- John Bansemer, Director of CyberAI Project and Senior Fellow, Georgetown Center for Security and Emerging Technology, Adjunct Professor, Georgetown School of Foreign Service
- Dyllan Brown-Bramble, Associate, Latham & Watkins, Senior Fellow, Internet Law and Policy Foundry
- Julie Cohen, Mark Claster Mamolen Professor of Law and Technology, Georgetown University Law Center
- Mary Pat Dwyer, Academic Program Director, Georgetown Law Institute for Technology Law & Policy
- Eric Einhorn, former Chief of Staff to Sen. Brian Schatz
- Kara Graves, Partner, Wilkinson Barker Knauer
- Diane Holland, Partner, Wiley
- Lisa Hone, Chief Counsel, Innovation Data & Commerce Committee at Energy & Commerce Committee (Minority staff)
- Margaret Hu, Taylor Reveley Research Professor and Professor of Law, William & Mary Law School
- Narda Jones, Chief of Staff, FCC; former Director of Legislative Affairs, White House Office of Science and Technology; former Senior Technology Policy Advisor, Senate Commerce Committee
- Natalie Kates, former CTO, White House Covid Response Team
- Cynthia Khoo, Senior Associate, Georgetown Law Center on Privacy and Technology
- Brenda Leong, Partner, Luminos
- John Lin, Senior Counsel, House Energy and Commerce Committee
- Jonathan Mayer, Assistant Professor, Princeton University Department of Computer Science and School of Public and International Affairs
- Paul Ohm, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
- Gabrielle Rejouis, Legal Fellow, United for Respect/Athena Coalition and Adjunct Faculty, Georgetown University
- Natalie Roisman, Executive Director, Georgetown Law Institute for Technology Law & Policy
- Ridhi Shetty, Policy Counsel, Center for Democracy and Technology
- Neel Sukhatme, Associate Dean for Research and Academic Programs, Anne Fleming Research Professor, Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center
- Jamie Susskind, Legislative Director, U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn
- Jason Tashea, Founding Director, Judicial Innovation Fellowship
Full Agenda
DAY ONE | Tuesday, August 8
Breaking It Down: The Foundational Hows and Whys of Platforms, Decentralized Finance, Biometrics, and Generative AI
9:30 am–10:00 am: Registration/check-in
10:00 am–10:10 am: Welcome
10:10 am–11:30 am: An Overview of Disaggregated Data Architectures – How They Work and Why They Matter So Much
11:30 am–11:45 am: Break
11:45 am–12:45 pm: The Promise and Problems of Biometrics
12:45 pm–1:15 pm: Boxed lunches provided; group introductions
1:15 pm–2:00 pm: Lunch Discussion | Understanding Alternatives to Centralized Tech Platforms – Decentralized Finance and Web3 (boxed lunch provided)
2:00 pm–2:15 pm: Break
2:15 pm–3:00 pm: The Rise of Generative AI
DAY TWO | Wednesday, August 9
Making it Equitable: Expanding Access and Advancing Inclusion
12:30 pm–1:00 pm: Registration/check-in
1:00 pm–2:00 pm: Technology That Serves People Through All Branches and Levels of Government
2:00 pm–2:30 pm: Networking Break
2:30 pm–3:30 pm: The Civil Rights and Liberties Side of AI and Data Privacy
3:30 pm–3:45 pm: Break
3:45 pm–5:15 pm: Driving Broadband Access Through Better Spectrum Policy
5:30 pm: Tech Policy Happy Hour with the Georgetown Tech & Society Initiative
DAY THREE | Thursday, August 10
Putting It Together: The Path Forward
9:30 am–10:00 am: Registration/check-in
10:00 am–10:30 am: Operationalizing Your Takeaways From Tech Foundations
10:30 am–11:15 am: AI – What Now?
11:15 am–11:30 am: Break
11:30 am–12:15 pm: Data Privacy – What Now?
12:15 pm–1:00 pm: Platform Regulation – What Now?
1:00 pm–1:15 pm: Break
1:15 pm–3:00 pm: Lunch Roundtable/Panel: Career Tips From Senior Tech Policy Congressional Staff