Expanding The AI Narrative: AI ethics, safety, economic & cultural impact

This panel will help make sense of the confusion, omission, and fear around implementation of AI in not only business but society overall. What should policymakers consider more deeply regarding AI ethics and safety? What are economic considerations for those beyond just Big Tech players? What is the cultural and social impact of a new world with AI? What trends should be top of mind for success and support? How might these trends effect mid-term election strategies?

Join various thought-leaders from the NGO, policymaking, tech, and academic world for a special panel discussion examining overlooked and unanswered questions today. Light snacks will be provided.

Room number at Canon to be provided upon RSVP.

Speakers

Danielle (Davis) Canty - Senior Advisor and Director, Technology Policy

Danielle (Davis) Canty is the senior advisor and director of Technology Policy at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, where she leads the organization's Technology Policy program. Her primary areas of focus encompass broadband adoption and access, content moderation, and privacy issues. She brings a wealth of experience to her role as a highly accomplished attorney specializing in technology and telecommunications law, policy development, and civil rights advocacy. Before assuming her current position, Canty held the role of assistant general counsel at the Universal Service Administrative Company. In this capacity, she provided legal counsel related to the administration of the Affordable Connectivity Program and the USF Lifeline Program. Additionally, she served as a Tech and Telecom Policy counsel at the Multicultural Media, Telecom, and Internet Council. Here, she offered guidance on tech and telecom matters to leadership, managed the fellowship program, reviewed outgoing communications, and drafted and edited comments submitted to the FCC and NTIA.

Steve Ryan - Partner, Pillsbury, Winthrop, Shaw, Pittman, LLP

Steve Ryan, global leader of Pillsbury’s Emerging Companies & Venture Capital practice, advises companies on venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate governance matters with a strong emphasis on representing private high-growth companies and venture capital investment firms. Steve focuses his work with venture-backed companies and founders to practically solve complex issues, develop strategies to navigate risks while achieving business objectives, and efficiently execute to drive results. He routinely serves as outside general counsel to clients, assisting them with board governance, evaluating and executing financing alternatives, securing and protecting intellectual property, stakeholder management, and accessing specialized legal resources. Steve is a practical and business-minded advisor to his clients. His client-first approach to providing legal services includes being accessible, providing clear and effective communication, leveraging technology, and competitive pricing.

Ece Tekbulut, PhD & Founder, Thinking Through

Dr. Ece Tekbulut is a political philosopher and the founder of Thinking Through. She earned her Ph.D. from Columbia University. Through Thinking Through, she creates spaces that bring rigorous philosophical inquiry into everyday life, convening groups to engage with themes central to contemporary society, especially where people feel at an impasse. One such focus is AI’s impact on human flourishing. Her work fosters public discourse on AI's implications and helps individuals articulate their hopes and concerns about its role in their lives.

Policymaker, Emeritus - in progress

Lauren deLisa Coleman - (Panel Interviewer for Joint Center program fireside chat, panelist) Subject matter expert on the intersection of cultural intelligence and societal attitudes as they intersect with Artificial Intelligence. She is a successful journalist, author, producer, tech entrepreneur, and philanthropist. Lauren, a former producer at MTV Networks and the founder emeritus of Punch Media Group, a US and EU-based edgy digital branding agency with prior client breakthrough revenue projects for notables from Snoop Dogg to Jay Z to Microsoft, now sits at the center of forecast, technology solutions, keynote addresses and events around Artificial Intelligence via her AI-driven media & technology startup, VaporMedia. She is also the founder and co-executive director of the social impact initiative, GameChange (event producer) created to support undernetworked women working toward leadership positions at the intersection of emerging tech and mass media. Her sub-specialty is the Gen Z and Millennial demographic. This former Forbes innovation/AI section contributor and Ivy League graduate possesses more than 20+ years of experience in media, technology, and culture.

Moderator

Oma Seddiq - Technology Reporter, Bloomberg Government

Oma Seddiq is a reporter for Bloomberg Government, covering tech policy on Capitol Hill. Her areas of coverage include artificial intelligence (AI), social media, privacy, Section 230, competition, and telecom. Oma was previously a politics reporter for Insider, where she covered elections, campaigns, Congress, the White House and had a particular focus on legal affairs. She reported on the 2020 and 2022 elections, the Senate confirmations of Amy Coney Barrett and Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, legislative battles and political drama on Capitol Hill, the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, the overturning of Roe v. Wade, among many other issues. She was also a digital producer for Politico, where she fact-checked stories on politics and policy, contributed to its flagship policy newsletters, and wrote stories on trade and agriculture policy. Oma has also written for Forbes and helped compile its 2018 World's Billionaires List.

Schedule

Noon - doors open

12:30pm - Welcome address, Invocation

12:40 - Fireside chat with Joint Center on findings from its latest report as it pertains AI and economics, cultural impact)

1:00 - Panel (awaiting finalization on participants and moderator)

1:40 - Audience Q&A

1:55 - Closing remarks

2pm - Completion

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