Tech Pulse 2030: Data with Dignity: A Human-Centered Approach to AI Development

### Tech Pulse 2030 – Data with Dignity: A Human-Centered Approach to AI Development

📍 Discovery Partners Institute (DPI) the 4th Floor
📅 September 2, 2025
🕠 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM CT
Join us as we kick off the AI 2030 Design School with a powerful opening session focused on Data with Dignity: A Human-Centered Approach to AI Development, part of the Tech Pulse 2030 series. As AI systems become increasingly embedded in everyday life, questions of data ethics, privacy, equity, and accountability are more urgent than ever.
This thought-provoking evening brings together leading voices from industry and academia to explore what it means to build AI systems that respect human dignity from the ground up—starting with data. From design and collection to modeling and deployment, how do we center people, values, and context in every step of the AI lifecycle?
Featured Speakers:

• Sanchit Tiwari, Associate Partner, McKinsey & Company
• Chenhao Tan, Associate Professor of Computer Science and Data Science; Faculty Co-Director, Novel Intelligence, University of Chicago
• Xiaochen Zhang, Executive Director, AI 2030
• Alvin Chin, Research Scientist, Discovery Partners Institute
• Saad Shehab, Associate Director of Assessment and Research, Siebel Center for Design, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

This session will spark critical conversations around responsible data practices, cross-sector collaboration, and the future of human-centered AI design.
🎓 Whether you're a policymaker, researcher, technologist, or student, come be part of the conversation shaping the future of AI—with dignity at its core.