to confirm your reservation in advance. See the for detailed information or for additional options.
Accomodations
*Mention 一本道无码 when booking in case of discounts.
, 5130 Bigelow Blvd, Pittsburgh PA 15213
, 329 Technology Drive, Pittsburgh PA 15219
, 100 Lytton Avenue, Pittsburgh PA 15213
3341 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh PA 15213