With top tech leaders warning of potentially catastrophic risks if artificial intelligence outpaces oversight, how can policymakers design guardrails without crushing innovation? To explore this question, please join leading regulatory scholars and practitioners on September 25 for The Next Frontier: Rethinking Regulation in an Era of Rapid Innovation, hosted by the GW Regulatory Studies Center.
The forum will explore emerging approaches to regulation, including adaptive regulation, regulatory sandboxes for artificial intelligence, algorithmic pricing, AI in agriculture, and strategies for governing amid uncertainty. The program will feature pragmatic research presentations, expert roundtable discussions, and opportunities for audience Q&A.
GW Provost Ed Balleisen will deliver the keynote address during the luncheon.
WHEN:
Friday, Sept. 25, 2026
8:30 a.m. – 2:15 p.m.
WHERE:
The George Washington University
Elliott School of International Affairs
State Room, 7th Floor
1957 E St. NW
Washington, D.C.
WHO:
The forum will feature researchers and experts in regulation, public policy and emerging technologies, including:
- Ed Balleisen, Provost, George Washington University — Keynote Speaker
- Deborah Aiken, economist
- Steve Balla, GW Political Science
- Howard Beales, GW School of Business
- Giovana Carneiro, National High Court of Brazil
- Eliane Catilina, economist, US Department of Transportation
- Susan Dudley, GW Regulatory Studies Center and Trachtenberg School
- Nick Hart, President and CEO, Data Foundation
- Ann Keller, UC Berkeley School of Public Health
- Paul Mwebaze, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Arden Rowell, University of Illinois College of Law
- Steve Wegener, economist, Drug Enforcement Administration
- Jonathan Wiener, Duke University Law School
- William Yeatman, GW Regulatory Studies Center and Trachtenberg School
MEDIA CONTACT:
Members of the media interested in attending or speaking with participating experts should contact Skyler Sales at skylers
gwu [dot] edu (skylers[at]gwu[dot]edu).
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