2023 GETS Schedule
May 18-19, 2023
Beus Center for Law and Society
Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Arizona State University
111 E. Taylor Street, Phoenix, AZ 85004
Day 1: Thursday, May 18
8:00-8:30 a.m.
Breakfast (Great Hall, Beus Center for Law and Society)
8:30-8:45 a.m.
Welcome Remarks with Stacy Leeds, Willard H. Pedrick Dean and Regents Professor of Law, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Arizona State University
Gary Marchant, Regents Professor, Faculty Director, Center for Law, Science and Innovation, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Arizona State University
8:45-10:15 a.m.
Plenary Session 1: Technology and Trust (Great Hall, Beus Center for Law and Society)
Moderator: Diana Bowman, Andrew Carnegie Fellow & Professor of Law, Associate Dean, Applied Research and Partnerships, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Arizona State University
Panelists:
Helen A. F. Gould, Intel, Retired, Principal and Founder, Tech Strategizers LLC
Hilary Sutcliffe, Director, SocietyInside
Mary K. Engle, Executive VP, Policy, BBB National Programs
Michelle Patel, Deputy Director, Science Evidence and Research, Food Standards Agency, UK
10:15-10:45 a.m.
Coffee break
10:45 a.m. -12:15 p.m.
Concurrent Session #1
- Technology Innovation
- Building Trust in Technology
- Digital and Crypto Assets
- AI Health
- Research in Underserved Populations
Concurrent Session 1.1: Technology Innovation (Room 140)
Cameron Buckner, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Houston, An Ecological-Rationality-Based Framework for Understanding Progress in AI
Gary Marchant, Regents Professor, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Arizona State University, The Pacing Problem and AI
Steph Batalis, Research Fellow, Center for Security and Emerging Technology, Georgetown University, Innovation Indicators for Emerging Technologies
Tyson Winarski, Arizona State University, Intellectual Property Issues with Artificial Intelligence
Concurrent Session 1.2: Building Trust in Technology (Room 240)
Benjamin Faveri, Research Fellow in AI Governance, Law, and Policy, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Arizona State University, National AI Strategy Policy Coherence Analysis
Erin Chiou, Assistant Professor, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, The Polytechnic School, Human Systems Engineering, Arizona State University, Validating MAST: A Tool for Designing and Evaluating Trustable AI-Enabled Systems
Helen A. F. Gould, Intel, retired, Principal and Founder, Tech Strategizers LLC, High Tech Hierarchy of Needs
Jay Carpenter, Founder, Desert Blockchain LLC, DWeb Stewards – Peer Privacy with Agent Oversight
Concurrent Session 1.3: Digital and Crypto Assets (Room 150)
Lawrence Trautman, Associate Professor, Business Law & Ethics, Prairie View A&M University, The FTX Crypto Debacle: Largest Fraud Since Madoff?
Matteo Pistillo, LL.M. Candidate, Fulbright Scholar, Stanford Law School, International Investment Protection of Crypto
Vladimir Troitskiy, Senior Partner, Lex International Law Firm, Unclaimed Digital Assets: Addressing the Legal Implications of Absent or Unknown Ownership
Yafit Lev-Aretz, Assistant Professor of Law, Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College, City University of New York, Decentralized Credit Scores: The False Hope of Programming Fairness
Concurrent Session 1.4: AI Health (Room 250)
Austin Stroud, Research Coordinator, Mayo Clinic, Artificial Intelligence and Patients: What Matters for Trust and Transparency
Benjamin Sundholm, Tulane University Law School, Clarifying the Black-Box Problem in Medicine
Richard Sharp, Lloyd A. and Barbara A. Amundson Professor of Biomedical Ethics, Director, Biomedical Ethics Research Program, Mayo Clinic, Patient and Physician Perspectives on the Oversight of Artificial Intelligence Tools in Healthcare
Stuart Brotman, Alvin and Sally Beaman Professor of Journalism and Electronic Media Enterprise and Leadership, College of Communication and Information, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Artificial Intelligence and COVID-19: Assessing Competitive and Cooperative Models of the United States and China
Concurrent Session 1.5: Research in Underserviced Populations (Room 243)
Bonginkosi Shozi, University of California, University of KwaZulu-Natal School of Law, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Governing Genomic Health Research in Africa: The Legal and Ethical Conundrums of Benefit Sharing Arrangements
Chris Barton, Global Development, College of Global Futures, Arizona State University, The Use of Theory and Technology in Global Development: Toward A Critical Engagement with The Political Ontology of Global Development Practice
Ibrahim Garba, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, Native Nations Institute, Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy, University of Arizona, Reciprocity in Innovation: The Case of Indigenous Research Governance in the US
Peter Munyi, Faculty of Law, University of Nairobi, Honorary Research Fellow, University of KwaZulu-Natal School of Law, Rethinking Altruism in Incentivizing Human Research Participants in Africa
12:15-1:00 p.m.
