28th Annual BTLJ-BCLT Spring Symposium: AI Governance at the Crossroads (Day 1)

February 27-28, 2025
Residence Inn, Downtown Berkeley

Registration | Agenda

Initiatives to regulate artificial intelligence are being developed and implemented at the state, local, national, regional, and international levels. This symposium will begin with a half-day tutorial on Feb. 27 for those not yet acquainted with major initiatives such as the California legislature’s SB 1047 (the Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act), which Governor Newsom vetoed; the Biden Administration’s Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, & Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence; the European Union’s AI Act; and technical governance measures. If you are planning to attend this tutorial, please register below under the Thursday, February 27 Agenda. NOTE: We are offering an option for virtual attendance via Zoom for the tutorial program only—please indicate your choice when you register.

On February 28, a full day of speakers will present a range of perspectives on these initiatives and others, considering various types of governance tools (such as procurement policies and disclosure requirements) that regulators may deploy, and offering assessments of which are more and less likely to be effective in promoting artificial intelligence systems for the public good and ensuring safe and trustworthy development of such systems. Speakers will also explore private ordering initiatives and the role of standards in achieving these important goals.

CLE will be offered.

This symposium is funded by a grant from the MacArthur Foundation.