Driving Ethical Innovation in the Age of AI
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Overview
There’s no opting out from using AI — make sure you have the tools and strategies to thrive in our AI-driven world. Designed for busy senior executives who need to better understand the impact of disruptive technologies, the ethical considerations around AI and how to leverage emerging tech to drive innovation ahead of the competition, this intensive 2.5-day program is hosted in the heart of the Washington, D.C. metro area — the crossroads of business and policy. Separate the hype from practical business use cases as you:
- Delve into emerging technologies and how they're evolving, where they fit into business and society, and the challenges for trust and safety.
- Engage in open discussion with expert faculty on the ethical implications and regulatory landscape, and avoid potential pitfalls.
- Take part in interactive panel discussions with industry and public policy experts.
- Develop a plan for integrating new technologies strategically and ethically.
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Focus
This interactive and hands-on program delves into the opportunities, risks and ethical implications of the disruptive technologies that have become a fundamental part of doing business. Through real-life business use cases, open discussion and demos with technologies, participants will better understand these emerging technologies, the issues and options for managing safety and trust, how these technologies can transform your business and society, and the risks of doing nothing.
Essential for business leaders who need to strategically and ethically harness emerging technologies, this compact program is a smart investment to elevate your tech leadership capabilities to innovate and grow. You'll dive deep enough into into the tech and business impacts to form your own forecast of the economics driving supply and demand. The Darden faculty team are experts in the field and dedicated to helping leaders implement technologies that can do good for business and society.
Panel Discussion Guest Speakers
The program will include two panel discussions around institutional trust and public policy around AI. The panels will feature guest industry speakers, including:
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Michael Finnegan – President, Bradley Media Holdings (formerly Atlantic Media)
Finnegan (MBA ’07) is an active player in the present and future state of media, serving in executive roles across Atlantic Media's portfolio for the last 14 years, and helping to lead efforts to build sustainable business models for high quality journalism. -
Ben Renda – VP Trust and Safety, Epic Games
Renda also serves as a Senior Adjunct Fellow for the Technology and National Security Program at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS). -
Danielle Whelton – Program Manager, Tik Tok
Whelton has an extensive background in crisis communications, operational leadership, and gathering open-source intelligence to mitigate disinformation and digital threats across the internet. -
Soribel Feliz - Senior AI and Tech Policy Advisor, United States Senate
Feliz advises Senator Bill Cassidy on emerging tech, with an emphasis on artificial intelligence, data privacy, and the intersection of AI and health, education and labor. -
Michael Richards - Senior Director of Policy, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Technology Engagement Center
Richards manages the Chamber’s artificial intelligence and IT modernization work, which analyzes federal artificial intelligence, facial recognition, and IT modernization policy impacting U.S. businesses. -
Courtney Lang - Vice President of Policy for Trust, Data, and Technology, Information Technology Industry Council (ITI)
Lang leads ITI's global AI policy development and advocacy, where she's spearheaded initiatives to influence AI-related legislation and regulations worldwide. -
Tom Romanoff - AI and Technology Policy Advisor
Romanoff is an AI policy expert with experience working with artificial intelligence, data privacy, content moderation, and cybersecurity.
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Schedule & Topics
The program begins at 9am the first day, after a welcome breakfast. The days generally run from 9am-5pm, wrapping up by 1:30pm on the final day. Featured session topics and workshops include:
- AI: Yesterday, Today, & Tomorrow - History & Hype plus Fundamentals of GenAI to Explore an Uncertain Future
- Ethical Traditions - Drawing from philosophers past to evaluate ethical tradeoffs at work
- AI as a Creativity Accelerator - Unpacking the ownership of creative output. Three levels: institutional, social, and psychological.
- Complementary Technologies for AI Safety, Security, and Trust - Surveying emerging innovations related to privacy, security, ownership
- Institutional Trust Panel - led by media industry leaders
- GenAI & GoFundMe - Rethinking and Not Simply Automating the Process of Creating a Fundraising Campaign
- Technology Forecasting - Learning, Experience, and Scale Curves for Predicting Future Cost Improvements
- Ethics At Work - Understanding the context in which you can exercise ethical agency in your job
- AI Public Policy Panel – led by policy experts
- AI in the Public Sector – Planning an “AI Sprint” at the Department of Health & Human Services in light of the Executive Order on GenAI
- Tech Demo & Happy Hour: Each of the first two full days will end with an opportunity to explore emerging technologies on display as you mingle with participants, faculty, and other Darden experts. You can pick and choose among a host of demo stations such as the ElevenLabs AI-Powered Text-to-Speech platform, an Oculus AR Training Videos from STRIVR, AI-enabled Meta Ray-Ban glasses, or creating your own Non-Fungible Token NFT.