Lunch and Learn: Waymo 101 (Great Hall, Beus Center for Law and Society)
Whitney Steele, Public Affairs Specialist at Waymo
1:00-2:30 p.m.
Concurrent Session #2
- Intellectual Property Governance
- Social and Digital Media
- Blockchain and NFTs
- AI Large Language Models
- Health and Technology
Concurrent Session 2.1: Intellectual Property Governance (Room 140)
Cason Schmit, Program in Health Law and Policy, Department of Health Policy and Management, Texas A&M University School of Public Health, Leveraging IP For AI Governance: Using Copyleft AI With Trusted Enforcement (CAITE) Can Support an Adaptable Soft Law Approach for Ethics in AI
Robert Cook-Deegan, Professor, School for the Future of Innovation in Society and Consortium for Science, Policy & Outcomes, Arizona State University, The Impact of Patentable Subject Matter Jurisprudence on Genetic Testing for Inherited Cancer Risk
Toby Shulruff, Graduate Student, School for the Future of Innovation in Society, Arizona State University, Getting Real: The Social Implications Of AI-Generate Art
Zachary Catanzaro, Assistant Professor of Law, St. Thomas University College of Law, Art in the Age of Algorithmic Production
Concurrent Session 2.2: Social and Digital Media (Room 240)
Gary Myers, Earl F. Nelson Professor of Law, University of Missouri School of Law, The Truth is Out There — Assessing Big Tech-Government Interactions in the Twitter and Facebook Files
Jennifer Huddleston, Technology Policy Research Fellow, Cato Institute, Are the Kids Okay?: Exploring Industry Self-Regulatory Options in Response to Critiques of Youth Social Media Use
Rebecca Lin, JSM Candidate, Stanford University, Role of Algorithms in Democratic Societies – Miseducation of Google Image in Crime Search
Ryan Johnson, Chief Privacy Officer, Corporate Counsel, Savvas Learning Co., Children’s Online Privacy vs. the Rise of Surveillance Tech
Concurrent Session 2.3: Blockchains and NFTs (Room 150)
Alexander Gilman, Associate, Gilman Law Offices, Never Break the Chain: A Deep Dive into Practical Barriers to Governance of Blockchains and Decentralized Constructs
Andrew Appleby, Associate Professor of Law, Stetson University College of Law, Taxing Tokens
Brian Frye, Spears-Gilbert Professor of Law, University of Kentucky College of Law, How to Do Things with NFTs
Gary Marchant, Regents Professor, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Arizona State University, Blockchains Galvanizing Carbon Credits
Concurrent Session 2.4: AI Large Language Models (Room 250)
Adam Hatefi, Policy Consultant, Hua Nani Advocates, J.D. Candidate, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Arizona State University, Use of Artificial Intelligence in Government Relations and Public Affairs
I-Ching Chen, Ph.D. Student, Institute of Law for Science and Technology, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, The Shadow Behind the Beauty: A Regulation Reflection from Artificial Intelligence Application in Beauty Industry
Joshua Abbott, Director, J.D. Student Advising, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Arizona State University, A Chatbot Wrote This—An Extended Evolutionary Approach to A.I. Technology and Complex Governance Systems
Concurrent Session 2.5: Health and Technology (Room 243)
Amir Dezfuli, Alum, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Arizona State University, Lowering the Cost of Prescription Drugs
Dov Greenbaum, Professor of Law, Reichman University, IDC Herzliya, Director, Zvi Meitar Institute for Legal Implications of Emerging Technologies, Digital Twins in Healthcare
Emily Larosa, PhD Student, Michigan State University, Researcher, Artificial Intelligence and Social Trust Dynamics, Carebots, Trust, and Justifiable Deployment: A Call for Appropriate Agential Trust Grounding in HCAI Use
Rachel Gur-Arie, Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation, Arizona State University, The Ethics of COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates for Healthcare Workers: Public Health and Clinical Perspectives
2:30-2:50 p.m.
