Ninth Annual Innovation and Technology Law Conference
Please join us for the free and fully virtual Ninth Annual Innovation and Technology Law Conference on Friday, June 5, titled "Indigenous Perspectives on AI: Appropriation, Regulation, and Innovation"
The conference is presented by the Seattle University School of Law; TILE Institute (Technology, Innovation Law, and Ethics); and SITIE Initiative (Summer Initiative for Technology, Innovation, and Ethics) ; and is co-sponsored by the Northwest Center for Indigenous Law; Seattle Journal of Technology, Environmental & Innovation Law (SJTEIL); and American Indian Law Journal.
AGENDA
9 a.m. (all times listed are PDT) Welcome and Land Acknowledgment
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
9:10-10:30am 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)
10:30-10:35am Break
10:35-12:15pm Conference Spotlight: Data Sovereignty and the Ethics of AI
Moderator: [TBA]
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 Arizone James E. Rodgers College of Law (Yaqui descent)
12:15-12:30 Break
12:30-1:45pm 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)
1:45-1:50 Break
1:50-2:45pm 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.
2:45-3:00pm Break
3:00-4:30pm 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
- [will be adding Rogelio’s project colleagues]
- 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)