69Ìþ«Æ·

Stanford
Institute for Economic Policy Research (69Ìþ«Æ·)

Promoting Competition in AI

Co-hosted by The US Department of Justice and Stanford Graduate School of Business

Event Details:

Thursday, May 30, 2024
9:00am - 6:00pm PDT

Location

John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn Building
366 Galvez Street
Stanford, CA 94305
United States

Contact

Faryn Thomas

This event is open to:

By Invitation Only

The U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division and 69Ìþ«Æ· will hold a public workshop on May 30, 2024, to discuss the state of competition across the Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology industry from the chip to the app.

Researchers, government officials, and industry leaders will gather for in-depth discussions on topics including the economic and regulatory perspectives of AI; the technology’s most promising applications; machine learning competition and collaboration; investment in hardware and chips; cloud computing; and AI standards and accountability systems.

Speakers include Jonathan Kanter (US Department of Justice, Assistant Attorney General), Dr. Condoleezza Rice (the 66th U.S. Secretary of State, and director of the Hoover Institution), Karen Croxson (UK Competition and Market Authority (CMA)), and Elham Tabassi (National Institute of Standards and Technology(NIST)).

This event will be live-streamed to the public.

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Schedule

Thursday, May 30, 2024

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    Welcome and Opening Remarks

    • Jonathan Kanter, Assistant Attorney General at the U.S. Department of Justice
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    Remarks on the EU AI Act

    • VÄ›ra Jourová, Vice President of the European Commission
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    Fireside Chat 1: AI Infrastructure and Foundation Models

    • Percy Liang, Associate Professor of Computer Science and Statistics at 69Ìþ«Æ·
      • Moderated By: Susan C. Athey, Chief Economist at the U.S. Department of Justice
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    Fireside Chat 2: The AI Application Ecosystem

    • Andrew Ng, Founder of DeepLearning.AI
      • Moderated By: Susan C. Athey, Chief Economist at the U.S. Department of Justice
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    Break

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    Healthcare Spotlight

    • Ben Handel, Associate Professor of Economics at the University of California – Berkeley
    • Elena Viboch, Partner at General Catalyst
    • Allison Oelschlaeger, Chief Data Officer and Director of Enterprise Data and Analytics at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
    • David Kizner, General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer at Viz.ai
    • Ziad Obermeyer, Associate Professor and Blue Cross of California Distinguished Professor at the University of California – Berkeley
      • Moderated By: Katrina Rouse, Deputy Director of Enforcement and Special Counsel for Health Care at the U.S. Department of Justice
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    Fireside Chat 3: Competition in Hardware/Chips

    • Victor Peng, President of Advanced Micro Devices
      • Moderated By: Paula Blizzard, Senior Assistant Attorney General at the California Department of Justice
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    Panel 1: The Competitive Landscape in Hardware/Chips

    • Victor Peng, President of Advanced Micro Devices
    • Chris Wolf, Global Head of AI and Advanced Services of VMware by Broadcom
    • Mazhar Memon, Founder and CEO of OSCI Labs
    • Alex Gaynor, Deputy Chief Technologist of the Federal Trade Commission
    • Blanche Savary de Beauregard, General Counsel and Secretary at the Board of Mistral AI
      • Moderated By: Paula Blizzard, Senior Assistant Attorney General at the California Department of Justice
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    Lunch

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    Recorded Remarks

    • Amy Klobuchar, Senator of Minnesota
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    Panel 2: Competition in Foundation Models

    • Karen Croxson, Chief Data, Technology and Insight Officer at the Competition and Markets Authority
    • Jayesh Govindarajan, Senior Vice President of AI and Machine Learning at Salesforce
    • Venky Ganesan, Partner at Menlo Ventures
    • David George, General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz
      • Moderated By: Mohsen Bayati, The Carl and Marilynn Thoma Professor of Operations, Information and Technology at 69Ìþ«Æ·
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    Keynote Address and Q&A

    • Condoleezza Rice, Tad and Dianne Taube Director of the Hoover Institution and Denning Professor in Global Business and the Economy at 69Ìþ«Æ·
      • Moderated By: Greg Rosston, Director of Public Policy Program, the Gordon Cain Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research
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    Break

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    Fireside Chat 4: Balancing Creators’ Rights and Competition

    • Kathi Vidal, Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
      • Moderated By: Doha Mekki, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General at the U.S. Department of Justice
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    Creators’ Rights Spotlight

    • Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, National Executive Director and Chief Negotiator of the Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
    • David Lowery, Senior Lecturer of Music Business at the University of Georgia
    • Michael D. Fricklas, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary at Advance Publications
    • Jonathan Taplin, Director Emeritus at the Annenberg Innovation Lab at the University of Southern California
      • Moderated By: Doha Mekki, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General at the U.S. Department of Justice
      • Moderated By: Kathi Vidal, Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
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    Break

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    Regulation Spotlight

    • Elham Tabassi, Senior Scientist and the Associate Director for Emerging Technologies at the National Institute of Standards and Technology
    • Atur Desai, Deputy Chief Technologist for Law & Strategy at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
    • Shankar Ponnekanti, Co-Founder and CTO of TrustLab
    • Ellen P. Goodman, Distinguished Professor of Law at Rutgers University
      • Moderated By: Dave Lawerence, Policy Director at the U.S. Department of Justice
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    Concluding Remarks

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    Reception

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