Coffee break
2:50-4:20 p.m.
Concurrent Session #3
- Neurotechnology
- Genomics
- Big Data
- AI Governance
- Technology and Professional Responsibility
Concurrent Session 3.1: Neurotechnology (Room 140)
Dov Greenbaum, Professor of Law, Reichman University, IDC Herzliya, Director, Zvi Meitar Institute for Legal Implications of Emerging Technologies, Cyberneurosecurity
Erik Kamenjasevic, PhD researcher, KU Leuven Centre for IT & IP Law (Belgium), Systematic Exploration of The Ethics Debate Concerning Human Mood Enhancement Technologies for Regulatory Purposes
Oluyinka Oyeniji, Researcher, EU Human Brain Project, Center for Computing and Social Responsibility, De Montfort University, UK, Ethical Issues Arising from International Neuroscience Research Collaborations: An African Perspective
Paschal Ochang, Researcher, EU Human Brain Project, Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility, De Montfort University, UK, Towards an Understanding of Global Brain Data Governance
Concurrent Session 3.2: Genomics (Room 240)
Adam Candeub, Professor of Law, Michigan State College of Law, Legal Issues Surrounding Access to GWAS Databases
Amanda Courtright-Lim, Senior Program Coordinator, Mayo Clinic, Anticipating Ethical Issues through a Mixed Method Approach to Evaluate Perspectives on Genetic Testing for Specific Learning Disabilities
Caroline Schuerger, Research Fellow, Center for Security and Emerging Technology, Georgetown University, China’s Rise in Genomics: Implications for the Bioeconomy and Precision Medicine
Donrich Thaldar, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, The Res Nullius Construction of Human Genomic Data
Concurrent Session 3.3: Big Data (Room 150)
Brad Allenby, Center for Earth Systems Engineering and Management, Arizona State University, Rise of the Cognitive Ecosystem
Gary Marchant, Regents Professor, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Arizona State University, How Courts Can Utilize Big Data?
Paul Flanagan, Assistant Professor, Thomas R. Kline School of Law, Drexel University, Our Privacy- Vanishing in Plain Sight: Privacy Compliance & Data Security Frameworks in an Ever-Evolving Digital Ecosystem
Steve Black, Professor of Law, Texas Tech University, Where Does Data Live?
