Governors are working to maximize the benefits and mitigate the risks of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and NGA is assisting in identify both. Over the past year we have held a series of briefing and events including an Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (AI) in State Government, a Briefing on Legal and Regulatory Considerations for States Related to Artificial Intelligence and hosting a discussion on AI Risks and Regulatory Priorities.
NGA’s most recent event was on Navigating the GenAI Frontier: Strategies for Governors’ Offices, held September 25-26, 2024 at the Washington DC office of McKinsey & Company.
DAY 1 PANELS AND PRESENTATIONS
Enabling the Workforce with Generative AI Tools
- Harrison MacRae, Director of Emerging Technologies, State of Pennsylvania
“Storrowed”: A Generative AI Exercise
- Mitch Weiss, Richard L. Menschel Professor of Management Practice, Harvard Business School
Fireside Chat: The State of GenAI in the Public Sector
- Nishant Shah, Senior Advisor for Responsible AI, State of Maryland
- Afua Bruce, Founder & Principal, ANB Advisory Group LLC Rita Konaev, Head of Responsible AI, Google Public Sector Traci Lee, State and Local Government Affairs Lead, OpenAI
- Moderator: Tim Ward, Head of State & Local Practice, McKinsey & Company
Roundtable: GenAI Success Stories Across the States
- Beth Noveck, Chief AI Strategist, Office of Innovation, State of New Jersey and Founder, InnovateUS
- Christian Napier, IT Director – Tools, AI, Standards, and Education (TASE), Division of Technology Services, State of Utah
- Ted Goessling, Director of AI, Minnesota IT Services, State of Minnesota
- Roger Waynick, Director of Strategic Engagement, Strategic Technology Solutions (STS), State of Tennessee
- Moderator: Cass Madison, Vice President of Partnerships, Tech Talent Project
Roundtable: Key Enablers for GenAI Adoption
- Jennifer Anastasoff, Founder & Executive Director, Tech Talent Project
- Kasia Chmielinski, Senior Advisor, United Nations (UNOPS/OCHA) and Executive Director, Data Nutrition Project
- Mitch Weiss, Richard L. Menschel Professor of Management Practice, Harvard Business School
- Santi Garces, Chief Information Officer, City of Boston
- Moderator: Timothy Blute, Director, NGA Center for Best Practices
Roundtable: Managing Risks of GenAI
- Danyelle Solomon, Senior Director, US AI Policy, Microsoft Josiah Raiche, Chief Data and AI Officer, Division of Artificial Intelligence, Agency of Digital Services, State of Vermont
- Conrad Stosz, Head of Policy, US AI Safety Institute, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
- Theodora Skeadas, Chief of Staff, Humane Intelligence
- Moderator: Carrie Bishop, Data and AI Portfolio Lead, Bloomberg Philanthropies
DAY 2 WORKSHOPS FOR STATE OFFICIALS
- Setting Your GenAI Aspirations – the Transformation Mindset: A session on setting ambitious yet realistic GenAI aspirations, which can bring clear focus and order to competing demands from different stakeholders.
- Selecting High-Impact GenAI Use Cases: An interactive session where participants shared their current GenAI use cases, discussing successes and lessons learned.
- Establishing the Enablers: A look at best practices to “re-wire” organizations and holistically enable them for GenAI transformation.
- Preparing an Action Plan: Working to identify 2-3 critical actions required for successful GenAI implementations and exploration of key collaboration opportunities to support these priorities.
