PLAITS 2025 Agenda

This page contains the PLAITS 2025 agenda for June 16, 2025. The program includes registration, opening remarks by Rolando Masís-Obando, talks by Chris Honey, Paul Rodrigues, Melissa Griffith, Gloria Washington, Jared Genser, and Katie Hester, morning and afternoon panels, workshops, lunch, and an informal evening gathering. The agenda focuses on AI, privacy, liberty, neurotechnology, national security, human-centered AI, cybersecurity, human rights, and immersive technologies.

What happened at PLAITS 2025?

PLAITS 2025 combined expert talks, panels, workshops, networking, and collaborative discussion about how AI and immersive technologies affect privacy, liberty, autonomy, data rights, policy, and human freedom.

June 16, 2025

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Registration & Welcome Coffee

Opening Remarks

10:00 AM - 10:05 AM

Opening Remarks

By Rolando Masís-Obando

10:05 AM - 10:30 AM

Talk 1

Chris Honey, Associate Professor of Neuroscience

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Talk 2

Paul Rodrigues, Chief AI Officer @ Microsoft

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Talk 3

Melissa Griffith, Assistant Professor of Technology & National Security

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Morning Panel

Chris Honey, Paul Rodrigues, Melissa Griffith

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Social

Lunch

Connect with fellow attendees over a catered lunch.

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Talk 4

Gloria Washington, Associate Professor of Human-Centered AI

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Talk 5

Jared Genser, International Human Rights Lawyer

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Talk 6

Katie Hester, Maryland Senator, Cybersecurity & Online Privacy

Social

3:00 PM - 3:15 PM

Break

Workshops

3:15 PM - 4:45 PM

Workshops

4:45 PM - 5:15 PM

Afternoon Panel

Gloria Washington, Jared Genser, Senator Hester

Social

5:30 PM - + PM

Informal Hangout @ Local Tavern

For those that want to keep the good conversations going, come together at the local tavern, the Pink Flamingo, only 10 minutes from the Glass Pavilion.