Governance of Emerging Technologies and Science

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

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

8:30 - 8:45 a.m.

Welcome and logistics
W. P. Carey Armstrong Foundation Great Hall

8:45 - 10:15 a.m.

Plenary Session #1: Emerging Technologies, Technology Governance and the Global South
W. P. Carey Armstrong Foundation Great Hall

Moderator: Oluyinka Oyeniji
Speakers: Lindsay Snith (ASU, Future of Innovation in Society), Nalina Chhetri (ASU, Future of Innovation in Society), Tarek Nakkach (Kyndryl)

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
Concurrent Session 1.1
Room 150
Concurrent Session 1.2
Room 240
Concurrent Session 1.3
Room 250
Concurrent Session 1.4
Room 442
Concurrent Session 1.5
Room 450

12:15 - 1 p.m.

Lunch
W. P. Carey Armstrong Foundation Great Hall

1 - 2:30 p.m.

Plenary Session #2
W. P. Carey Armstrong Foundation Great Hall

2:30 - 2:50 p.m.

Coffee break
W. P. Carey Armstrong Foundation Great Hall

2:50 - 4:20 p.m.

Concurrent Session #2
Concurrent Session 2.1
Room 150
Concurrent Session 2.2
Room 240
Concurrent Session 2.3
Room 250
Concurrent Session 2.4
Room 442
Concurrent Session 2.5
Room 450

4:30 - 6 p.m.

Plenary Session #3
W. P. Carey Armstrong Foundation Great Hall

6 - 8 p.m.

GETS reception and student poster session
Room 544

Day 2 | Tuesday, May 20

7:45 - 8:20 a.m.

Breakfast
W. P. Carey Armstrong Foundation Great Hall

8:20 - 8:30 a.m.

Welcome remarks
W. P. Carey Armstrong Foundation Great Hall

8:30 - 10 a.m.

Plenary Session #4: UAPs
W. P. Carey Armstrong Foundation Great Hall

Moderator: Jim Hennessy
Speakers: Dr. Lynne Kitei (Author of The Pheonix Lights), Avi Loeb (Director of the Institute for Theory & Computation, Harvard University), Alexandro Rojas (Enigma Labs), Mick West (UAP Analyst, Metabunk)

10 - 10:30 a.m.

Coffee break
W. P. Carey Armstrong Foundation Great Hall

10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Concurrent Session #3
Concurrent Session 3.1
Room 150
Concurrent Session 3.2
Room 240
Concurrent Session 3.3
Room 250
Concurrent Session 3.4
Room 442
Concurrent Session 3.5
Room 450

12 - 12:45 p.m.

Lunch
W. P. Carey Armstrong Foundation Great Hall