Joint California Summit on Generative AI

Governor of California

Dean, UC Berkeley College of Computing, Data Science, and Society 

Denning Co-Director, Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI

Alumni, UC Berkeley

Master's Student, Stanford University

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

Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of Governor Gavin Newsom

CEO, Wikimedia

Cabinet Secretary, Office of Governor Gavin Newsom

Head of Strategic Initiatives for NVIDIA and Board Member of the California Council on Science & Technology

Secretary, California Labor & Workforce Development Agency

CEO, Tech Equity Collaborative

Chancellor, California Community Colleges

Legislative Director, California Labor Federation (AFL-CIO)

Director, California Department of Human Resources

Faculty at UC Berkeley and Co-Founder of 2i2c.org and Project Jupyter

Chief Deputy Cabinet Secretary, Office of Governor Gavin Newsom

CEO, San Francisco Foundation

Managing Director of Responsible Technology, Omidyar Network

Executive Director, Stanford Accelerator for Learning

Faculty, UC Berkeley School of Education

CEO, Kapor Foundation

Secretary, California Government Operations Agency

State Chief Information Officer and Director of the California Department of Technology

Administrator, United States General Services Administration

Faculty at Stanford Law School and Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI

Faculty at Stanford University and Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI

Faculty at UC Berkeley and Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Databricks

Senior Advisor to the Governor and Director of the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development

Incoming President, Stanford University

Incoming Chancellor, UC Berkeley

9:00 am - Opening with Our Future Leaders

Speakers:

Bridget Agyare, alumni, UC Berkeley

Allison Jia, 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

9:30 am - 10:15 am

California’s Opportunity Landscape

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

Panelists:

Jason Elliott, Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of Governor Gavin Newsom

Maryana Iskander, Chief Executive Officer, Wikimedia

Ann Patterson, Cabinet Secretary, Office of Governor Gavin Newsom

Louis Stewart, Head of Strategic Initiatives for NVIDIA and Board Member of the California Council on Science & Technology

Note: The livestream will pause at 10:15 am.
 

In-person (not livestreamed) 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 at 1 pm to catch the afternoon program!

 

1:00 pm - 1:45 pm

The Future of the California Workforce

Moderator: Stewart Knox, Secretary, California Labor & Workforce Development Agency

Panelists:

Catherine Bracy, Chief Executive Officer, 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 at UC Berkeley and Co-Founder of 2i2c.org and Project Jupyter

Sissy Wood, Research Director, Service Employees International Union (SEIU)

2:00 pm

Fireside Chat: Governor Gavin Newsom in conversation with Jennifer Chayes (UC Berkeley) and Fei-Fei Li (Stanford University)

3:00 pm

GenAI in Education & Learning: Critical Needs & Paths Forward

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

Panelists:

Fred Blackwell, Chief Executive Officer, 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, Chief Executive Officer, Kapor Foundation

Additional in-person (not livestreamed) 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 in Computer Science at Stanford University, and Deborah Raji, PhD Candidate in Computer Science at UC Berkeley 

3:45 pm - 4:30 pm

Our Innovation Ecosystem and Infrastructure

Moderator: Amy Tong, Secretary, California Government Operations Agency

Panelists:

Liana Bailey-Crimmins, State Chief Information Officer and Director of the California Department of Technology

Robin Carnahan, Administrator, United States General Services Administration

Daniel Ho, Faculty at Stanford Law School and Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI

Chris Manning, Faculty at Stanford University and Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI

Matei Zaharia, Faculty at UC Berkeley and Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Databricks

4:30 pm

Reflections and Closing Remarks

Dee Dee Myers, Senior Advisor to the Governor and Director of the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development

Jonathan Levin, Incoming President, Stanford University

Rich Lyons, Incoming Chancellor, UC Berkeley