Speakers, panelists, and sponsors/supporters TBC – Subject to Amendment
Thursday, 19 June, 2025
(Rome, Italy)
9:30 a.m.
Registration and Continental Breakfast
10:00 a.m.
Welcome Remarks
Co-Chairs:
Pierluigi Matera, Professor of Law, Boston University, LCU & LUISS University
David J. Berger, Partner, Wilson Sonsini, President of the American College of Governance Counsel
10:30 a.m.
Keynote Address
Adolfo Urso, Minister of Enterprises, Innovation and Made in Italy
11:00 a.m.
Panel 1: How Business is Adapting to AI
Moderator:
Pierluigi Matera, Professor of Law, Boston University, LCU & LUISS University
Panelists:
Dr. Rajni Aneja, White Presidential Innovation Fellow for President Joe Biden; former Head of Digital Strategy, Novatis
Paolo Clarizia, Professor of Administrative Law, LCU
Emanuele Calà, Senior VP and CTO, ADR
Anne E. Robinson, Senior Vice President & Chief Legal Officer, IBM
Simone Ungaro, CTO and Co-General Manager, Leonardo
Steve Lipin, Founder, Chairman and CEO, Gladstone Partners
Jeff Saviano, Partner-in-Charge of Emerging Technology and Governance Practice, E&Y; Appointment, Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics
Benjamin R. Yrun Ostapuk, Head of Technology & Innovation, Intel
12:00 p.m.
Break
12:15 p.m.
Panel 2: Governance Models and Ethics for AI Companies
Moderator:
David J. Berger, Partner, Wilson Sonsini, President of the American College of Governance Counsel
Panelists:
Dan Lahav, Co-founder and CEO, Pattern Labs
Eric Reis, Founder and Chair, Long-Term Stock Exchange; co-Founder, Answer.ai
Kosta Starostin, General Counsel, Cohere
John Galloway, Principal and Head of Stewardship, Vanguard
Paolo Benanti, Professor at Pontifical Gregorian University and Member of UN AI Committee
Patrick Ekeruo, Assistant General Counsel, Anthropic
Mark Baudler, Partner, Wilson Sonsini
1:30 p.m.
Lunch
2:30 p.m.
Panel 3: AI, Board Oversight and Ethics
Moderator:
Ferruccio Sbarbaro, Professor of Comparative Law and Co-Managing Partner, Libra Legal Partners LP
Panelists:
Penny Herscher, Board Chair, Lumentum; Penguin Solutions; Director, Forvia
Stefano Arcifa, Board Member, ASI and ENAV
Bethany Mayer, Chair of the Board, Box; Independent Board Member, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Lam Research, and Astera Labs
Giovanni Marini, Professor of Comparative Law, University of Perugia
Marilu Capparelli, General Counsel, Google EMEA
Francesco Di Ciommo, Founder, Di Ciommo and Partners; Board Member, Cassa Depositi e Prestiti; Professor of Private Law, LUISS
Michael S. Klein, Founder and Managing Partner, McKlein & Company
Nate Persily, McClatchy Professor of Law, Stanford Law School
3:45 p.m.
Break
4:00 p.m.
Keynote Address
Hon. Leo E. Strine, former Chief Justice, Delaware Supreme Court
4:30 p.m.
Fireside Chat
Julie Brill, Vice President & Chief Privacy Officer, Microsoft
5:15 p.m.
Closing remarks
5:30 p.m.
Adjourn
8:00 p.m.
Gala Dinner
(by invitation only)
National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art
9:00 p.m.
Fireside Chat
Archbishop Edgar Pena Parra, Substitute for General Affairs of the Secretariat of State, Holy See
Aidan Gomez, Founder & CEO of Cohere
Fausto Bertinotti, Former House Speaker, Italian Parliament
Friday, 20 June, 2025
(Holy See, by pre-approval only)
9:30 a.m.
Registration and Continental Breakfast
10:00 a.m.
Welcome Remarks from the Holy See
Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, President of the Pontifical Academy for Life
10:30 a.m.
Roundtable Discussion: AI, Ethics, Technology and Governance: Planning for the Future
Moderators:
David Berger & Pierluigi Matera
Participants:
Archbishop Carlo Maria Polvani, Secretary at the Dicastery for Culture and Education and Pontifical Council for Culture
Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, President of the Pontifical Academy for Life
Dan Lahav, Co-founder and CEO, Pattern Labs
Julie Brill, Vice President, Chief Privacy Officer, Microsoft
Anne E. Robinson, Senior Vice President & Chief Legal Officer, IBM
Kosta Starostin, General Counsel, Cohere
Patrick Ekeruo, Assistant General Counsel, Anthropic
Marilu Capparelli, General Counsel, Google EMEA
Jeff Saviano, Partner-in-Charge of Emerging Technology and Governance Practice, E&Y; Appointment, Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics
Nate Persily, McClatchy Professor of Law, Stanford Law School
12:15 p.m.
Concluding Fireside Chat
Ori Goshen, Co-Founder & Co-CEO, AI21 Labs
1:30 p.m.
Lunch and Closing Remarks