Safety isn't a single problem with a single solution. It's a spectrum — from the alignment researcher stress-testing model behavior, to the actor protecting their digital likeness, to the parent wondering what AI is teaching their kid about connection and loneliness.

At the 9th Annual Responsible AI Symposium, we're examining The Many Faces of Safety — the idea that building a resilient AI future requires us to hold all of these perspectives at once. Across tracks in health, policy, media & entertainment, and safety research, we'll explore what it means to design systems, laws, and norms that protect people across every dimension of their lives.

Come prepared for a full afternoon of wall-to-wall programming — a keynote, fireside chat, and panels that will leave you with a lot to think about. We're kicking things off with open networking before the first session and closing with a dedicated networking block at the end of the day — plus an afterparty for those who want to keep the conversation going.

Agenda

• 1:00-1:30: Check-in and Networking
• 1:30-1:40: Welcome
• 1:40-2:00: Keynote
• 2:00-2:50: Building Trustworthy AI: From Research to Governance
• 2:50-3:20: Policy Fireside Chat
• 3:20-4:10: Connection & Care: AI's Impact on Human Wellbeing
• 4:10-5:00: Rights, Risk, and the Future of Entertainment
• 5:00-6:00: Networking Reception
• 6:00: After Party Offsite [Venue TBD]

​Session Descriptions

Keynote: Additional details coming soon.

Building Trustworthy AI: From Research to Governance: What does AI safety mean in practice, and how does that work translate into policy, law, and organizational decisions? This track brings together researchers, engineers, and practitioners to explore the landscape of alignment and risk, open questions in the field, and how organizations are navigating AI governance under emerging regulation, from compliance and liability exposure to what responsible deployment actually requires of the companies building and using AI today.

• Brittney Gallagher, Senior Program Manager, The Midas Project
• Melanie Plaza, CTO, AE Studio
• Stephanie Sharron, Partner, Morrison & Foerster

Policy Fireside Chat: Additional details coming soon.

Connection & Care: AI's Impact on Human Wellbeing: AI is reshaping our emotional and physical lives in ways we're only beginning to understand. This track examines the attachment economy, AI-induced psychological distress, and the quiet expansion of surveillance through our own health data.

• Don Grant, National Advisor of Healthy Device Management, Newport Healthcare
• Diba Kaya, Staff UX Researcher, JSTOR
• Lauren Mansfield, AI LA Ambassador

Rights, Risk, and the Future of Entertainment: Creatives are negotiating AI on every front simultaneously — likeness and voice rights, licensing frameworks being rewritten in real time, shifting career skill sets, and how media companies are making practical decisions about AI adoption internally.

• Eric R. Burgess, CEO, Credtent
• Anna Ilina Semendyayeva, AI Lead, Global Catalog Recordings, BMG
• Ori Winokur, Head Of Media & Entertainment Partnerships and Global Head Of Music, Artlist
• Justin Trevor Winters, Co-Founder & CEO, Verified Labs and Full-Time Faculty, School of Film & Television, LMU

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