2025 conference schedule
Thank you for attending the 2025 GETS Conference
Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University
Beus Center for Law and Society
2025 conference schedule
May 19 - 20, 2025 | 8 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University
Beus Center for Law and Society, Room 544
Day 1 | Monday, May 19
8 - 8:30 a.m.
Breakfast
W. P. Carey Armstrong Foundation Great Hall, 2nd floor
8:30 - 8:45 a.m.
Welcome and logistics
W. P. Carey Armstrong Foundation Great Hall
- Gary Marchant, Center for Law, Science and Innovation, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law
- Angela Banks, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Arizona State University
8:45 - 10:15 a.m.
Plenary Session 1 – The Future of the Professions in the Technology Era
W. P. Carey Armstrong Foundation Great Hall
- Moderator:
- Lucille M Tournas, PhD, JD – Program Coordinator, Center for Industry Self-Regulation | Board Member, Institute of Neuroethics (IoNx) | Adjunct, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law
- Panelists:
- Brad Allenby – Lincoln Professor of Ethics and Engineering, Fulton School of Engineering, Arizona State University
- Anthony M. Avellino, MD, MBA – Chief Medical Officer, HonorHealth Medical Group, Specialty Care | Associate Dean for Clinical Faculty Affairs, Chair of Department of Clinical Sciences and Professor of Medicine, Arizona State University School of Medicine and Advanced Medical Engineering
- Michael Clubine – Principal, KPMG Law
- Cyndi Coon – Founder, Applied Futures Lab | Co-Founder, Threatcasting AI | Co-Founder, Threatcasting Lab
- Tracy Pearl – William J. Alley Professor of Law, University of Oklahoma College of Law
- Howard Smith – Executive Director, Center for Industry Self-Regulation | Vice President, BBB National ProgramsMODE
10:15 - 10:45 a.m.
Coffee break
W. P. Carey Armstrong Foundation Great Hall
10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Concurrent Session 1
1.1 – Government and A.I.
Room 150
- Fight Fire with Fire: Why Guardrails are Needed to Protect Humans from the Embedded Risks of A.I.
- Michael McCarthy, PhD – Associate Professor of Data Science, Utica University
- Larry Bridgesmith, JD – Sandra Day O’Connor School of Law | Vanderbilt Law School | Guardrail Technologies, Inc.
- Complex Governance Networks in Regulatory Rulemaking Proceedings
- Josh Abbot — PhD Candidate, Complex Adaptive Systems, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law
- How A.I. can Make Government More Efficient and Responsive
- Gary Myers – Earl F. Nelson Professor of Law, University of Missouri School of Law
- Governing A.I.
- Brad Allenby – Lincoln Professor of Ethics and Engineering, Fulton School of Engineering, Arizona State University
1.2 – Space: The Next Frontier of Technology Governance
Room 240
- Ethical Frontiers and Legal Landscapes: The Governance of Geoengineering on the Moon, Mars, and Other Celestial Bodies
- Dov Greenbaum – Professor of Law, Harry Radzyner Law School, Reichman University | Founder and Director, Zvi Meitar Institute for Legal Implications of Emerging Technologies | Professor, Dina Recanati School of Medicine, Reichman University | Lecturer, Biomedical Informatics and Data Science, Yale University
- Governance of Sentient A.I in Space: Preparing for the Ultimate companion
- Caitlin Roe, PhD – Student, Arizona State University
- Alires J. Almon, MS – School for the Future of Innovation in Society, Arizona State University
- Lunar “Land Use” and Property Rights: Avoiding the Mistakes of Earth’s Past
- Timiebi Aganaba – Assistant Professor, Space and Society, School for the Future of Innovation in Society, Arizona State University
