Annual Innovation and Technology Law Conference

9:00 a.m. Welcome and Land Acknowledgement

Dean Anthony Varona, Seattle University School of Law
Steven Bender, Associate Dean for Planning and Strategic Initiatives and Professor of Law, Seattle University School of Law

9:10-10:30 a.m. Cultural Appropriation: Past and Present 

Moderator

Nazune Menka, Assistant Professor of Law and Faculty Director, Northwest Center for Indigenous Law, Seattle University School of Law (Denaakk’e [Koyukon Athabaskan] & Lumbee descent)

Panelists

• Kristen A. Carpenter, Distinguished University Professor & Council Tree Professor, Director, American Indian Law Program, University of Colorado Law School
• Trevor Reed, Professor of Law, UC Irvine School of Law (Enrolled, Hopi Tribe)
• Forrest Tahdooahnippah, Assistant Professor of Law, Mitchell Hamline School of Law (Enrolled, Comanche Nation)

10:35-12:15 p.m. Conference Spotlight: Data Sovereignty and the Ethics of AI

Panelists

• Abigail Echo-Hawk, Executive Vice President, Seattle Indian Health Board and Director, Urban Indian Health Institute (Enrolled, Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma)
• Aila Hoss, Associate Professor of Law, Indiana University McKinney School of Law
• Stephanie Russo-Carroll, Associate Professor, Public Health, University of Arizona (Citizen of the Native Village of Kluti-Kaah)
• Desi Small-Rodriguez, Assistant Professor, UCLA American Indian Studies and Sociology, Director, Data Warriors Lab, Co-Founder, US Indigenous Data Sovereignty Network, Founding Member, Global Indigenous Data Alliance (Northern Cheyenne and Chicana descent)
• Rebecca Tsosie, Regents Professor and Morris K. Udall Professor of Law, University of Arizona James E. Rodgers College of Law (Yaqui descent)

12:30-1:45 p.m. Ethical Natural Resource Use and AI

Moderator

Bree Black Horse, Kilpatrick, Townsend & Stockton LLP, Native American Affairs Team (Enrolled, Seminole Nation of Oklahoma)

Panelists

• Marthy Hernandez, Kilpatrick, Townsend & Stockton LLP, court admissions Kalispel Tribal Court and Yakima Nation Tribal Court
• Lydia Jennings, Assistant Professor, Director, Sovereign Soils Research Collaborative, Department of Environmental Studies, Dartmouth College and Chair, Indigenous Data Governance Task Force and Co-Founder, Indigenous Data Alliance (Member, Huicho [Wixáritari] and Pascua Yaqui [Yoeme] Tribes)
• Krystal Two Bulls, Executive Director, Honor the Earth (Oglala Lakota and Northern Cheyenne descent) 

1:50-2:45 p.m. AI Regulation and Indigenous Sovereignty

Moderator

Steve Tapia, Distinguished Practitioner in Residence, Seattle University School of Law

Panelists

• Adam Crepelle, Assistant Professor of Law, Loyola University Chicago (Enrolled, United Houma Nation)
• Margaret Hu, Davison Douglas Professor of Law and Director of the Digital Democracy Lab, William & Mary Law School. 

3:00-4:30 p.m. Indigenous AI Innovation: Frameworks and Models

Moderator

Steven Bender, Associate Dean for Planning and Strategic Initiatives and Professor of Law, Seattle University School of Law

Panelists

• Rogelio E. Cardona-Rivera, Director, Laboratory for Quantitative Experience Design, Assistant Professor and Founding Faculty, Division of Games, The University of Utah 
• Michael Running Wolf, Co-Founder and Lead Architect, First Languages AI Reality (Citizen, Northern Cheyenne Tribe)
• Jeff Ward, Founder and CEO, Animikii (Ojibwe [Sandy Bay] and Métis descent)