Research Speakers in AI, Machine Learning, Auditing, Ethics

A free speaking event on the topics related to emerging technology's impact including AI, Machine Learning, Open Source Software, Web3, AR/VR and more.

The target event audience is Industry Professionals, technology focused executives, software developers, and professionals looking for industry opportunities and researchers.

Hosted at the University of Washington Foster School of Business in Seattle, PACCAR room 394.

Guest Speaking event on the topic of auditing technology systems including AI (supervised, unsupervised, generative and more) in a variety of industry verticals including healthcare, energy utilities, banking, finance, entertainment, gaming and more.

This event helps support government and academic research at the Center for Cybersecurity. If you are an emerging technology expert (AI, blockchain, AR/VR, Quantum, Web3.0, etc.) and are interested in being interviewed for your expert opinion on emerging technology related topics please reach out to the event organizers to discuss becoming involved in the research.

This Event's Guest Speakers Currently Include:

Industry Expert ex-Amazon and Startup Founder:

Trent Gillespie has over 20 years hands-on innovation and technical leadership experience, including almost 9 years in Senior Leadership at Amazon. During his Amazon tenure, he managed Amazon’s global expansion efforts across all businesses and geographies, created and led the global Alexa Privacy Risk, Compliance, and Technology group, and managed the global innovation and project portfolios for Amazon Last Mile Technology—Amazon’s delivery engine. Trent now consults, speaks publicly, and trains leaders and their companies on how to leverage generative AI and drive innovation for growth.

Industry Expert ex-Microsoft and Startup Founder:

Michael Alcock is the former Director of Community Events at Microsoft and former Director of Customer Success at Curie. He designs, and runs world-class and large-scale employee/customer engagement programs in the software industry. Michael is an expert in community outreach, community development and creating/managing Advisory Councils. Currently, Michael advises several small startups while also leading his own startup that uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) to enable better asynchronous community collaboration. His most recent leadership events include "The Future of Work" and "Intersection of Blockchain and AI".