- Michael Albertus – Professor, The Department of Political Science, University of Chicago
- Security in the New Global Commons: Scenario Building for the Space Domain
- Alires J. Almon, MS – School for the Future of Innovation in Society, Arizona State University,
- Caitlin Roe, PhD – Student, Arizona State University
- Timiebi Aganaba – Assistant Professor, Space and Society, School for the Future of Innovation in Society, Arizona State University
1.3 – Drones/Robots
Room 250
- An Objection to the Emerging Norm of Surrendering to Drones
- MinJae R. Kim – 3L Student, BYU Law
- Social Justice Through the Lens of Humanoid Robots
- Lucas Cardiell – Researcher
- Judgement Call: A Comparative Study of Systematic Technology Assessments
- Gerry Kanter – PhD Candidate, Carleton University
- Evaluating Ethical Performance of Autonomous Weapon System
- Ronald Arkin – Regents’ Professor Emeritus, Georgia Tech
1.4 – Sustainability and Technology
Room 442
- Extracting Sustainability: Digitalization, Data Governance, and the Extractivist Logics of the European Green Deal
- Gabriele Wadlig — Postdoctoral Researcher, TU Dresden
- Sigrid Boysen — HSU Hamburg
- Implementing a Carbon Storage Mandate: U.S Legal Frameworks and Strategies
- Asha Ramaswamy — Graduate, Barrett, the Honors College, Arizona State University
- Stéphanie Arcusa — Assistant Professor, School of Complex Adaptive Systems, Arizona State University
- Reimagining the ESA: Elevating Tribal Sovereignty in Species Recovery
- Meredith Grady — PhD Student, Biology and Society Program, Arizona State University
- A.I. Meets Conversation: Inductive Coding of Knowledge for Species Recovery
- Christopher Barton — Assistant Director, Center for Biodiversity Outcomes | Assistant Research Professor, School of Life Sciences | Program Manager, Hawai’i and the Pacific, Executive Administration, Arizona State University
1.5 – Governance of Smart Data
Room 450
- Transforming Urban Landscapes: The Roles of A.I. in Smart Cities and Smart Places
- Mark Goldstein — President, International Research Center
- Governance as a Barrier to Public Health Data Modernization; The Case for Ethics Driven Legal Reform
- Fallon Cochlin — Postdoctoral Research Associate, Texas A&M University School of Public Health
- Smart Solutions, Tough Choices: Efficiency vs. Privacy in the Age of Smart Cities
- Miss Carson Lloyd — PhD Researcher, Birmingham City University Centre for American Legal Studies
- Guardians of Genomic and Biometric Data: Governing Innovation, Privacy and Equity in Fragmented World
- Dov Greenbaum — Professor of Law, Harry Radzyner Law School, Reichman University | Founder and Director, Zvi Meitar Institute for Legal Implications of Emerging Technologies | Professor, Dina Recanati School of Medicine, Reichman University | Lecturer, Biomedical Informatics and Data Science, Yale University
12:15 - 1 p.m.
Lunch
W. P. Carey Armstrong Foundation Great Hall, 2nd floor
1 - 2:30 p.m.
Concurrent Session 2
2.1 – Digital Technology and Social Media
Room 150
- Algorithms as Speech, Section 230, and the Age of A.I.
- Jennifer Huddleston — Senior Fellow in Technology Policy, Cato Institute
- Digital Technologies, A.I, and Supernormal Stimuli
- Leslie Paul Thiele — Distinguished Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Florida
- Deflating the Buzz of Transparency; Voluntary vs Mandatory Content Moderation Transparency
- Sharon Bassan — Head of Innovation, Law, Policy and Ethics, Brandeis Institute for Society, Economy, and Democracy
- Governing Political Bias in Large Language Models: Legal and Policy Implications of the Next Frontier in A.I.
