Pitt Business Impact Conference on Artificial Intelligence 2025
Abstract: While we explore how AI can foster innovation, we also need to develop an understanding of the impact of AI on humanity and the human experience, and the need for deployment of responsible and ethical AI in organizations. This conference will consider ethical challenges associated with AI, human-centered, responsible AI and its applications, and strategies for integrating responsible and ethical AI practices into business and educational contexts.
8:45 – 9:15 am
Keynote Speaker: Andrew Moore
9:15 – 10:30 am
AI Deployment and Its Impacts: A Business and Industry Perspective
Panelists: Saira Jesani, Mckenzie Lock, Bill Moore, Justin Weisz, and Joseph Yun
Moderated by: Andy Hannah and Vanitha Swaminathan
10:45 – 11:15 am
Keynote Speaker: Elham Tabassi
11:15 am – 12:30 pm
Inter-disciplinary Perspectives on Human-Centered and Responsible AI
Panelists: Michael Colaresi, Na Du, Morgan Frank, Michael Madison, and Shandong Wu
Moderated by: Rob Cunningham
1:30 – 2:00 pm
Keynote Speaker: Stefano Puntoni
2:00 – 3:15 pm
AI in Education
Panelists: Tinglong Dai, Diane Litman, Michael Madison, and John Radzilowicz
Moderated by: R. Venkatesh and Mark Haney
3:15 – 4:15 pm
AI and the Human Experience
Panelists: Saira Jesani, Alison Langmead, Lance Lindauer and Edouard Machery
Moderated by: Narayan Ramasubbu
Hosted by Pitt Business, in collaboration with the Pitt Business Center for Branding, Pittsburgh Technology Council, Pitt School of Computing and Information, and Responsible Data Science at Pitt