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 responsibly.
Featuring 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.
DAY 1
10:30 - 11 a.m. - Coffee and registration
11 - 11:10 a.m. - Welcome remarks
Michael Luca, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, director, Technology and Society Initiative
11:10 a.m. - 12:05 p.m. - Founders panel: Launching AI startups
Duncan Gilchrist, co-founder, Delphina
Mike Ostrovsky, Stanford Graduate Business School, co-founder, Topsort
12:10 - 12:55 p.m. - Fireside chat: AI and policy
Jeff Marowits, CEO, Keystone
1 - 2 p.m. - Lunch
2 - 2:55 p.m. - AI and health care
Ziad Obermeyer, UC Berkeley, co-founder, Dandelion Health
Zachary Lipton, Carnegie Mellon University, co-founder and CTO Abridge
Moderated by Emily Boss, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
3 - 3:45 p.m. - Fireside chat
Tom Barkin, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
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
Moderated by Tinglong Dai, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School
5 - 6 p.m. - Reception
DAY 2
10 - 10:05 a.m. - Welcome remarks
10:10 - 10:55 a.m. - AI and innovation policy
Ryan Hill, Northwestern University
Bhaven Sampat, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School
Adam Jaffe, Brandeis
Jenn Gustestic, Institute for Progress
11 - 11:55 a.m. - Applications of AI
Noon - 1 p.m. - Lunch
1 - 1:45 p.m. - Fireside chat
Moderated by Walter Frick, senior editor, Bloomberg
1:50 - 2:45 p.m. - Applications of AI
Anjali Adukia, University of Chicago
Jeff Fossett, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School
2:50 - 3:40 p.m. - Closing session
Presented by the Technology and Society Initiative and Johns Hopkins Carey Business School with support from the National Association for Business Economics.