Speakers, panelists, and sponsors/supporters TBC – Subject to Amendment
Thursday, 19 June, 2025
(Rome, Italy)
9:30 a.m.
Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:50 a.m.
Welcome Remarks
Co-Chairs:
Pierluigi Matera, Founding Partner, Libra Legal Partners and Professor of Law, Boston University, LCU & LUISS
David J. Berger, Partner, Wilson Sonsini, President of the American College of Governance Counsel
10:00 a.m.
Opening Keynote Address
Adolfo Urso, Minister of Enterprises, Innovation and Made in Italy
10:30 a.m.
Panel 1: How Business is Adapting to AI
Moderator:
Pierluigi Matera, Founding Partner, Libra Legal Partners and Professor of Law, Boston University, LCU & LUISS
Panelists:
Rajni Aneja, MD, MBA, CPE, former White House Presidential Innovation Fellow (Biden Administration), Board Advisor MIT Connection Science Fellow
Paolo Clarizia, Professor of Administrative Law, LCU
Marilù Capparelli, Director, Legal, Google
Alberto Valenza, Senior Vice President Human Capital, Organization & Procurement, Aeroporti di Roma S.p.A.
Anne E. Robinson, Senior Vice President & Chief Legal Officer, IBM
Steve Lipin, Founder, Chairman and CEO, Gladstone Place Partners
Jeffrey Saviano, Partner-in-Charge of Emerging Technology and Governance Practice, E&Y; Center Associate, Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics, Harvard
11:45 p.m.
Break
12:00 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:
Eric Ries, Founder and Chair, Long-Term Stock Exchange; co-Founder, Answer.AI
Kosta Starostin, General Counsel, Cohere
Peter Austin, Privacy and Civil Liberties Government and Military Ethics Lead, Palantir Technologies
Paolo Benanti, Professor at Pontifical Gregorian University and Member of UN AI Committee
Patrick Ekeruo, Assistant General Counsel, Anthropic
Andrea Appella, Associate General Counsel, OpenAI and Visiting Professor, King’s College London
Laura Bononcini, Public Policy Director, Southern Europe & Israel, Meta
1:15 p.m.
Lunch
2:15 p.m.
Panel 3: AI, Board Oversight and Ethics
Moderator:
Ferruccio Sbarbaro, Professor of Comparative Law and Founding Partner, Libra Legal Partners
Panelists:
Penny Herscher, Chair of the Board, Lumentum; Chair of the Board, Penguin Solutions; Independent Board Member, Forvia
Stefano Arcifa, Board Member, ASI and ENAV
Giovanni Marini, Professor of Comparative Law, University of Perugia
Mark Baudler, Partner, Wilson Sonsini
Francesco Di Ciommo, Founder, Di Ciommo & Partners; Board Member, Cassa Depositi e Prestiti; Professor of Private Law, LUISS
Nicola De Luca, Professor of Corporate Law, Vanvitelli University & LUISS
Nathaniel Persily, McClatchy Professor of Law, Stanford Law School; Co-director Stanford Cyber Policy Center
John Galloway, Principal and Head of Stewardship, Vanguard
3:30 p.m.
Break
3:45 p.m.
Keynote Address
Leo E. Strine, Jr., Former Chief Justice and Chancellor, Delaware; Of Counsel, Wachtell Lipton, Rosen & Katz
4:15 p.m.
Day 1 Closing remarks
4:30 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 Vincenzo Paglia, President Emeritus, The Pontifical Academy for Life
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 Emeritus, 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
Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, President Emeritus, The Pontifical Academy for Life
Anne E. Robinson, Senior Vice President & Chief Legal Officer, IBM
Kosta Starostin, General Counsel, Cohere
Patrick Ekeruo, Associate General Counsel, Anthropic
Marilù Capparelli, Director, Legal, Google
Andrea Appella, Associate General Counsel, OpenAI and Visiting Professor, King’s College London
Jeffrey Saviano, Partner-in-Charge of Emerging Technology and Governance Practice, E&Y; Center Associate, Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics, Harvard
Nathaniel Persily, McClatchy Professor of Law, Stanford Law School; Co-director Stanford Cyber Policy Center
12:00 p.m.
Fireside Chat (the Speakers will join remotely)
Ori Goshen, Co-Founder & Co-CEO, AI21 Labs
Dan Lahav, Co-founder and CEO, Pattern Labs
12:30 p.m.
Concluding Fireside Chat
Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra, Substitute of the Secretariat of State, Holy See
Aidan Gomez, Founder & CEO of Cohere
1:30 p.m.
Lunch and Closing Remarks