Live virtual event: “COVID + AI: The Road Ahead”

June 1, 09:15 - 12:30

Timezone in PST.

Two months into the COVID-19 pandemic, we see curves flattening and cities lifting shelter restrictions. By no means is this pandemic over; and yet, policymakers, researchers, medical practitioners, and industry are starting to grapple with how we operate in a post-COVID world. What is the path forward, economically, medically, and culturally?

The Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence’s second virtual conference on COVID will address these questions. Scholars from across disciplines will discuss their research using AI, data science and/or informatics to help us understand how we emerge from this crisis. Sessions will examine, among other topics: Preparing for the 2020 election, protecting privacy during contact tracing, and assessing COVID infections.

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9:15 am – WELCOME & INTRODUCTION

  • John Etchemendy, Denning Family Co-Director, Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence; Provost Emeritus, and Patrick Suppes Family Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford University
  • Fei-Fei Li, Denning Family Co-Director, Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence; Sequoia Professor of Computer Science, Stanford University
  • Russ Altman, Kenneth Fong Professor and Professor of Bioengineering, of Genetics, of Medicine (General Medical Discipline), of Biomedical Data Science, and, by courtesy, of Computer Science, Stanford University; Associate Director, Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence
  • Rob Reich, Professor of Political Science, Stanford University; Associate Director, Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence

9:30-10:20 am – SESSION I: THE ECONOMIC ROAD OUT OF COVID

  • Erik Brynjolfsson, Stanford HAI Senior Fellow: How COVID has accelerated automation in the workplace

10:30-11:20 am – SESSION II: HUMANITY’S ROAD OUT OF COVID 

  • Nathaniel Persily, James B. McClatchy Professor of Law at Stanford Law School: Preparing for the 2020 elections amid COVID
  • Marietje Schaake, International Policy Director at the Stanford Cyber Policy Center: Governmental obligations for protections during contact-tracing
  • Danielle Allen, James Bryant Conant University Professor at Harvard University and Director of Harvard’s Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics: Prerequisites for effective COVID responses

11:30 am-12:20 pm – SESSION III: THE MEDICAL ROAD OUT OF COVID

  • Eric Horvitz, Technical Fellow and Chief Scientific Officer, Microsoft: Contact tracing infrastructure, approaches and opportunities
  • Yvonne Maldonado, Stanford Senior Associate Dean and Professor of Pediatrics and Health Research and Policy: A high-resolution assessment of COVID infection in the Bay Area
  • Susan Athey, Stanford Graduate School of Business Economics of Technology Professor: New models for financing vaccine trials

12:20-12:30 pm – CONCLUDING REMARKS

This agenda may be updated due to speaker availability and scheduling changes.

How to Attend

Registration is requested. Use the Sign Up link below.

Organized By: The Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence