Joint public hearing on the future of AI innovation in Pennsylvania

Senate Majority Policy Committee and House Republican Policy Committee

Wednesday, April 16, 2025 | 9 a.m.

Astrobotic Technology, 1016 N Lincoln Ave., Pittsburgh, PA


Agenda

9:00 a.m.         Welcome and Opening Remarks

Senator David G. Argall, Chair
Senate Majority Policy Committee

Representative David H. Rowe, Chair
House Republican Policy Committee

Senator Tracy Pennycuick

9:10 a.m.         Panel One

Shandong Wu, Ph.D., Professor
Director, Intelligent Computing for Clinical Imaging (ICCI) Lab
Director, Pittsburgh Center for AI Innovation in Medical Imaging (CAIIMI)

Hooman H. Rashidi, MD, MS, FCAP
Endowed Professor & Associate Dean of AI
Executive Vice Chair of Computational Pathology & Informatics, UPMC
Executive Director, CPACE (Computational Pathology & Ai Center of Excellence)

Joanna Doven, Executive Director
AI Strike Team

9:45 a.m.         Panel Two

John Thornton, CEO
Astrobotic

Christopher Martin, Senior Director
 AI Hub, BNY  

Dr. Bruno Abreu, Deputy Scientific Director
Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center

10:20 a.m.       Panel Three

Matt Smith, Chief Growth Officer
Allegheny Conference of Community Development

 Ken Zapinski, Director of Research & Public Policy
 Pittsburgh Works Together

11:00 a.m.       Closing Remarks and Adjournment

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