Concurrent Session 3.4: AI Governance (Room 250)
Adam Thierer, Senior Fellow, R Street Institute, AI Governance & Algorithmic Auditing without the Precautionary Principle
Carlos Ignacio Gutierrez, AI Policy Researcher, Future of Life Institute, Issues in Governing AI Systems with Novel Capabilities in Taste and Smell
Kenneth Anderson, Professor of Law, Washington College of Law, American University, A Framework for Regulating Machine Learning Technologies Based on Justice Stephen Breyer’s General Categories of Regulation
Sharon Bassan, Visiting Assistant Professor, Thomas R. Kline School of Law, Drexel University, Harnessing the Power of Users Input to Improve Content Amplification and Personalization in Social Media Algorithms
Concurrent Session 3.5: Technology and Professional Responsibility (Room 243)
Cinnamon Bloss, Professor of Public Health, Psychiatry and Medicine, University of California San Diego, Defining Moral Obligations and Professional Standards for Social Media Technology Workers
Jason Robinson, Sr UX Designer, DoubleDown Interactive, MS Public Interest Technology, Arizona State University, Digital Hospitality: Bridging PIT Principles and UX Practice
Robert Copple, Copple and Associates, What the Elizabeth Holmes Trial and Sentencing Tell Us About the Rights and Roles of Patients in Biotech and Medical Device Fraud
Sean McDonald, Director, Digital Public, The Governance Gap: Preparing Professions for Digital Transformation
4:30-6:00 p.m.
Plenary Session 2: Reigning in Big Tech: Whether, Why, Who, and How? (Great Hall, Beus Center for Law and Society)
Moderator: David Gelfand, Professor of Practice, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Arizona State University
Panelists:
Gene Kimmelman, Senior Fellow, Yale’s Tobin Economic Policy Center, Harvard Kennedy School’s Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government
Gus Hurwitz, Director of the Governance and Technology Center, University of Nebraska, Director of Law & Economics Programs, International Center for Law & Economics
Jennifer Huddleston, Technology Policy Research Fellow, Cato Institute, Are the Kids Okay?: Exploring Industry Self-Regulating Options in Response to Critiques of Youth Social Media Use
Kathleen Bradish, Vice President of Legal Advocacy, American Antitrust Institute
6:00-8:00 p.m.
GETS Reception and Student Poster Session (Room 544)
Day 2: Friday, May 19
8:00-8:30 a.m.
Breakfast (Great Hall, Beus Center for Law and Society)
8:30-10:00 a.m.
Plenary Session 3: Soft Law Governance of Specific AI Applications (Great Hall, Beus Center for Law and Society)
Moderator: Benjamin Faveri, Arizona State University
Panelists:
Adam Thierer, Senior Fellow, R Street Institute
Dan Merkle, Chairman & CEO, FaceFirst Inc.
Lucille Tournas, Institute for Neuroethics, Think and Do Tank, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University
Tracy Pearl, Professor of Law, University of Oklahoma
10:00-10:15 a.m.
Coffee break
10:15-11:45 a.m.
Concurrent Session #4
- Responsible Innovation
- Governance Frameworks for Emerging Technologies
- Biosafety and Biosecurity
- AI and the Law
Concurrent Session 4.1: Responsible Innovation (Room 140)
Lauren Olivia Ruffin, Worldbuilding and Visualizing Futures, School for the Future of Innovation and Society, Arizona State University
Justin Shapiro, School for the Future of Innovation in Society, Arizona State University
David Guston, School for the Future of Innovation in Society, Associate Vice Provost for Discovery, Engagement and Outcomes, Arizona State University
Jenny Brian, Teaching Professor, Barrett, the Honors College, Arizona State University
Lauren Withycombe Keeler, School for the Future of Innovation in Society, Arizona State University
Hilary Sutcliffe, Director, SocietyInside
Concurrent Session 4.2: Governance Frameworks for Emerging Technologies (Room 240)
Brent Skorup, Senior Research Fellow, Mercatus Center at George Mason University, Public Policies to Match Problem Drivers with Autonomous Vehicles
Eva Thelisson, Co-Founder and President, AI Transparency Institute, Towards A Global Space Governance, The Key for A Peaceful and Sustainable Use of Space?
Jessica Seddon, Senior Fellow, Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs, Yale University, Global Monitoring as a Governance Imperative for Solar Geoengineering
Richard Williams, Center for Truth in Science, Regulating Euphoria
Concurrent Session 4.3: Biosafety and Biosecurity (Room 150)
Dalton George, School for the Future of Innovation in Society, Arizona State University, Governing Synthetic Biology: Is Biocontainment A Solution for Governing Future Environmental Releases of Engineered Organisms?
