Joint California Summit on Generative AI

Summit Agenda

Overview          Speakers       Livestream 

9:00a.m. - 9:20a.m. PDT

Opening with our Future Leaders

Speakers

Bridget Agyare
Alumni, UC Berkeley
Allison Jia
Masters's Student, Stanford University
Jennifer Chayes
Dean, UC Berkeley College of Computing, Data Science, and Society
Fei-Fei Li
Denning Co-Director, Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI
9:30a.m. - 10:15a.m. PDT

California’s Opportunity Landscape

Speakers

Jason Elliott
Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of Governor Gavin Newsom
Maryana Iskander
CEO, Wikimedia
Ann Patterson
Cabinet Secretary, Office of Governor Gavin Newsom
Louis Stewart
Head of Strategic Initiatives, NVIDIA and Board Member, California Council on Science & Technology

Moderators

DJ Patil
Dean’s Senior Fellow for UC Berkeley College of Computing, Data Science and Society and former U.S. Chief Data Scientist, the White House

The Livestream will pause during lunch and working sessions will focus on:

GenAI in Health & Medicine: Emerging Opportunities & Challenges – with Mark Ghaly, Secretary, California Health & Human Services Agency

GenAI in Climate: Accelerating Effective Collaboration & Impact – with Wade Crowfoot, Secretary, California Natural Resources Agency

GenAI in Transportation: Emerging Prototypes – with Toks Omishakin, Secretary, California State Transportation Agency

Please join promptly by 1pm to catch the afternoon program!

1:00p.m. - 1:45p.m. PDT

The Future of the California Workforce

Speakers

Catherine Bracy
CEO, TechEquity Collaborative
Sonya Christian
Chancellor, California Community Colleges
Sara Flocks
Legislative Director, California Labor Federation (AFL-CIO)
Eraina Ortega
Director, California Department of Human Resources
Fernando Pérez
Faculty, UC Berkeley and Co-Founder, 2i2c.org and Project Jupyter
Sissy Wood
Research Director, Service Employees International Union (SEIU)

Moderators

Stewart Knox
Secretary, California Labor & Workforce Development Agency
2:00p.m. - 3:00p.m. PDT

Fireside Chat

Speakers

Gavin Newsom
Governor of California
Jennifer Chayes
Dean, UC Berkeley’s College of Computing, Data Science, and Society
Fei-Fei Li
Denning Co-Director, Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI
3:00p.m. - 3:45p.m. PDT

GenAI in Education & Learning: Critical Needs & Paths Forward

Speakers

Fred Blackwell
CEO, San Francisco Foundation
Anamitra Deb
Managing Director of Responsible Technology, Omidyar Network
Isabelle Hau
Executive Director, Stanford Accelerator for Learning
Zachary Pardos
Faculty, UC Berkeley School of Education
Allison Scott
CEO, Kapor Foundation

Moderators

Ben Chida
Chief Deputy Cabinet Secretary, Office of Governor Gavin Newsom

Additional working sessions will focus on:

California as a Hub for GenAI Innovation – with Jeffery Marino, Director, Office of Data and Innovation

Responsible & Safe GenAI in Practice: From Frameworks to Implementation – with Rishi Bommasani, PhD Candidate of Computer Science, Stanford University and Deborah Raji,  PhD Candidate of Computer Science, UC Berkeley 

3:45p.m. - 4:30p.m. PDT

Our Innovation Ecosystem and Infrastructure

Speakers

Liana Bailey-Crimmins
State Chief Information Officer and Director, California Department of Technology
Robin Carnahan
Administrator, U.S. General Services Administration
Daniel E. Ho
Faculty, Stanford Law School and Senior Fellow, Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI
Chris Manning
Faculty, Stanford University and Senior Fellow, Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI
Matei Zaharia
Faculty, UC Berkeley and Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Databricks

Moderators

Amy Tong
Secretary, California Government Operations Agency
4:30p.m. PDT

Reflections and Closing Remarks

Speakers

Dee Dee Myers
Senior Advisor to the Governor and Director, Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development
Jonathan Levin
Incoming President, Stanford University
Rich Lyons
Incoming Chancellor, UC Berkeley
Joint California Summit on Generative AI