The Conference
Third Annual Conference

on AI, Ethics, and Governance
Three days in Rome bringing together policymakers, industry leaders, legal experts, academics, and civil society to discuss the governance, impact, and responsible development of AI.
From 18 to 20
June, 2026
Rome
Italy
The AIRSA
European AI Rising Stars Awards
On June 18, the conference opens with the award ceremony celebrating emerging voices in AI ethics and governance.
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Supported by leading institutions
The Conference
An international forum
on AI, ethics, and governance
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Held in Rome from June 18 to 20, 2026, the Third Annual Rome Conference on AI, Ethics, and Governance convenes policymakers, legal scholars, technologists, and civil society. Across three days, the programme examines AI's expanding role in capital allocation, critical infrastructure, healthcare, labour markets, and the social development of younger generations. Keynote sessions, panels, and fireside conversations with senior AI executives create the conditions for substantive exchange across disciplines and regions.
Who Should Attend
A conference for cross-sector
leaders and institutions
Built for voices across policy, research, industry, law, and civil society, the conference brings together those working on the governance and public impact of AI.
Policymakers
& Institutions
Academics& Researchers
Industry Leaders
Legal & 
Governance
Experts
Civil Society
Organizations
Speakers
An international lineup across
Policy, Technology, Law, and Industry
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David J. Berger
Partner at Wilson Sonsini and President of the American College of Governance Counsel.
Pierluigi Matera
Founding Partner at Libra Legal Partners and Professor of Law at Boston University and LUISS.
Marilù Capparelli
Director of Legal at Google, overseeing legal matters across the organization.
Paolo Clarizia
Professor of Administrative Law at LCU (Link Campus University) in Rome, Italy.
Francesco Di Ciommo
Founder of Di Ciommo & Partners, Board Member at Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, LUISS professor.
Aidan Gomez
Founder & CEO of Cohere, a leading enterprise artificial intelligence company.
Ori Goshen
Co-Founder & Co-CEO of AI21 Labs, an artificial intelligence research company.
Penny Herscher
Chair of the Board at Lumentum and Penguin Solutions and board member at Forvia.
Dan Lahav
Co-Founder and CEO of Irregular Labs, an AI security and model evaluation company.
Giovanni Marini
Professor of Comparative Law at the University of Perugia in central Italy.
Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia
President Emeritus of the Pontifical Academy for Life at the Holy See in Rome.
Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra
Substitute of the Secretariat of State of the Holy See, a senior Vatican official.
Nathaniel Persily
McClatchy Professor of Law at Stanford and Co-director of its Cyber Policy Center.
Anne E. Robinson
Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer at global technology company IBM, Inc.
Ferruccio Sbarbaro
Professor of Comparative Law and Founding Partner at Libra Legal Partners in Rome.
Adolfo Urso
Italian Minister of Enterprises and Made in Italy, overseeing industry and innovation.
Paola Severino
President of School of Law, LUISS and Former Italian Minister of Justice.
Roberto Pardolesi
Professor of Law at LUISS Guido Carli University in Rome, Italy.
Dario Villani
CEO of Qognitive, an artificial intelligence and quantitative research firm.
Simon Kohl
Founder & CEO of Latent Labs, an AI research lab focused on biology.
Anna Koivuniemi
Head of the Google DeepMind Accelerator, supporting AI startup development.
Edward Kliphuis
Head of Digital Medicine at Sofinnova Partners, a European venture capital firm.
Jean-Philippe Vert
Founder & CEO of BioOptimus, an AI biotechnology research company in Paris.
Anne Wojcicki
Founder & CEO of 23andMe, the consumer genetics and biotechnology company.
Rocco Papalia
Rector and Head of Orthopaedics at Campus Biomedico University of Rome.
Virginia Zambrano
Professor of Law at the University of Salerno (UNISA) in southern Italy.
Luciano Buonfiglio
President of the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI), based in Rome.
Emanuele Calà
Senior Vice President & Chief Technology Officer at Aeroporti di Roma (ADR).
Lodovico Mazzolin
Former Special Commissioner at Banca Progetto and Senior Advisor at BIP.
Bethany Mayer
Chair of the Board at Box and director at HPE, Lam Research and Astera Labs.
Andrew Hall
Professor of Political Economy at Stanford GSB; Senior Fellow at Hoover Institute.
