Agenda

Day 1: Roundtable - Thursday, October 8

8:30 AM

Breakfast

9:00 AM

Welcome remarks

Josephine Wolff

Professor, Tufts University

Neil Thompson

Director, MIT FutureTech; Principal Research Scientist, MIT CSAIL

Meicen Sun

Assistant Professor, Univeristy of Illinois; Affiliated Professor, MIT FutureTech

Liliya Khasanova

Senior Researcher, Tufts University

9:15 AM

Opening address

David Clark

Senior Research Scientist, MIT Computer Science and AI Lab (CSAIL)

9:30 AM

Session 1: AI, AGI, and the evolving landscape of power

Neil Thompson

Director, MIT FutureTech; Principal Research Scientist, MIT CSAIL

Andrew Lohn

Senior Fellow, Center for Security and Emerging Technology

Milton Mueller

Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology

11:00 AM

Break

11:20 AM

Session 2: AI sovereignty and interdependence

Trisha Ray

Associate Director and Fellow, GeoTech Center, Atlantic Council

Vivek Krishnamurthy

Associate Professor, University of Colorado Law School

Keertan Kini

Head of Product, Covariance.ai

12:50 PM

Lunch

1:50 PM

Session 3: Politics and geopolitics of AI agents

Lav R. Varshney

Infinity Professor and AI Innovation Institute Director, Stony Brook University

Sonia Farrell Pearson

MBA/MPP Candidate, Harvard Business School & Harvard Kennedy School

Thomas Cao

Assistant Professor, Tufts Fletcher School

3:20 PM

Break

3:40 PM

Session 4: AI governance in the global context

Gabriele Mazzini

Fellow, MIT Connection Science

Meicen Sun

Assistant Professor, Univeristy of Illinois; Affiliated Professor, MIT FutureTech

Ian Johnstone

Professor of International Law, Tufts Fletcher School

5:10 PM

Debrief and break

6:00 PM

Dinner (invite only)

Day 2: Workshop - Friday, October 9 (closed session, attendance by invite only)

Organizers

Meicen Sun

Assistant Professor
University of Illinois; MIT FutureTech

Damian Saccocio

Strategic Partnerships Coordinator
MIT FutureTech

Liliya Khasanova

Senior Researcher
Tufts University

Abbie Katz

Project Coordinator
MIT FutureTech

Tess Fagan

Head of Operations
MIT FutureTech

Contact

Workshop Organizers: Tess Fagan (MIT FutureTech), Liliya Khasanova (Tufts University), Damian Saccocio (MIT FutureTech), Meicen Sun (University of Illinois; MIT FutureTech)
For questions, contact Shiobhain Warren-Jenkins (swarrenj@mit.edu)