The Stanford CodeX Blockchain Group, in collaboration with the Collaborative AI and IP initiative, is pleased to announce a distinguished convening aligned with Stanford’s 10th annual FutureLaw conference, scheduled for Friday April 11, 2025, at Stanford Law School. This exclusive event will gather leading scholars, practitioners, and experts in blockchain technology, artificial intelligence, intellectual property law, and data governance to critically examine emerging challenges and opportunities presented by generative AI. Participants will engage in rigorous exploration of innovative governance models, focusing particularly on data trusts as mechanisms not merely for protection but as proactive instruments capable of generating substantial value.
Structured around interactive sessions that emphasize collaborative scholarship, the event will facilitate focused discussions and workshops on specialized use cases. These include artist-centric intellectual property frameworks responsive to generative AI developments, agricultural and food system innovations grounded in grassroots collaboration, and strategies for safeguarding indigenous knowledge systems within digital contexts. Attendees will analyze traditional IP structures alongside novel open-source tools designed to ensure data sovereignty, explore defensive methods for consent verification, and deliberate strategies for repurposing abandoned intellectual property into protected commons.
Through facilitated small-group discussions, whiteboarding exercises, and prototype development sessions enhanced by graphic visualization and AI-supported synthesis tools, participants will collaboratively produce foundational artifacts aimed at shaping future standards and best practices. This convening represents a unique opportunity for interdisciplinary dialogue and scholarly exchange aimed at developing interoperable, ethical frameworks that balance individual creator and cultivator rights with common and collective flourishing.
Note: Attendance is by invitation only; interested parties seeking further details should contact the CodeX Blockchain Group at Stanford Law School via email at tony@codex.stanford.edu.