Campbell Brown
Founder & CEO of ForumAI and former VP of Media Partnerships at Meta.
Paolo Boccardelli
Rector of LUISS University in Rome and Board Member of Monte dei Paschi di Siena.
Yoram Elkaim
Vice President and Head of Legal – International at Google in Europe.
Elizabeth Kelly
Head of Beneficial Deployments at Anthropic, the AI safety and research company.
Lila Tretikov
Head of AI Strategy at NEA and former Chief Executive Officer of Wikipedia.
Joe Grundfest
Professor of Law and Business Emeritus at Stanford Law School in California.
Fabio Corsico
Director of Institutional Affairs, Caltagirone Group; Vice Chairman, Anima Holding.
Natalie Lamarque
Corporate Secretary and Chief Legal Officer at investment giant Vanguard Group.
Domenico Lombardi
Chief Executive Officer of Fondo Italiano D'Investimento, an Italian investment fund.
John Streur
Chief Executive Officer of Boston Common Asset Management, a sustainable investor.
Jens Foehrenbach
President and Chief Investment Officer at Graham Capital Management in the US.
Suzanne Tavill
Head of Responsible Investment at StepStone Group, a global private markets investor.
Brian Halligan
Partner at Sequoia Capital and Co-Founder and Board Director of HubSpot.
Dan Gallagher
Chief Legal Officer at Robinhood, the American financial services platform.
Sarah Kreps
Professor at Cornell University and Director of its Tech Policy Institute.
Kendall Collins
President and CEO of Government Cloud at enterprise software company Salesforce.
Mauro D'Ubaldi
Vice Secretary General of the Italian Ministry of Defense in Rome.
Richard Fontaine
CEO of the Center for a New American Security and Trustee of Anthropic's LTBT.
Greg Kausner
Senior Vice President & Defense at Anduril, a US defense technology company.
Florian Koehler
Group General Counsel at Helsing, a European defense AI company based in Munich.
Joseph Larson
Vice President and Head of Government at OpenAI, the artificial intelligence company.
Teodoro Valente
President of the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and Professor at Sapienza University.
Mariano-Florentino (Tino) Cuellar
President of the Carnegie Endowment and Trustee of Anthropic's Long-Term Benefit Trust.
John Morley
Professor of Law at Yale Law School and Principal Legal Counsel of Anthropic's LTBT.
Marc Benioff
Co-Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Salesforce in San Francisco.
Cardinal Christophe Pierre
Former Apostolic Nuncio to the United States of America at the Holy See.
Arvind Krishna
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of IBM, the multinational technology company.
David Oks
Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), a Silicon Valley venture capital firm.
Nick Clegg
Former Meta President for Global Affairs and Former UK Deputy Prime Minister.
Zoe Hitzig
Researcher at the Anthropic Institute and Junior Fellow at Harvard University.
Antonio Neri
Chief Executive Officer of Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) in Houston, Texas.
Sabastian Niles
President and Chief Legal Officer at enterprise software company Salesforce.
Ron Ivey
Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Noesis Collective, a leadership advisory firm.
Dave Baszucki
Chief Executive Officer of Roblox, the online gaming and social platform.
Reverend Andrea Ciucci
Chancellor of the Pontifical Academy for Life at the Holy See in Rome.
Lauren Kunze
Founder and Chief Executive Officer of PandoraBots, a conversational AI platform.
Monika Bickert
Head of Global Policy Management at Facebook, overseeing content moderation policy.
Eugenio de Blasio
Founder and Executive Chairman of Green Arrow Capital, an Italian investment firm.
Denise Dignam
President and Chief Executive Officer of Chemours, a global chemical company.
Fabrizio Fabbri
Chief Executive Officer of Ansaldo, an Italian engineering and energy company.
Michael Hurlston
Chief Executive Officer of Lumentum, an optical and photonic products company.
Oli Pomel
Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Datadog, a cloud monitoring SaaS platform.
K.R. Sridhar
Founder, Chairman and CEO of Bloom Energy, a clean energy company in California.
Agostino Scornajenchi
CEO of Snam, a leading European energy infrastructure company
Agenda
Three days of
Inspiring Conversations.
Held in Rome from June 18 to 20, 2026, the conference unfolds across three days of keynote conversations, thematic panels, institutional dialogue, and evening gatherings, bringing together voices from policy, law, industry, academia, and civil society.
Hello Osmo
5:00 PM
Registration
5:30 PM
European AI Rising Stars Awards Ceremony
6:00 PM
Opening Remarks

