Rome Conference on AI Ethics and the Future of Corporate Governance

The Rome Conference on AI, Ethics, and the Future of Corporate Governance brings together executives from leading AI companies with policymakers, scholars, ethicists, and lawyers to holistically consider the critical issues and challenges facing the governance of AI companies and their novel technology.

Among the issues to be addressed during this two-day conference are:
• Current regulatory models for AI companies in the U.S., EU, and G7 – which ones are successful, what can be improved, and how we can move forward in a dynamic landscape;
• Private ordering and corporate governance models for AI companies;
• Ethical challenges posed by AI companies, including consideration of the relationship between AI and the future of the workforce.

This conference will feature multiple panel and roundtable discussions, with ample time for questions and networking
among all participants.

Friday, April 12, 2024

9:30 am: Registration and Continental Breakfast

10:00 am Welcome Remarks by Co-chairs and Introductory Comments
Paola Severino, President, Luiss School of Law
David J. Berger, Partner at Wilson Sonsini and President of the American College of Governance Counsel
Pierluigi Matera Founding Partner, Libra Legal Partners and Professor of Law, LCU & Luiss University

10:45 am Keynote Address
The Honorable Federico Freni, Undersecretary, Ministry of Economy and Finance

11:15 am AI and the Future of Business
Moderator
Pierluigi Matera
Founding Partner, Libra Legal Partners and Professor of Law, LCU & Luiss University

Panelists
Hon. Erika Guerri, Chief of Cabinet, Ministry of Tourism
Luca de Angelis, Director General, Directorate General for Emerging Technologies, Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy
Simone Ungaro, Chief Innovation Officer, Leonardo
Giovanni Malagò, President, Italian National Olympic Committee
Marilu Capparelli, Director of Legal Affairs, Google
EMEA

12:15 pm Break

12:30 pm Governance and Ethics for AI Companies
Moderator
David J. Berger, Partner at Wilson Sonsini and President of the American College of Governance Counsel

Panelists
Che Chang, General Counsel, OpenAI
Brian Israel, General Counsel, Anthropic
Laura Courchesne, Head of Strategy and Operations, Frontier Model Forum
The Honorable Robert J. Jackson, former Commissioner, Securities & Exchange Commission; Professor, New York University School of Law
Giovanni Marini, Professor of Law, University of Perugia

1:30 pm: Lunch and Keynote Address
The Honorable Leo E. Strine Jr., former Chief Justice, Delaware Supreme Court

2:30 pm How Will AI Impact the Corporation, Its Business, and Employees?
Moderator
Ferruccio Sbarbaro, Founding Partner, Libra Legal Partners, and Professor of Law, LCU

Panelists
Laurie Hodrick, A. Barton Hepburn Professor Emerita at Columbia Business School and Independent Director at Roku, PGIM, and Andel
David Webber, Senior Fellow at the Harvard Law School Center for Labor and Professor at Boston University School of Law
Francesco Di Ciommo, Vice-Rector and Professor of Private Law, Luiss University
Steven Lipin, Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Gladstone Place Partners

4:00 pm Break

4:30 pm Roundtable Discussion: AI Regulation Striking the Right Balance
Moderator
Andrea Gerli, RAI

Panelists
Yann Padova, Partner at Wilson Sonsini
Egle Amodeo Privacy Legal Lead, IBM Europe & CEE, and Privacy Transaction/M&A Lead Counsel, IBM Global
Blanche Savary, General Counsel and Secretary of the Board, Mistral
Kosta Starostin, Director of Legal, Cohere
Justin Antonipillai, Global Head of Government Affairs at Pryon
Giuseppe F. Italiano, Professor of Computer Science, Luiss University
Paolo Clarizia, Professor of Administrative Law, LCU

Closing Remarks Day 1
Alessandro Zattoni, Professor and Head of the Business and Management Department, Luiss University

Saturday, April 13, 2024

10:00 am Registration and Continental Breakfast

10:30 am Fireside Chat with Aidan Gomez, Founder & CEO, Cohere

11:00 am Roundtable Discussion: AI and the Next Industrial Revolution – What the Future Can and Should Be
Moderator
Mariangela Pira, Sky Italia

Participants
Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra, Substitute for General Affairs of the Secretariat of State, Holy See
Agostino Scornajenchi, CEO, CDP Venture Capital
David J. Berger, Wilson Sonsini
Pierluigi Matera Libra Legal Partners and LCU
Che Chang Open AI
Blanche Savary Mistral
Kosta Starostin Cohere
Brian Israel Anthropic

12:15 pm Keynote Address
Hon. Daniela Santanchè, Ministry of Tourism

12:30 pm Keynote Address
Hon. Ro Khanna, U.S. Congressman

Lunch and Closing Remarks
Giovanna Vallanti, Professor and Director of the BA Program in Economics and Business, Luiss University