Annual Innovation Law and Technology Conference Archive

Regulating Artificial Intelligence: From Where and When?

8th Annual Innovation and Technology Law Conference (2025)

• Guidance from International Regulation Sources
• The Cases for Industry Self-Regulation and Government Regulation of AI
• Conference Spotlight: Politics in a World of AI Misinformation: Regulatory Approaches
• Keynote: Analyzing the Benefits of Artificial Intelligence to Racially Inclusive Democracy
• AI Regulation from Domestic Sources: From Where and When?
• AI Regulation: The Role of Washington State Legal Organizations

Generative AI: Infringement or Innovation

7th Annual Innovation and Technology Law Conference (2024)

• Agenda: 7th Annual Innovation and Technology Law Conference (PDF)
• Welcome and Overview of Generative AI Technology
• Reimagining Copyright in the Generative AI Era
• The Case for Infringement and for Innovation
• Keynote - Digital Resurrection, Immortality or Imposter
• Generative AI and Artists
• Generative AI Tort Liability

Enabling Innovation in Law and Society

6th Annual Innovation and Technology Law Conference (2023)

• Introduction: Steven Bender, Seattle University School of Law
• Session 1: Innovation in the Delivery of Legal Services and Access to Justice
• Session 2: Diversity as Key to Innovation - Stem Education
• Session 3: Diversity Enhancing Intellectual Property
• Session 4: Fireside Virtual Chat with Bruce Jackson, Associate General Counsel, Microsoft
• Session 5: Banking, Capital Markets, and The Crypto Revolution - A Look Back and Projection of the Future of FinTech

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Deep Innovation Dives

5th Annual Innovation and Technology Law Conference (2022)

• Session 1: Welcome/Innovation in Legal Services
• Session 2: Diversity Perspectives: In-House Counsel
• Session 3: Deep Innovation Dive in Health Equity: Truveta (“Saving Lives With Data”)
• Session 4: Plunging into Deep Water: An Immersion in FinTech, DeFi (decentralized finance), & Web3

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Innovating for the Social Good

4th Annual Innovation and Technology Law Conference (2021)

• Session 1: Welcome/Access to Legal Services Panel: The Role of Innovation and Technology
• Session 2: Access to Health and Health Services Panel: The COVID-19 Experience
• Session 3: Access to Financial Services: The Promise (and Challenges) of FinTech

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Data Justice: Legal and Policy Issues in Data Collection, Usage, and Ownership

3rd Annual Innovation and Technology Law Conference (2020)

• Session 1: Welcome/Introductory Framing of Data, Technology, and Regulation
• Session 2: Case Study on Personal Data-AI Facial Recognition in Public and Private Spaces
• Session 3: Case Study on Personal Data-Social Credit Scoring Models from China to Silicon
• Session 4: Case Study on Personal Data-Health with a COVID-19 and Contact Tracing Emphasis in Our Deepest Case Study/Data Dive of the Day
• Session 5: Closing Panel: Who Should Control Digital Identity?-Big Data v. Decentralized Data

SITIE2020 Symposium: Innovating the Built Environment

• Innovating the Built Environment symposium (video)
• Innovation and Technology Law Conference on Digital Commons