David J. Berger (Partner, Wilson Sonsini and President of the American College of Governance Counsel)

Pierluigi Matera (Professor of Law, LCU, Visiting Professor of Law, BU, and Founding Partner, Libra Legal Partners)

6:15 PM
Fireside Chat

Giovanni Marini (Professor of Law, University of Perugia)

Roberto Pardolesi (Professor of Law, LUISS)

Dario Villani (CEO, Qognitive)

7:15 PM
Panel: AI, Health, and the Future of Life

Moderator:
Nate Persily (McClatchy Professor of Law, Stanford Law School & Director, the Stanford Law AI Initiative)

Panelists:
Simon Kohl (Founder & CEO, Latent Labs)
Anna Koivuniemi (Head of Google DeepMind Accelerator)
Edward Kliphuis (Head of Digital Medicine, Sofinnova Partners)
Jean-Philippe Vert (Founder & CEO, BioOptimus)
Anne Wojcicki (Founder & CEO, 23andMe)
Rocco Papalia (Rector and Head of Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Campus Biomedico University of Rome)
Virginia Zambrano (Professor of Law, UNISA)

8:30 PM
Cocktail Party and Dinner
9:30 AM
Registration and Continental Breakfast
10:00 AM
Introductions and Opening Keynote Address

Adolfo Urso (Minister of Enterprises, Innovation and Made in Italy)

10:30 AM
Panel 1: AI Across Industries

Moderator:
Ferruccio M. Sbarbaro (Founding Partner, Libra Legal Partners & Professor of Law, LCU)

Panelists:
Luciano Buonfiglio (President, Italian National Olympic Committee)
Emanuele Calà (Senior VP and CTO, ADR)
Francesco Di Ciommo (Founder, Di Ciommo & Partners; Board Member, Cassa Depositi e Prestiti; Professor of Private Law, LUISS)
Ori Goshen (Co-Founder & Co-CEO, AI21 Labs)
Lodovico Mazzolin (Former Special Commissioner, Banca Progetto S.p.A. in A.S.)
Bethany Mayer (Chair of the Board, Box, Director of HPE, Lam Research, Astera Labs)

11:45 AM
Break
12:00 PM
Panel 2: The Benefits and Challenges of AI

Moderator:
Andrew Hall (Davies Family Professor of Political Economy, Stanford University School of Business and Senior Fellow, Hoover Institute)

Panelists:
Campbell Brown (Founder & CEO of ForumAI; former VP of Media Partnerships at Meta and CNN Anchor)

Lila Tretikov (Head of AI, NEA & former CEO, Wikipedia)
Paolo Boccardelli (Rector, LUISS; Board Member, MPS)
Yoram Elkaim (VP, Legal – International, Google)
Elizabeth Kelly (Head of Beneficial Deployments, Anthropic)
Penny Herscher (Chair of the Board, Lumentum; Chair of the Board, Penguin Solutions; Director of Forvia)

1:00 PM
Lunch
2:00 PM
Panel 3: Investing in Our AI Future

Moderator:
Joe Grundfest (W.A.Franke Professor of Law and Business, Emeritus, Stanford Law School, Senior Faculty, Rock Center for Corporate Governance)

Panelists:
Fabio Corsico (Director of Institutional Affairs and Development, Caltagirone Group & Vice Chairman, Anima Holding)
Natalie Lamarque (Corporate Secretary & Chief Legal Officer, Vanguard)
Domenico Lombardi (CEO, Fondo Italiano d’Investimento)
John Streur (CEO, Boston Common Asset Management)
Jens Foehrenbach (President and CIO, Graham Capital Management)
Suzanne Tavill (Head of Responsible Investment, Stepstone Group)
Brian Halligan (Partner, Sequoia Capital)
Dan Gallagher (CLO, Robinhood)

3:00 PM
Break
3:15 PM
Panel 4: AI, Defense, and the Future of Peace

Moderator:
Sarah Kreps (John L. Wetherill Professor, Department of Government and Director of Tech Policy Institute, Cornell University)

Panelists:
Kendall Collins (President & CEO, Government Cloud, Salesforce.com)Mauro D’Ubaldi (Vice Secretary General, Ministry of Defense)
Richard Fontaine (CEO, Center for a New American Security; Trustee, Anthropic Long-Term Benefit Trust)
Greg Kausner (Senior VP & Defense, Anduril)
Florian Koehler (Group General Counsel, Helsing)
Dan Lahav (Founder & CEO, Irregular Labs)
Joseph Larson (VP & Head of Government, OpenAI)
Teodoro Valente (President, ASI; Professor of Materials Science and Technology, Sapienza University of Rome)