- James Ostrowski — Fellow, Abundance Institute | JD candidate, University of Washington School of Law
2.2 – Blockchain and Beyond
Room 240
- Jurisdiction and Choice of Law in Disputes Relating to Cross-Border NFT Transactions: The Case for Uniform Private International Law Rules
- Tolulope Falokun — Assistant Professor of Law, University of Detroit Mercy School of Law
- Regulating Retirement Savings Roulette
- Lauren Valastro — The Frank McDonald Scholar in Business Law, Assistant Professor, Texas Tech University School of Law
- Immigration Marketplace, Global Citizenship, and Universal Identity in the Web3 Era
- Jay Carpenter — Founder, Star15
- Healthcare and Blockchain
- Gary Marchant — Regents and Foundation Professor of Law; Faculty Director, Center for Law, Science and Innovation, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law
2.3 – Health Technology
Room 250
- Unrealistic Participant Expectation in Translational Research
- Amrit Sandhu — Biomedical Ethics Coordinator, Mayo Clinic, Biomedical Ethics Research Program
- Joel Pacyna — Senior Health Services Analyst, Mayo Clinic
- Richard Sharp, PhD — Lloyd A. and Barbara A. Amundson Professor of Biomedical Ethics Honoring Paul S. Mueller, MD, Mayo Clinic
- The End of One-Size-Fits-All Health Advice
- Richard Willaims — Board Chair, Center for Truth in Science
- Physician Perspectives on A.I. Supported Clinical Documentation
- Richard Sharp, PhD — Lloyd A. and Barbara A. Amundson Professor of Biomedical Ethics Honoring Paul S. Mueller, MD, Mayo Clinic
- Austin Stroud — Health Services Analyst, Mayo Clinic
- Michele D. Anzabi, MBE — Biomedical Ethics Trainee, Mayo Clinic
- Hugo Botha, ChB — Assistant Professor of Neurology, Mayo Clinic
- Beyond CRISPR: A Multi-tiered Framework for Heritable Human Genome Editing Governance Post-He Jiankui
- Yizhe Wang — PhD Student, Georgia Institute of Technology
2.4 – IP and Innovation
Room 442
- Strategic Overview of Protecting Quantum Computing with Intellectual Property
- Tyson Winarski — Patent Attorney | Professor, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law
- Innovation in Emerging Technologies: Implications for A.I. Governance
- Johannes Bauer — Professor; Director, Quello Center, Michigan State University
- A.I.-Assisted Inventions: Upgrading Your Patent Program for the A.I. Age
- Jim Ko — Principal Attorney, Ko IP & AI Law PLLC
- The Secret Life of Copyright: Inequality and Intellectual Property in the Age of A.I.
- John Tehranian — Paul W. Wildman Chair & Professor of Law, Southwestern Law School
2.5 – A.I and Smart Technology
Room 450
- The Role of International Bodies in Shaping A.I. Regulation in Legal Practice
- Vrinda Gupta — 3L, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law
- Responsible A.I. Agency
- Deven Desai — Sue and John Staton Professor of Business Law and Ethics, Scheller College of Business, Georgia Institute of Technology
- Mark Riedl — Georgia Institute of Technology
- DeepSeek and the Future of the Artificial Intelligence
- Robert Copple — President, Copple & Associates
- Smart Fertilizer System for Farms Powered by the Cloud
- Tyson Winarski — Patent Attorney | Professor, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law
2:30 - 3 p.m.
Coffee break
W. P. Carey Armstrong Foundation Great Hall
3 - 4:30 p.m.
