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Regulatory Code: AI, Civil Rights, and the Future of Our Democracy

​Join us for an in-person convening hosted by the Center for Civil Rights and Technology
a newly established joint project of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and The Leadership Conference Education Fund

​February 13, 2024
9 AM – 6 PM EST
The Showroom
1099 14th Street NW
Washington, DC

Program Agenda + Times

9:00 am: Registration & Breakfast

10:00 am: Welcome

  • Koustubh “K.J.” Bagchi | VP, Center for Civil Rights and Technology

10:05 am: Opening Remarks

  • Maya Wiley | President and CEO

10:15 am: The AI Regulatory Roundtable: What Does Ethical AI Look Like, and How Can We Regulate It?

  • Dr. Alondra Nelson | Sr. Advisor to Leadership Conference’s President and CEO, Institute for Advanced Study
  • Jenn Taylor Hodges | Mozilla
  • Andrea Dehlendorf | United for Respect and Athena
  • Lisa Rice | National Fair Housing Alliance

11:15 am: Keynote Speaker

  • Representative Yvette Clarke (NY-09) | U.S. House of Representatives

11:30 am: Keynote Speaker

  • EEOC Chair Charlotte Burrows | Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

12:00 pm: Lunch

1:00pm: Keynote Speaker

  • Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya | Federal Trade Commission

1:10 pm: Safeguarding Democracy: AI, Voting, and the Future of our Elections

  • Robert Weissman | Public Citizen
  • Eric Rodriguez | UnidosUS
  • Tona Boyd | NAACP Legal Defense Fund
  • Spencer Overton | The George Washington Law School

2:10 pm: AI and the Workforce: Championing Workers’ Rights in the Era of AI

  • Fred Redmond | AFL-CIO
  • Maria Town | American Association of People with Disabilities

3:00 pm: Democracy at an Inflection Point: Addressing Urgent AI Challenges in 2024

  • Maya Wiley | The Leadership Conference Education Fund & The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
  • John C. Yang | Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC
  • Damon Hewitt | Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
  • Julietta Lopez | Hispanic Federation
  • Deborah Raji | Phd Candidate at UC Berkeley

4:10 pm: Closing Remarks

  • Maya Wiley | President & CEO

4:15 pm: Cocktail Reception


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