Ask an Expert Sessions

Participants are free to join live online Q&A sessions with speakers to ask questions and engage with one another. Speakers may share updates on content since their video modules were recorded, but otherwise these sessions will be largely participant-led. Participants should come to the sessions with any questions that relate to the content of the speakers’ videos.

You can find dates and times for the live online sessions below. To register for the Live Sessions click on the button below.


February 3, 2025, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm PST
AI 101

Speakers:

Dan Priest
Chief AI Officer, PwC

Peter Norvig
Distinguished Education Fellow,
Stanford’s Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence Institute; Engineering
Director, Google Inc


February 4, 2025, 1:00 – 2:00 pm PST
IP, Privacy, Security, Regulatory Compliance

Speakers:

Nader Mousavi
Partner & Co-Head, Intellectual
Property and Technology Group and
the AI Practice, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

Shannon Yavorsky
Partner, Global Chair, Cyber, Privacy & Data Innovation Practice Group & Co-Head of AI Group, Orrick


February 13, 2025, 12:00 – 1:00 pm PST
AI & the Environment, Workforce, Automated Decision Making

Speakers:

Xavier (Xav) de Souza Briggs
Senior Fellow, Brookings Metro; Senior Advisor & Co-Founder, What Works Plus; Senior Advisor, Freedman Consulting, LLC

Ashley Walter
Partner & Chief Sustainability Officer, Orrick

Brandon Rees
Deputy Director Corporations and Capital Markets, AFL-CIO

Amanda Ballantyne
Director, Technology Institute, AFL-CIO


March 3, 2025, 12:00 – 1:00 pm PST
Bias, Accuracy, Explainability

Speakers:

Janel Thamkul
Deputy General Counsel, Anthropic


March 5, 2025, 12:30 – 1:30 pm PST
AI Risks & Opportunities for Consumer Products & Financial Services Sectors

Speaker:

Ashlie Beringer
Partner and Co-Chair of Tech & Innovation Group and Privacy, Cybersecurity and Data Innovation Practice, Gibson Dunn

Cassandra Gaedt-Sheckter
Partner & Co-Chair of AI Practice,
Gibson Dunn


March 11, 2025, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm PST
AI Governance & Insurance

Speakers:

Danny Tobey
Partner, Chair of AI & Data Analytics,
DLA Piper

Lauri Floresca
Senior Vice President, Management Liability and Cyber Liability,
Woodruff Sawyer


March 20, 2025, 12:00 -1:00 pm PST
Investor Due Diligence

Speakers:

Annie Froehlich
Partner, Cooley

Caitlin Courtney
Partner, Cooley

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