Concurrent Session 3
3.1 – Life Sciences
Room 150
- Biodiversity, Bioeconomy, and Biotechnology: Innovation across Policy and Indigenous Data Sovereignty for Genome Equity
- Krystal Tsosie — Arizona State University
- Beckett Sterner — Associate Professor, Arizona State University
- Adherence to the Responsible Innovation Framework Could Enhance Acceptance of Africa’s Gene-Edited Crops
- Emma Davies — Graduate Student, Interdisciplinary Studies Department & Genetic Engineering and Society Center, North Carolina State University
- Evaluating Environmental Risk Governance and Assessment for Genetically Engineered Crops in Select Case Studies
- Nicholas Loschin — PhD Candidate, North Carolina State University
- Khara Griegner — North Carolina State University
- Effects of Poor Health in World’s Wealthiest Countries
- Natasha Vita-More — Faculty, Geneva College of Longevity Science
3.2 – A.I. Governance
Room 240
- “Realizing the Benefits While Mitigating the Risks”: The Emergence of the AI Safety Governance Paradigm
- Conor McGlynn — PhD Candidate, Harvard University
- Governance in the Absence of Government
- Tracy Pearl — William J. Alley Professor of Law, University of Oklahoma
- Call to Action: Refocusing European Regulation to Address Rapid Social Changes
- Elena Gilotta, LLM — Unblu
- Stefano Chiavegati — GaussML GmbH
- Artificial Intelligence Governance, How Voluntary Industry Organizations and Technical Standards Can Meet the Challenge
- Emile Loza de Siles — Assistant Professor of Law, William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii
3.3 – Surveillance and Data
Room 250
- Enforcing Data Agency: Bridging the Gap Between Legal Frameworks and Technological Reality
- Tripp Lake — Partner and Chief Legal Officer, Dickinson Wright, PLLC, Synovient, Inc.
- The Importance of Social Theory in Regulating Technology for the Benefit of Humanity
- Jennifer Brobst — Associate Professor, The University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law
- School-Based Online Surveillance of Youth: An Analysis of Surveillance Company Websites
- Alison O’Daffer — Psychology PhD Student, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego Center for Empathy and Technology, T. Denny Sanford Institute for Empathy and Compassion, University of California, San Diego State University/University of California, San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology
- Predictive Protest Policing
- Christian Sundquist — Professor, University of Pittsburgh, School of Law
3.4 – Liability and Litigation
Room 442
- Defining A.I. as a Product
- Brooke Norton — 3L, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law
- The Tort Law We Need
- Benjamin Sundholm — Assistant Professor, St. John’s Law School
- May It Please the Court: Evidentiary Requirements in the Digital Age
- AJ Gilman, Esq. — Hull, Holliday, and Holliday
- Automating Privilege Review in Complex Litigation: Scaling the Vioxx Model of Privilege Review with Deep Learning
- Trent Kannegieter — Fellow, Information Society Project, Yale Law School
4:35 - 6:05 p.m.
Plenary Session 2 – Emerging Technologies, Technology Governance and the Global South
W. P. Carey Armstrong Foundation Great Hall
- Moderator:
- Oluyinka Oyeniji — Researcher, Center for Computing and Social Responsibility, De Montfort University
- Panelists:
- Lindsay Smith — Arizona State University, Future of Innovation in Society
- Nalini Chhetri, PhD — Future of Innovation in Society, Arizona State University
- Tarek Nakkach — Director & General Counsel-MEA, Kyndryl
- Dom Papp — Global Advisor, Digital Workforce Readiness / N50 Project
6:05 - 8 p.m.
Reception and student poster session
Room 544
Reception sponsored by KPMG Law
Day 2 | Tuesday, May 20
8:30 - 9 a.m.
Breakfast
W. P. Carey Armstrong Foundation Great Hall, 2nd floor
9 - 10:30 a.m.
Plenary Session 3 – The Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Controversy
W. P. Carey Armstrong Foundation Great Hall
- Moderator:
- Jim Hennessy
- Panelists:
- Lynne D. Kitei, MD — CEO, Health Education Learning Programs | Founder, Phoenix Lights Network | Emeritus, Member Society for Scientific Exploration
- Avi Loeb — Director, Institute for Theory & Computation | Head, Galileo Project | Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science, Harvard University
- Alexandro Rojas — Enigma Labs
10:30 - 11 a.m.
