Accountable AI Research Conference

The Accountable AI Research Conference will bring together scholars from law and other fields. The risks and limitations of AI have been the subject of scholarly attention for many years. Yet there has been a dramatic upsurge in AI business adoption, technical capabilities, investment, and public policy activity. This conference centers scholarship with a normative, legal, or public policy focus, and emphasizes work with the potential for impact on business practice and government actions.

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Event Summary

The Accountable AI Research Conference will bring together scholars from law and other fields. The risks and limitations of AI have been the subject of scholarly attention for many years. Yet there has been a dramatic upsurge in AI business adoption, technical capabilities, investment, and public policy activity. This conference centers scholarship with a normative, legal, or public policy focus, and emphasizes work with the potential for impact on business practice and government actions.

Speakers

علی مظاهری
سارا معینی
سعید حسینی
مظفر صادقی
Accountable AI Research Conference

Descriptions

— Conference Pricing* —

  • Academic/Institutional Faculty (Faculty member from academic institutions): $200
  • Academic Researchers (Non-faculty academic researchers such as current PhD, PostDoc, and Academic Fellows): $100
  • Government & Nonprofit (Employees of the US or State Government or employees of a nonprofit organization): $200
  • Industry Practitioners (Businessperson with interests in AI): $500

*Limited scholarship funding is available for those unable to cover the registration fee. Please contact Schotland McQuade at smcquade@wharton.upenn.edu.

Please note: This is a research conference open to participants from academia and industry, including faculty and current researchers. We are developing opportunities for the broader Penn community, including students. Penn undergraduate, MBA, and WEMBA students who are interested are encouraged to join our mailing list to be notified when these opportunities become available.

— Presenters —

  • Agathe Balayn
    Postdoctoral Researcher, Microsoft Research
    “Responsible AI on the Ground: What Empirical Research Tells Us about Regulating AI”
  • Felix Chen
    Emerging Scholar, Princeton University, Center for Information Technology Policy
    “Measuring the Impact of Google AI Overviews and WebGuide on User Search Behavior”
  • Chee Hae Chung
    Postdoctoral Research Associate, Purdue University
    “From Ethics to Policy: Translating AI Ethical Guidelines into Governance Frameworks in Northeast Asia”
  • Niva Elkin-Koren
    Director, Shamgar Center for Digital Law and Innovation, Tel-Aviv University Faculty of Law
    “Transparency by Middleware: How to Address Blind Spots in AI Governance Caused by Self-Reporting”
  • Neel Guha
    JD/PhD Candidate, Stanford Computer Science / Stanford Law School
    “Designing Application-Specific AI Regulation”
  • Heonuk Ha
    Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Michigan, Institute for Social Research
    “Mapping the Rise of Bureaucratic AI Governance: Political Ideology, Institutional Capacity, and Policy Implications in U.S. Rulemaking”
  • Vivek Krishnamurthy
    Associate Professor, University of Colorado Law School
    “Against AI Sovereignty”
  • Christina Lee
    Visiting Associate Professor of Law and Privacy and Technology Law Fellow, George Washington University Law School
    “Developers as AI Agents’ Shadow Principals”
  • Anat Lior
    Assistant Professor of Law, Drexel University’s Thomas R. Kline School of Law
    “Fighting AI Harms Together: What Class Actions Can (and Can’t) Do”
  • Daniel Schwarcz
    Professor, University of Minnesota Law School
    “The Limits of Regulating AI Safety Through Liability and Insurance: Lessons from Cybersecurity”
  • Chinmayi Sharma
    Associate Professor, Fordham Law School
    “AI Dissidence by Design”
  • Jiannan Xu
    PhD Candidate, Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland
    “AI Self-Preferencing in Algorithmic Hiring: Empirical Evidence and Insights”

— Agenda —

Subject to Change
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Registration
9:00 AM – 9:20 AM Welcome and Introduction

Kevin Werbach
Faculty Director, Wharton Accountable AI Lab

Rory Van Loo
Visiting Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics
9:20 AM – 10:40 AM Plenary Session

  Panel 1: Research and policy
  Panel 2: Research and industry practice
10:40 AM – 11:00 AM Break
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Paper Session A
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM Paper Session B
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM Break
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM Paper Session C
4:30 PM – 5:15 PM Closing Plenary