David Gillum, Assistant Vice President, EHS, Arizona State University, Assessing Biosafety and Biosecurity Oversight of Dual Use Research of Concern and Pathogens of Pandemic Potential
Trason Lasley, J. Reuben Clark Law School, BYU, Synthetic Biology: Is it Prohibited by the Biological Weapons Convention or Other International Laws?
Vikram Venkatram, Research Analyst, Center for Security and Emerging Technology, Georgetown University, The Antimicrobial Resistance Research Landscape and Emerging Technology Solutions
Concurrent Session 4.4: AI and the Law (Room 250)
Derek Bambauer, Professor of Law, University of Arizona College of Law, When Law Becomes Code
Emile Loza de Siles, Assistant Professor of Law, William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawai’i at Manoa, IEEE-USA AI Policy Committee, Deming It: How Systems Engineering Informs Artificial Intelligence Bias Governance and Law
Gary Marchant, Regents Professor, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Arizona State University, Will Chat-GPT Disrupt the Practice of Law?
Tracy Pearl, Professor of Law, University of Oklahoma, On Warrants & Waiting: Electronic Warrants and the Fourth Amendment
11:45 a.m. -12:15 p.m.
Lunch and Learn (Great Hall, Beus Center for Law and Society)
12:15-1:45 p.m.
Lunch Plenary Session 4: GPT and Large Language Models: Implications for Education and Beyond (Great Hall, Beus Center for Law and Society)
Moderator: Wendell Wallach, Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs
Panelists:
Brad Allenby, Center for Earth Systems Engineering and Management, Arizona State University
Chitta Baral, School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence, Arizona State University
Jane Bambauer, University of Arizona College of Law
Lea Bishop, Professor of Law, Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law
Whitney Stefko Dover, The Pollinate Legal Team, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Arizona State University
1:45-2:00 p.m.
Coffee break
2:00-3:30 p.m.
Concurrent Session #5
- Future Technology
- Stakeholders and Trust
- Augmented Reality and the Law
Concurrent Session 5.1: Future Technology (Room 150)
Alberto Aparicio, Program on Science, Technology and Society, Harvard University, Accept No Limits: The Creation and Exploration of a Safe Space for Experimentation in Xenobiology as a Legacy of Asilomar
James Arrowood, Co-CEO, President, Alcor Life Extension Foundation, Cryogenics
James Hughes, Executive Director, Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, The Democratic Metaverse: Building an Extended Reality Safe for Citizens, Workers and Consumers
Natasha Vita-More, AI-Nanorobot Engineering and Humans Evolving
Concurrent Session 5.2: Stakeholders and Trust (Room 240)
Brad Allenby, Center for Earth Systems Engineering and Management, Arizona State University, Trust, Truth, and Tribe
Hilary Sutcliffe, Director, SocietyInside, A Framework for Meaningful Stakeholder Engagement in Regulation and Governance Design
Lisa Rasmussen, Professor, Department of Philosophy, Faculty Fellow, the Graduate School, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Trust Architectures in Research
Toby Shulruff, Graduate Student, School for the Future of Innovation in Society, Arizona State University, Trust and Safety Work as Internal Governance of Technology
Concurrent Session 5.3: Augmented Reality and the Law (Room 250)
Hayden Myers, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Arizona State University, Virtual and Augmented Crimes: Future Understanding of Criminal Acts in The Metaverse And Liability in Augmented Reality
Kedharnath Sankararaman, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Arizona State University, Business Liability with the Advent of AR Technology
Marcel Ruzan, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Arizona State University, Augmented Reality Privacy
Michael Nathanson, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Arizona State University, Intellectual Property Challenges Surrounding Augmented Reality
3:30-5:00 p.m.
