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FAIR Symposium
2026 Fellowships in AI Research (FAIR) Symposium
Organized by the LaCross Institute for Ethical AI in Business, each year, the FAIR Program supports innovative, cross-disciplinary research at the intersection of business, ethics, and artificial intelligence. The Symposium is an opportunity to hear directly from recent fellowship recipients as they share insights, early findings, and the impact of their work across the UVA community and beyond.
30 January 2026
The Forum Hotel | UVA Darden School of Business
Schedule
| 10 a.m. | Check-in and Continental Breakfast |
| 10:30 a.m. | Welcome and Opening Remarks |
| 11 a.m. |
Privacy & Fairness in AI Pipelines Nando Fioretto (SEAS), Max Biggs (Darden) |
| Noon | Lunch |
| 1 p.m. |
Revenue-Preserving Unlearning for Recommendation Systems Chirag Agarwal (SDS), Sam Levy (Darden) |
| 2:15 p.m. | Break |
| 2:45 p.m. |
Keeping Language Models Up-to-Date in a Constantly-Changing World Tom Hartvigsen (SDS), Steven Johnson (McIntire) |
| 3:45 p.m. | Announcement of 2026 FAIR Recipients |
| 4:15 p.m. | Wrap-Up and Closing Remarks |
| 4:30 p.m. | Networking Reception |
| 6 p.m. | Conclusion |
Meet the 2024-2025 FAIR Recipients
