CALIFORNIA AND AI – JULY 8, 2025 – ZOOM REGISTRATION
Join Capitol Weekly and the University of California Student and Policy Center for: California and AI, a conference on Tuesday, July 8, 2025 in Sacramento.
To view the event program with bios of participants, please click here.
Click on the red buttons below to register via Zoom
California is a global leader in AI technology. Now, California lawmakers are tasked with creating legislation and regulations that will help the state maintain leadership in this emerging industry, while creating guardrails that protect Californians. Legislators have introduced over 30 AI-related bills this session, and nearly 20 AI bills were signed into law by Governor Newsom in 2024. Whatever the answers, California’s approach to AI will have an impact. Solutions created here will have outsized influence in other states and internationally.
Senator Scott Wiener will deliver the Keynote.
Three panel discussions will explore how we balance safety and security while avoiding overregulation.
Panel 1 (9:30-10:30AM)
The Here and Now: A Levelset
Mona Pasquil Rogers, Meta; Jonathan Mehta Stein, California Initiative for Technology and Democracy (CITED); Camille Crittenden, Ph.D., CITRIS; Ramesh Srinivasan, UCLA School of Education & Information Studies
Moderated by Robin Epley of the Sacramento Bee
Panel 2 (10:45-11:45AM)
California: A Leader in AI Technology
Sen. Jerry McNerney; Andrea Deveau, Deveau Burr Group; Raissa D’Souza, UC Davis AI Center in Engineering; Sara Flocks, California Labor Federation
Moderator: Chase DiFeliciantonio, POLITICO
Luncheon Keynote (Noon)
Senator Scott Wiener
Panel 3 (1:00-2:00PM)
The Promise and the Peril: Legislative and Regulatory Policy
Jason Elliot, Versus; Shane Gusman, Broad and Gusman; Sacha Haworth, Tech Oversight Project; Jon Ross, KP Public Affairs
Moderator: Rich Ehisen, Capitol Weekly
California and AI will be held from 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM, Tuesday, July 8, 2025, at the UC Student and Policy Center in Sacramento – to attend via ZOOM, click the red buttons above to register for each panel you would like to attend.
There is no cost to attend this event but registration is required.
California and AI will be held from 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM, Tuesday, July 8, 2025, at the UC Student and Policy Center, 1115 11th St, Sacramento, CA 95814.
For Registration information contact Melody Gere at (916) 444 7665 or Melody.Gere@capitolweekly.net.
For Sponsorship information contact Tim Foster at (916) 612 2613 or Tim.Foster@capitolweekly.net.
For questions about content, please contact Rich Ehisen at (916) 402-4886 or rich.ehisen@capitolweekly.net.
Thanks to our sponsors:
THE TRIBAL ALLIANCE OF SOVEREIGN INDIAN NATIONS, WESTERN STATES PETROLEUM ASSOCIATION, KP PUBLIC AFFAIRS, PERRY COMMUNICATIONS GROUP, CAPITOL ADVOCACY, THE WEIDEMAN GROUP, CALKIN PUBLIC AFFAIRS, STUTZMAN PUBLIC AFFAIRS, LUCAS PUBLIC AFFAIRS and CALIFORNIA PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS