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April 2, 2026
April 2, 2026
Check in and Breakfast 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
9:00 - 9:10
Welcome Remarks by DEP Team and Sponsor Representatives
Welcome Remarks by DEP Team and Sponsor Representatives
9:15 - 9:45
Keynote Address: Police Use of Artifical Intelligence
Keynote Address: Police Use of Artifical Intelligence
Speaker: Dr. Robert Vargas, Professor of Sociology at UChicago.
Speaker: Dr. Robert Vargas, Professor of Sociology at UChicago.
10:00 - 10:50
Panel 1: Economies of Technology
Panel 1: Economies of Technology
Speaker: Abhilash Mishra, Founder and Chief Science Officer, Equitech Futures; Director, Kevin Xu Initiative on Science, Technology and Global Development, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago.
Speaker: Abhilash Mishra, Founder and Chief Science Officer, Equitech Futures; Director, Kevin Xu Initiative on Science, Technology and Global Development, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago.
11:00 - 11:50
Panel 2: The Human Stakes of Language Data
Panel 2: The Human Stakes of Language Data
Speakers:
Speakers:
Ningzi Li, Research Specialist, Data Science Institute; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago.
Ningzi Li, Research Specialist, Data Science Institute; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago.
Su Lin Blodgett, Principal Researcher, Fairness, Accountability, Transparency, and Ethics (FATE) Group, Microsoft Research Montréal.
Su Lin Blodgett, Principal Researcher, Fairness, Accountability, Transparency, and Ethics (FATE) Group, Microsoft Research Montréal.
Lunch Pick Up: 12:00 - 1:00
12:00 - 12:50
Lunch - Lunch and Learns
Lunch - Lunch and Learns
Session 1: AI, Surveys, and the Future of Social Data
Speaker: Sourabhik Barari, Senior Research Methodologist, Methodology & Quantitative Social Sciences, NORC at the University of Chicago
Session 2: Data Centers' Urban Effects: Cloud Infrastructure Impact on Society
Speaker: Shaolei Ren, Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Cooperating Faculty Member in Computer Science and Engineering, University of California, Riverside.
1:00 - 1:50
Presentation 1: Information, Evidence, and Accountability in Contested Times
Presentation 1: Information, Evidence, and Accountability in Contested Times
Speaker: Meghnad Bose, Assistant Professor of Practice, Department of Journalism and Strategic Media; Head of the M.A. Program in Open-Source Investigative Reporting, University of Memphis.
3:00 - 3:50
Panel 3: Public Understanding of Health in a Data-Driven Society
Panel 3: Public Understanding of Health in a Data-Driven Society
Speaker:
Dr. Vineet Arora, Herbert T. Abelson Professor of Medicine; Vice Dean of Education and Dean for Medical Education, University of Chicago Medicine, Pritzker School of Medicine.
Dr. Skylar Johnson, Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Utah Huntsman Cancer Institute.
4:00 - 4:50
Panel 4: Artificial Boundaries: AGI, Singularity and Artificial Consciousness
Panel 4: Artificial Boundaries: AGI, Singularity and Artificial Consciousness
Speaker: Mario Rodriguez, Sr. Agentic AI Engineer, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Arivey; Software Developer and Robot Operator, Hanson Robotics
5:00- 5:15
Closing
Closing
DEP Team
5:00 - 6:00
Dinner & Networking Session
Dinner & Networking Session
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