The East and West Coasts are talking about the future differently: On one coast, there is a mix of optimism and fear that AI will become too powerful and one day threaten humanity. On the other, AI is viewed as the latest Big Tech invention that threatens to upend society. While Silicon Valley is reimagining a world with generative AI at the center, Washington is looking to rein it in.
Join us in person December 7th in Washington, D.C., where Semafor’s editors will lead a bicoastal exchange of ideas from both coasts, posing the biggest questions around AI to tech leaders and top policymakers: what are AI’s limitations and what it means for the way we work, live, cure diseases, wage war and campaign in democratic elections, and what exactly it is.
When
December 7, 2023
Where
The Gallup Building, Washington D.C.
Speakers
Rep. Jim Himes
(D) Connecticut
Rep. Jay Obernolte
(R) California
Rep. Ted Lieu
(D) California
Kent Walker
President of Global Affairs, Google & Alphabet
Dr. Geri Richmond
Undersecretary for Science and Innovation, Department of Energy
Tom Wheeler
Former FCC Chairman
Dr. Namandjé N. Bumpus
Chief Scientist, FDA
Jared Dunnmon
Senior Advisor, Defense Innovation Unit, Department of Defense
Liz Centoni
Executive Vice President, General Manager - Applications, and Chief Strategy Officer, Cisco
Chris Novak
Managing Director, Verizon Cyber Security Consulting
Keith Peiris
CEO and Co-Founder, Tome
Max Fenkell
Head of Government Relations, ScaleAI
Anthony Aguirre
Executive Director and Board Secretary, Future of Life Institute
Aravind Srinivas
CEO, Perplexity AI
Portia Allen-Kyle
Chief Advisor, Color of Change
Jason Steiner, PhD
Architect & Advisor, AI-Drug Discovery
Moderators
Reed Albergotti
Technology Editor, Semafor
Gina Chon
Business & Technology Editor, Semafor
Louise Matsakis
Technology Reporter, Semafor
Morgan Chalfant
Deputy Washington Bureau Chief, Semafor
Agenda
12:00 p.m.
Doors Open
12:15 p.m to 2:30 p.m.
Programming
901 F Street Northwest
Washington, DC 20004
12:00 p.m.
Doors Open
12:15 p.m to 2:30 p.m.
Programming