Schedule
2025
Thursday, April 3rd
1:00 PM

Welcome

Jay Yang, Gonzaga University

South Ballroom, Hemmingson Center

1:00 PM - 1:15 PM
1:15 PM

Opening Remarks

Jacquie Van Hoomissen, Gonzaga University

South Ballroom, Hemmingson Center

1:15 PM - 1:30 PM
1:30 PM

Technology and Ethical Responsibility

Brian Green, Santa Clara University

South Ballroom, Hemmingson Center

1:30 PM - 2:15 PM
2:15 PM

Building Fair and Inclusive AI for a Diverse World

Ameeta Agrawal, Portland State University

South Ballroom, Hemmingson Center

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM
3:30 PM

Security for Everyone: Disability, Empathy, and Intersectionality in Cybersecurity

Aaron Brown, Google

South Ballroom, Hemmingson Center

3:30 PM - 4:15 PM
4:15 PM

Can AI Foster Communicative Respect?

Colin Marshall, University of Washington

South Ballroom, Hemmingson Center

4:15 PM - 5:00 PM
Friday, April 4th
8:30 AM

Opening Remarks

Thayne McCulloh, Gonzaga University

Wolff Auditorium, Jepson Center

8:30 AM - 8:45 AM
8:45 AM

Teaching with AI Demonstration

Britt Harmon, Gonzaga University
Justin Marquis, Gonzaga University

Wolff Auditorium, Jepson Center

8:45 AM - 9:15 AM
9:15 AM

AI, Grief and Mourning: Connecting with Digital Ghosts

Alexis Elder, University of Minnesota-Duluth

Wolff Auditorium, Jepson Center

9:15 AM - 10:00 AM
10:00 AM

Value Inherence, Abductive Reasoning, and Building Machine Learning Models that Reflect Ethical Decision Making

Ted McCullough, Adobe

Wolff Auditorium, Jepson Center

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
10:45 AM

The Ethical Architecture of AI: Embedding Human Values from the Start

Debraj Basu, Adobe

Wolff Auditorium, Jepson Center

10:45 AM - 11:30 AM
12:15 PM

Afternoon Remarks

Mia Bertagnolli, Gonzaga University

Wolff Auditorium, Jepson Center

12:15 PM - 12:30 PM
12:30 PM

Panel: AI in Education

Chase Bollig, Gonzaga University
Anny Case, Gonzaga University
John Correia, Gonzaga University
Charles Lassiter, Gonzaga University
Rachel S. Robertson, Hong Kong Baptist

Wolff Auditorium, Jepson Center

12:30 PM - 1:15 PM
1:15 PM

Regulating AI through Law: The Global Landscape

Onur Bakiner, Seattle University

Wolff Auditorium, Jepson Center

1:15 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM

Augmented Lawyering

Agnieszka McPeak, Gonzaga University

Wolff Auditorium, Jepson Center

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
3:15 PM

Keynote: Whose Ghost in the Machine? AI, Critical Theory and Democracy

Levi Checketts, Hong Kong Baptist University

Wolff Auditorium, Jepson Center

3:15 PM - 4:15 PM
4:15 PM

Closing Remarks

Jay Yang, Gonzaga University

Wolff Auditorium, Jepson Center

4:15 PM - 4:30 PM