UMass Boston

Agenda

9-9:30 - Welcoming Remarks

  • Nir Eisikovits, Director, Applied Ethics Center & Professor of Philosophy, UMass Boston
  • Hon. Marty Meehan, President, University of Massachusetts
  • Hon. Gustavo Beliz, Member, Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences & Former Minister of Justice, Security and Human Rights, Argentina
  • Marcelo Suárez-Orozco, Chancellor, UMass Boston & Council, Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences

9:35-10:20 - AI & Education

Moderator:

  • Joe Berger, Provost, UMass Boston

Panelists:

  • Mary Skipper, Superintendent, Boston Public Schools
  • Garrett Smith, Deputy Secretary, Executive Office of Education
  • Traci Walker Griffith, Founder & CEO, TWG Education Labs

10:25-11:10 - AI & Governance

Moderator:

  • Hon. Jason Snyder, Secretary, Executive Office of Technology Services & Security

Panelists:

  • Shin-pei Tsay, Chief Information Officer, City of Boston
  • Michael Ahn, Associate Professor of Public Policy, UMass Boston
  • Teryn Zmuda, Executive Director, Data-Smart City Solutions, Bloomberg Center for Cities 

 
11:15-12:00 - AI & Workforce

Moderator:

  • Hon. Lauren Jones, Secretary, Executive Office of Labor & Workforce Development

Panelists:

  • Chrissy Lynch, President, Massachusetts AFL-CIO
  • Isabella Loaiza, Senior Economist, Revelio Labs & Adjunct Professor at NYU Stern School of Business and MIT Sloan School of Management Research Affiliate
  • Wei Ding, Executive Director, Paul English Applied AI Institute & Distinguished Professor, Computer Science, UMass Boston

 
12:00-12:45 - Lunch & Networking
 
12:50-1:35 - AI & Democracy

Moderator:

  • Travis Johnston, Associate Professor, Political Science, UMass Boston

Panelists:

  • Hon. Stephen Lynch, United States House of Representatives
  • Hon. Daniel Hunt, Chair, Joint Committee on Election Laws, Massachusetts House of Representatives
  • Baroness Beeban Kidron, Member, UK House of Lords


1:40-2:25 - AI & Administration of Justice

Moderator:

  • Hon. Judge Chris Panos, United States Bankruptcy Court, District of Massachusetts

Panelists:

  • Iván Espinoza-Madrigal, Executive Director, Lawyers for Civil Rights
  • Kaitlyn Karpenko, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Attorney General Andrea Campbell
  • Hon. Judge Brian Palmucci, Associate Justice, Massachusetts District Court

2:30-3:15 - AI & Innovation

Moderator:

  • Vipin Mayar, Head of AI Innovation, Fidelity

Panelists:

  • Hon. Eric Paley, Secretary, Executive Office of Economic Development
  • Stefanie Chiras, Senior Vice President, AI Innovation Hub, Red Hat
  • Dr. Emilia Javorsky, Director of the Futures Program, Future of Life Institute

3:20-4:05 - AI & Health

Moderator:

  • Rosemary Samia, Director, Center for Clinical Education & Research, Manning College of Nursing & Health Sciences, UMass Boston

Panelists:

  • Dr. Ashish Jha, Senior Fellow, Belfer Center, Harvard Kennedy School
  • Yvonne Hao, Chief Operating Officer & General Partner, Flagship Pioneering
  • Dr. Christine Suchecki, Director of Nursing Services for Clinical Informatics, Mass General Brigham

4:10 - Closing Remarks

  • Nir Eisikovits, Director, Applied Ethics Center & Professor of Philosophy, UMass Boston
  • Hon. Gustavo Beliz, Member, Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences & Former Minister of Justice, Security and Human Rights, Argentina
  • Marcelo Suárez-Orozco, Chancellor, UMass Boston & Council, Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences

 

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