Rome Conference on AI Ethics and the Future of Corporate Governance

The Rome Conference on AI, Ethics, and the Future of Corporate Governance brings executives from leading AI companies together 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 will be:
• Current regulatory models in the U.S., EU, and G7 of AI companies -- which 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 labor.

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

Friday, 12 April 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, 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
Hon. 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, Wilson Sonsini and President of the American College of Governance Counsel

Panelists
Che Chang General Counsel, Open AI
Brian Israel General Counsel, Anthropic
Laura Courchesne Head of Strategy and Operations, Frontier Model Forum
Hon. Robert J. Jackson Fmr. 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
Hon. Leo E. Strine Jr, Fmr. 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, Columbia Business School and Independent Director, Roku, PGIM, & Andel
David Webber, Senior Fellow, Harvard Law School Center for Labor and Professor, Boston University School of Law
Francesco Di Ciommo, Prorector and Professor of Private Law, Luiss University
Steven Lipin Founder, Chairman and CEO, Gladstone Place Partners

4:00 pm Break

4:30 pm Roundtable Discussion: AI Regulation. Getting the Right Balance
Moderator
Andrea Gerli RAI

Panelists
Yann Padova Partner 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 Business and Management Department, Luiss University

Saturday, 13 April 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 Keynote Address
Hon. Ro Khanna U.S. Congressman

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