4:30 PM
Fireside Chat: Can AI Ethics Be Hard-Wired with Corporate Governance: A Look at Anthropic's Long-Term Benefit Trust

Mariano-Florentino (Tino) Cuellar (President of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Trustee of the Anthropic Long Term Benefit Trust)

John Morley (Augustus E. Lines Professor of Law, Yale Law School; Principal Legal Counsel, Anthropic’s Long-Term Benefit Trust)

5:00 PM
Adjourn
7:30 PM
Cocktail Reception

Invitation only

8:00 PM
Fireside Chat

Marc Benioff (Chairman & CEO, Salesforce)

9:00 PM
Gala Dinner
9:30 AM
Registration and Continental Breakfast
10:00 AM
Opening Remarks

Cardinal Christophe Pierre (Former Apostolic Nuncio, the United States of America)

10:15 AM
Fireside Chat

Arvind Krishna (CEO, IBM)

11:00 AM
Panel 1: AI and the Future of Work

Moderator:
David Oks (Partner, a16z)

Panelists:
Nick Clegg (Former Meta President, Global Affairs and Former UK Deputy Prime Minister)
Zoe Hitzig (Anthropic Institute and Junior Fellow, Harvard University)
Antonio Neri (CEO, HPE)
Sabastian Niles (President & CLO, Salesforce)
Anne Robinson (Senior VP & Chief Legal Officer, IBM)
Giuseppe Sigillò Massara (Professor of Law, LCU; Former President, Fondo Pensioni Poste Italiane)

12:15 PM
Fireside Chat

Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra (Apostolic Nuncio in Italy and San Marino, Holy See)

Aidan Gomez (Co-Founder and CEO, Cohere)

1:00 PM
Lunch
2:00 PM
Panel 2: AI, Youth, and Relationships

Moderator:
Ron Ivey (Founder & CEO, Noesis Collective)

Panelists:
Dave Baszucki (CEO, Roblox)
Reverend Andrea Ciucci (Chancellor, Pontifical Academy for Life)
Lauren Kunze (Founder & CEO, PandoraBots)
Monika Bickert (Head of Global Policy Management, Facebook)

3:00 PM
Panel 3: The Energy of AI: Infrastructure, Stewardship, and the Common Good

Moderator:
Nate Persily (McClatchy Professor of Law, Stanford Law School & Director, the Stanford Law AI Initiative)

Panelists:
Paolo Clarizia (Professor of Administrative Law, LCU)
Eugenio de Blasio (Founder & Executive Chairman, Green Arrow Capital)
Denise Dignam (President and CEO, Chemours)
Fabrizio Fabbri (CEO, Ansaldo)
Michael Hurlston (CEO, Lumentum)
Oli Pomel (Founder & CEO, Datadog)

Agostino Scornajenchi (CEO, Snam)

K.R. Sridhar (CEO, Bloom Energy)

4:00 PM
Fireside Chat

Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia (President Emeritus, Pontifical Academy for Life; President, RenAIssance Foundation)