Coffee break
W. P. Carey Armstrong Foundation Great Hall
11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Concurrent Session 4
4.1 – Transportation and Energy
Room 150
- Entering the Autonomous Age
- Helen A. F. Gould — Intel Retired | Founder & Principal, Tech Strategizers LLC
- Regional Governance of Green Hydrogen as an Emerging Technology
- Beata Kviatek — Jean Monnet Chair in Sustainable EU Economy, Entrance Centre of Expertise Energy, Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen, The Netherlands
- Promoting Agro-Voltaics Technologies in Israel: Why Regulators are Lagging Behind the Technology?
- Evyatar Dotan — Undergraduate Student, Faculty of Social Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Use Of Industry Consensus Standards as A Soft Law Mechanism to Safely Deploy Automated Driving Systems
- Helen A. F. Gould — Intel Retired | Founder & Principal, Tech Strategizers LLC
- Jeff Gurney — Partner, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
4.2 – Law and A.I
Room 240
- Introducing QuizBot an Innovative A.I.-Assisted Assessment in Legal Education
- Sean A. Harrington — Director of Technology Innovation, University of Oklahoma College of Law
- Stochastic A.I. Systems in Criminal Justice: A Due Process Challenge
- Trent Kannegieter — Fellow, Information Society Project, Yale Law School
- Fighting the Hypothetical: Why Law Firms Should Rethink the Billable Hour in the Generative AI Era
- Joseph Tiano — Legal Decoder, Inc., Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law
- Nancy Rapoport — UNLV Distinguished Professor, Garman Turner Gordon Prof. of Law, Boyd Law School | Affiliate Professor of Business Law and Ethics, Lee Business School
- The Restrictive Covenant
- Amir Dezfuli — Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
4.3 – Risk, Public and Technology
Room 250
- Can Artificial Intelligence Strengthen Environmental Accountability and Combat Greenwashing in the Private Sector within the European Union’s Green Claims Directive?
- Byron Sequeira, LLM — The George Washington University Law School
- Risk, Uncertainty, and Ambiguity in Technology Regulation: An Agenda Setting Approach
- Jonathan Lewallen — Associate Professor, Department of Political Science & International Studies, University of Tampa
- Consciousness as the Foundation of Agency in AGI
- Richard Taylor — Palmer Chair and Professor of Telecommunications Studies and Law Emeritus, Penn State University
- Regulating and Mitigating Scientific and Technological Risk
- John Golden — Professor, University of Texas at Austin School of Law
4.4 – Public Engagement
Room 442
- Utilizing Empirical Ethics to Conceptualize Religion-Based Vaccine Hesitancy in the United States
- Rachel Gur-Arie — Assistant Professor, Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation, Arizona State University
- Piloting a Public Values Statement for Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Manufacturing Research
- John Nelson, PhD — Postdoctoral Fellow, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology
- Olajide Olugbade — PhD Student, School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology
- Justin Biddle — Associate Professor, School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology
- Philip Shapira — Professor, School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology | Manchester Institute of Innovation Research, University of Manchester
- SciOPS: Advancing Science Expert Insights for Policy and Public Engagement
- Eric Welch — Director, Center for Science, Technology and Environmental Policy Studies, School of Public Affairs, Arizona State University
- Lesley Michalegko — Project Manager, Center for Science, Technology and Environmental Policy Studies School of Public Affairs, Arizona State University
- Generative A.I. and Protest: A New Paradigm in Digital Resistance
- Susan Tanner — Associate Professor of Law, UofL Brandeis School of Law
12:30 - 1 p.m.
Lunch
W. P. Carey Armstrong Foundation Great Hall, 2nd floor
1 - 2 p.m.
Plenary Session 4 – AI Agents: Promise and Governance
W. P. Carey Armstrong Foundation Great Hall
- Moderator:
- Gary Marchant — Center for Law, Science & Innovation, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law
- Panelists:
- Carlos Gutierrez — Google (UK)
- Whitney Stefko Dover — Director and Senior Counsel, Policy & Legal Ops+, Ford Motor Company | Adjunct, Sandra Day O’Connor