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Impact & Outcomes
- Leverage disruptive technologies to identify and take advantage of new business opportunities.
- Understand the ethical implications and potential impact to your organization and the business environment.
- Recognize the risk of inaction in the face of using emerging tech and avoid its pitfalls.
- Navigate the evolving regulatory landscape around emerging technologies to ensure safe integration of technologies to fuel growth and innovation.
- Develop a plan for how these new technologies can have immediate impact and integrate into your long-term strategy.
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Participant Profile
Designed for C-suite and senior leaders such as CIOs, CTOs, CMOs, technology integrators and product manager; as well as consultants, venture capitalists and financial executives who need to harness the massive technology disruption to help shape and ethically lead the future of business.
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Location & Accommodations
Location
UVA Darden DC Metro
1100 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, VirginiaMaterials and some meals are included in your program fee.
Lodging
Accommodations are not included in the program fee and should be arranged by the participant. Recommended accommodations include:
Hyatt Centric Arlington
1325 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia, 22209
Tel: +1-703-525-1234Le Méridien Arlington
1121 North 19th Street, Arlington, VA 22209
Telephone: +1-703-351-9170
The program begins at 9am the first day, after a welcome breakfast. The days generally run from 9am-5pm, wrapping up by 1:30pm on the final day. Featured session topics and workshops include:
- AI: Yesterday, Today, & Tomorrow - History & Hype plus Fundamentals of GenAI to Explore an Uncertain Future
- Ethical Traditions - Drawing from philosophers past to evaluate ethical tradeoffs at work
- AI as a Creativity Accelerator - Unpacking the ownership of creative output. Three levels: institutional, social, and psychological.
- Complementary Technologies for AI Safety, Security, and Trust - Surveying emerging innovations related to privacy, security, ownership
- Institutional Trust Panel - led by media industry leaders
- GenAI & GoFundMe - Rethinking and Not Simply Automating the Process of Creating a Fundraising Campaign
- Technology Forecasting - Learning, Experience, and Scale Curves for Predicting Future Cost Improvements
- Ethics At Work - Understanding the context in which you can exercise ethical agency in your job
- AI Public Policy Panel – led by policy experts
- AI in the Public Sector – Planning an “AI Sprint” at the Department of Health & Human Services in light of the Executive Order on GenAI
- Tech Demo & Happy Hour: Each of the first two full days will end with an opportunity to explore emerging technologies on display as you mingle with participants, faculty, and other Darden experts. You can pick and choose among a host of demo stations such as the ElevenLabs AI-Powered Text-to-Speech platform, an Oculus AR Training Videos from STRIVR, AI-enabled Meta Ray-Ban glasses, or creating your own Non-Fungible Token NFT.
- Leverage disruptive technologies to identify and take advantage of new business opportunities.
- Understand the ethical implications and potential impact to your organization and the business environment.
- Recognize the risk of inaction in the face of using emerging tech and avoid its pitfalls.
- Navigate the evolving regulatory landscape around emerging technologies to ensure safe integration of technologies to fuel growth and innovation.
- Develop a plan for how these new technologies can have immediate impact and integrate into your long-term strategy.
Designed for C-suite and senior leaders such as CIOs, CTOs, CMOs, technology integrators and product manager; as well as consultants, venture capitalists and financial executives who need to harness the massive technology disruption to help shape and ethically lead the future of business.
Location
UVA Darden DC Metro
1100 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, Virginia
Materials and some meals are included in your program fee.
Lodging
Accommodations are not included in the program fee and should be arranged by the participant. Recommended accommodations include:
Hyatt Centric Arlington
1325 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia, 22209
Tel: +1-703-525-1234
Le Méridien Arlington
1121 North 19th Street, Arlington, VA 22209
Telephone: +1-703-351-9170
60% of leaders worry their organization's leadership lacks a plan and vision to implement AI.
Earn Your Certificate
Driving Ethical Innovation in the Age of AI counts as one program toward a noncredit Darden Certificate in Leadership & Management. Complete this program and three additional programs to earn your certificate.
Faculty
Timothy M. Laseter
Professor of Practice
Dennie Kim
Assistant Professor of Business Administration
Lillien Ellis
Assistant Professor of Business Administration
Chris Parker
Richard S. Reynolds Associate Professorship in Business Administration
