Each day of the Summit will feature a headline session, spotlighting prominent voices from the HSS and beyond. These panels offer timely perspectives, grounded in depth and challenge, on the forces shaping public life, policy, and culture.

Keynotes

Inclusive AI futures - June 11

Join this keynote panel on June 11 from 10:30 to 11:45 to explore the social, ethical, and governance implications of emerging systems. Bringing perspectives from the humanities and social sciences, this conversation will examine how we can shape more just and inclusive technological futures.

Featuring

Kem-Laurin Lubin

Kem-Laurin Lubin, PhD, is a researcher in computational rhetoric and AI governance at the University of Waterloo, where her teaching spans surveillance studies, gender and social justice, popular culture, and the ethics of emerging technologies.

Bobbie Racette

Bobbie Racette is a Cree-Métis and queer entrepreneur, speaker, advocate, and ecosystem leader focused on creating opportunity for underserved founders. She is the founder of Virtual Gurus and Tapwi, a platform supporting founders through access, community, and truth-driven entrepreneurship.

Dr. Geoffrey Martin Rockwell

Dr. Geoffrey Martin Rockwell is a Professor of Philosophy and Digital Humanities at the University of Alberta and a Canada CIFAR AI Chair. A Fellow at the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute, he is a leading researcher in AI ethics and digital tools.