4:15 PM
Closing Remarks and Adjourn

David J. Berger & Pierluigi Matera

Hello Osmo
Awards
European AI Rising Stars Awards
The European AI Rising Stars Awards recognize emerging voices in AI, ethics, and governance. On June 18, the 2026 edition will be featured through the official award ceremony as part of the conference program.
See Details
Jury Members
International judges
The 2026 edition is supported by a multidisciplinary jury with members from Wilson Sonsini, AdR Ventures, Avvio Capital, Google, Lumen Ventures, Sofinnova Partners, NEA, and Libra Legal Partners.
Valerio Durazzo
Venture Partner at Lumen Ventures, contributing as a Member of the Panel.
Member
Bill Unger
Tech Investor and Former General Partner, Mayfield Fund, serving as Member of the Panel.
Member
Emanuele Calà
President & Managing Director of AdR, serving as a Member of the Panel.
Member
Maurizio Arrivabene
Co-Founder of Mach9, contributing entrepreneurial insight as a Member of the Panel.
Member
Maurizio Bellacosa
Professor of Law at LUISS, lending legal expertise as a Member of the Panel.
Member
Gabriele Capolino
Founder & CEO of Avvio Capital, contributing as a Member of the Panel of Judges.
Member
Martina Colasante
Government Affairs & Public Policy Manager at Google Italy, serving as Member of the Panel.
Member
Tara Doyle
SVP of Business Development at Boston Common Asset Management, serving as Member of the Panel.
Member
Carmelo Fontana
Senior Regional Counsel at Google, lending legal expertise as a Member of the Panel.
Member
Brian Halligan
Co-Founder of HubSpot and Senior Advisor at Sequoia, serving as a Member of the Panel.
Member
Penny Herscher
Chair of the Board at Lumentum and Penguin Solutions, serving as a Member of the Panel.
Member
Iñigo López de la Osa Escribano
CEO of Lopez de la Osa & Franco Real Estate Group, serving as a Member of the Panel.
Member
Bethany Mayer
Chair of the Board at Box and board member at HPE and Lam Research, serving as Member of the Panel.
Member
Simone Quilici
Director of the Colosseum Archaeological Park, serving as a Member of the Panel.
Member
Ferruccio M. Sbarbaro
Managing Partner at Libra Legal Partners, serving as Vice Chair of the Panel.
Vice Chair
Mark Baudler
Partner at Wilson Sonsini, serving as Vice Chair of the Panel of Judges.
Vice Chair
Lila Tretikov
Head of AI Strategy at NEA and board director at UBS, serving as Chair of the Panel of Judges.
Chair
Fabio Corsico
Director of Institutional Affairs at Caltagirone Group and Vice Chairman of Anima Holding.
Member
Venue & Logistics
Three days of
 lnspiring Conversations.
Held in Rome from June 18 to 20, 2026, the conference unfolds across three days of keynote conversations.
European AI Rising Stars Awards 2026
Curia Iulia
Parco archeologico del Colosseo
June 18 2026
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Conference Venue
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Logistics
Stay at our Partner Hotels.
The conference has secured special pricing at the following hotels for our attendees. Rates are valid for bookings made before the deadline.
Villa Agrippina Gran Meliá
Access a 10% discount on the best available rate at the time of booking, subject to availability. Payment is made directly at the time of reservation.
Booking code
RomeConferenceAI
Check-in / Check-out
June 18 – 20, 2026
Code validity
Until June 17, 2026
Six Senses
Access a 15% discount on the best available rate at the time of booking, subject to availability. Payment is made directly at the time of reservation.
Booking code
Conference on AI
Check-in / Check-out
June 16 – 21, 2026
Code validity
Until June 1, 2026
Request discounted rates by emailing events-rome@sixsenses.com or carlotta.decesaris@sixsenses.com with room category, number of guests, check-in/check-out dates and promo code.

Rate includes breakfast served at the BIVIUM Restaurant-Café-Bar;
Daily access to their Roman Baths Spa; workshop activities related to Spa & Wellness, Sustainability and Food & Beverage; Gym 24/7 and,
Unlimited wireless internet.
The Hoxton
Guests may book directly through the dedicated reservation link usingpromo code: https://bookings.travelclick.com/113044?userTvpe=GRP#/guestsandrooms
Booking code
AICONFERENCE2026
Check-in / Check-out
June 18 – 21, 2026
Code validity
May 25, 2026
Rates start from €309 per night (VAT included) for Cosy and Cosy Up rooms, with double occupancy available from €331 per night.

Breakfast is included for one guest, while an additional supplement of €22 per night applies for double occupancy.

Please note that the city tax (€7.50 per person, per night) is not included in the room rate.
Bvlgari Hotel Roma
Request discounted rates by emailing events.roma@bulgarihotels.com with room category and promo code AICONFERENCE. Rates include breakfast, valid for single or double occupancy.
SPECIAL RATES (+ VAT) PER ROOM/NIGHT
Superior Room
€2,500
€1,300
Deluxe Room
€2,700
€1,400
Premium Room
€3,000
€1,600
Junior Suite
€3,700
€2,200
Deluxe Suite
€6,000
€4,800
Rate expires after
May 29, 2026
Bookings are subject to hotel availability. Rates are not guaranteed after the validity deadlines. For assistance contact the conference team.
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Third Annual Conference

on AI, Ethics, and Governance
Three days in Rome bringing together policymakers, industry leaders, legal experts, academics, and civil society to discuss the governance, impact, and responsible development of AI.
From 18 to 20
June, 2026
Rome
Italy
Register for the Conference