July 24, 2024 — Seattle, WA
The IEEE New Era World leaders AI Summit is pleased to announce that US Senator Maria Cantwell will deliver a keynote and lead a panel discussion on “Perpetual and Boundless AI” on August 24. After making her remarks; Sen Cantwell will join a panel moderated by Dr. Sheree Wen with Dr. Peter Lee President of Microsoft Research, UW Prof. Chirag Shah and Dr. Kristin Lauter of Meta.
US Senator Maria Cantwell is Chair, Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation. She has introduced the Future of AI Innovation Act of 2024 which promotes strong partnerships between government, business, civil society, and academia to advance AI research; the bipartisan Small Business Artificial Intelligence Training and Toolkit Act of 2024 that would authorize to create and distribute artificial intelligence (AI) training resources and tools to help small businesses leverage AI in their operations and AI Education Act of 2024 to expand scholarship and professional development opportunities to study artificial intelligence and quantum. These bills will open doors to AI for students at all levels, and upskill our workforce to drive American tech innovation, entrepreneurship and progress in solving the toughest global challenges and create jobs.