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We are in the midst of an economy-wide AI transformation—one that is reshaping industries, redefining work, and challenging leaders to rethink how their organizations create value.
Leading with AI: Building Trust and Powering Growth will explore this rapidly evolving landscape, offering frontier insights, new connections, and practical ideas for navigating change. Hosted by the Johns Hopkins University Technology and Society Initiative in Washington, D.C., this two-day executive summit brings together business leaders, policymakers, and academics to examine how AI can drive innovation and growth responsiblyFeaturing leading academics and business executives, the agenda bridges research and practice at the frontier of AI leadership, addressing:
- The economic and organizational impact of AI
- Building trust in the age of AI
- Leading through an AI transformation
- Launching AI-based products
In an era defined by disruption, Leading with AI equips decision-makers across business, government, and academia to understand the evolving role of AI, leverage data and AI responsibly, and avoid the predictable missteps that derail transformation—helping them understand the current landscape and design trustworthy systems and strategies that will sustain innovation and growth.
Thursday, May 28, 2026
10:30 - 11 a.m.
Coffee and registration
11 - 11:05 a.m.
Welcome remarks
Michael Luca
Johns Hopkins Carey Business School
Director, Technology and Society Initiative
11:05 a.m. - Noon
Founders Panel: Launching AI Startups
Duncan Gilchrist
Co-founder, Delphina
Mike Ostrovsky
Stanford Graduate Business School
Co-founder, Topsort
Moderator: Ginger Jin
Niel Moskowitz Professor of Economics
University of Maryland
12:05 - 1 p.m.
Fireside chat: IP and Generative AI
Jeff Marowits
CEO, Keystone
Jonathan Kanter
Former Assistant Attorney General
Professor, Carnegie Mellon University
Martha Gimbel
Executive Director and Co-founder, The Budget Lab
Yale Universeity
Moderator: Walter Frick
Senior editor, Bloomberg
1 - 2 p.m.
Lunch
2 - 2:55 p.m.
AI and Healthcare
Ziad Obermeyer
University of California, Berkeley
Co-founder, Dandelion Health
Zachary Lipton
Carnegie Mellon University
Co-founder and CTO, Abridge
Moderator: Emily Boss
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
3 - 3:45 p.m.
Fireside chat
Tom Barkin
President, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Moderator: Benyamin Appelbaum
Editorial Board Member, The New York Times
3:45 - 4:05 p.m.
Break
4:05 - 5 p.m.
Panel discussion: Reskilling and AI
Jorge Tamayo
Harvard Business School
Hamsa Bastani
Wharton School of Business
Jayashankar Swaminathan
University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School
Moderator: Tinglong Dai
Bernard T. Ferrari Professor of Business, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School
5 - 6 p.m.
Reception
Friday, May 29, 2026
9:30 - 10 a.m.
Coffee and Registration
10 - 11:25 a.m.
AI and Innovation Policy
Ryan Hill
Northwestern University
Adam Jaffe
Brandeis University
Jenn Gustestic
Institute for Progress
Charles Yang
AI for Science Fellow
Renaissance Philanthropy
Moderator: Bhaven Sampat
Johns Hopkins Carey Business School
11:30 a.m. - Noon
Deliberative Technology
Jeff Fossett
Johns Hopkins Carey Business School
Moderator: Michael Hallsworth
Chief Behavioral Technologist
Behavioural Insights Team
Noon - 1 p.m.
Lunch
1 - 1:45 p.m.
What We Teach: Using AI to Understand Curriculum
Anjali Adukia
University of Chicago
Moderator: Michael Luca
Johns Hopkins Carey Business School
Director, Technology and Society Initiative
1:45 - 2 p.m.
Concluding remarks
Presented by the Technology and Society Initiative and Johns Hopkins Carey Business School with support from the National Association for Business Economics.
REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED.