Eighth Annual Innovation and Technology Law Conference
Please join us for the free and fully virtual Eighth Annual Innovation and Technology Law Conference on Friday, June 6, titled "Regulating Artificial Intelligence: From Where and When?"
The conference will address the regulation of AI domestically and internationally, feature a focus on AI in the context of politics and democratic elections, and include a final panel on AI and lawyer regulation (1.5 hours Washington CLE credit for final panel). National and local speakers from academia, law firms, and the technology industry, including former chief White House ethics lawyer Richard Painter, will engage in panels and discussions such as "Guidance from International Regulation Sources," "The Cases for Industry Self-Regulation and Government Regulation of AI," and "AI Regulation: The Role of Washington State Legal Organizations."
The conference is sponsored by Seattle U Law’s Technology, Innovation Law, and Ethics (TILE) Institute, the Summer Initiative for Technology, Innovation, and Ethics (SITIE), the Seattle Journal of Technology, Environmental & Innovation Law (SJTEIL), and the law firm of Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C.
Register here: https://events.seattleu.edu/event/8th-annual-innovation-and-technology-law-conference
AGENDA
9 a.m. (all times listed are PDT)
Welcome
Dean Anthony E. Varona, Seattle University School of Law
9:10 - 9:55 a.m.
Guidance from International Regulation Sources
Moderator: Mark Chinen, Professor, Seattle University School of Law
Panelists:
- Charlotte Tschider, Associate Professor, Loyola University Chicago School of Law & The Beazley Institute of Health Law and Policy
- Marie-Charlotte Roques-Bonnet, ID side Principal & Product Lead
10 - 11:10 a.m.
The Cases for Industry Self-Regulation and Government Regulation of AI
Moderator: Onur Bakiner, Director, Technology Ethics Initiative, Seattle University, Associate Professor of Political Science
Panelists:
- Boaz Ashkenazy, Seattle Chapter President, Applied AI Association
- William Bartholomew, Director of Public Policy, Office of Responsible AI, Microsoft
- Kevin De Liban '11, Founder, TechTonic Justice
- Christopher Yoo, Imasogie Professor in Law and Technology; Professor of Communication; Professor of Computer and Information Science; Founding Director, Center for Technology, Innovation & Competition, University of Pennsylvania
11:10 a.m. - 12:10 p.m.
Conference Spotlight: Politics in a World of AI Misinformation: Regulatory Approaches
Moderator: Laura Lemire '09, Of Counsel, Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C.
- Richard Painter, S. Walter Richey Professor of Corporate Law, University of Minnesota Law School
- Mark Verstraete, joining Seattle University School of Law July 2025 as Assistant Professor of Law
- Commentator: Lili Levi, Professor, University of Miami School of Law
12:20 - 1:30 p.m.
Keynote: Analyzing the Benefits of Artificial Intelligence to Racially Inclusive Democracy
Introduction: Steven Bender, Professor and Associate Dean of Planning and Strategic Initiatives, Seattle University School of Law
Spencer Overton, Patricia Roberts Harris Research Professor of Law, Founder and Faculty Director, Multiracial Democracy Project, George Washington Law School
Commentators:
- Fanna Gamal, Assistant Professor, UCLA School of Law
- Professor Jeffrey Omari, Gonzaga University School of Law, joining Seattle University School of Law July 2025 as Associate Professor of Law
1:40 - 3:10 p.m.
AI Regulation from Domestic Sources: From Where and When?
Moderator: Steve Tapia, Distinguished Practitioner in Residence, Seattle University School of Law
Panelists:
- Mark Geistfeld, Sheila Lubetsky Birnbaum Professor of Civil Litigation, New York University School of Law, and Reporter, Principles of the Law, Civil Liability for Artificial Intelligence, American Law Institute
- Margaret Hu, Taylor Reveley Research Professor and Professor of Law and Director, Digital Democracy Lab, William & Mary Law School
- Emile Loza de Siles, Assistant Professor, University of Hawai‘i William S. Richardson School of Law
3:30 - 5 p.m.
AI Regulation: The Role of Washington State Legal Organizations
(1.5 hours Washington CLE credit)
Moderator: LeighAnne Thompson, Associate Director, Law Library Digital Innovation, Associate Director, TILE, Seattle University School of Law, and Ex Officio, WSBA Legal Technology Task Force
Panelists:
- Judge Alicia Burton, Pierce County Superior Court, Co-Chair, Board for Judicial Administration
- Michele Carney, Carney & Marchi, P.S., WSBA Committee on Professional Ethics and WSBA Legal Technology Task Force Member
- Ryan Harkins, Senior Director of Public Policy, Microsoft, Washington Office of Attorney General Artificial Intelligence Task Force Member
- Craig Shank, WSBA Legal Technology Task Force Member
- Drew Simshaw, Professor, UNLV Boyd School of Law, WSBA Legal Technology Task Force Member
- Judge Christon Skinner, Island County Superior Court, WSBA Legal Technology Task Force Member
- Leslie Veloz, Hintze Law Firm, WSBA Legal Technology Task Force Member
This year’s conference builds on past annual themes:
- 2018 - Blockchain and FinTech: Innovation and Regulation (sponsored by Fenwick & West LLP);
- 2019 - RegTech: The Transformation of Regulation & Compliance (sponsored by Perkins Coie LLP);
- 2020 - Data Justice: Legal and Policy Issues in Data Collection, Usage, and Ownership (sponsored by Perkins Coie LLP);
- 2021 - Innovating for the Social Good (sponsored by Perkins Coie LLP)
- 2022 - Deep Innovation Dives;
- 2023 - Enabling Innovation in Law and Society (sponsored by Perkins Coie LLP); and
- 2024 - Generative AI: Infringement or Innovation? (sponsored by Miller Nash LLP).
Register here: https://events.seattleu.edu/event/8th-annual-innovation-and-technology-law-conference