9:00 – 10:00 a.m. EST

Registration and Breakfast • Logging In

• In-person participants: Registration and Breakfast
• Virtual participants: Logging in

10:00 – 10:30 a.m.

Opening Remarks

Max Stier

President and Chief Executive Officer, Partnership for Public Service

Cris Turner

Vice President of Government Affairs & Public Policy for Knowledge & Information Products, Google

10:30 – 11:15 a.m.

Plenary Session – AI Leadership for a More Responsive Government

This panel will explore the impact and import of AI leadership: why it matters; best practices for effective, responsive leadership; leadership transparency as/for trust-building; how we activate leadership and collaboration for collective problem-solving. This session will feature leaders from across federal, state and local government, moderated by Partnership for Public Service Vice President for Public Service Leadership Lauren Kilmer.

I-Sah Hsieh

Deputy Secretary for AI & Policy, North Carolina Department of Information Technology

Dartanion Swift-Williams

Chief Data Officer, City of Baltimore, MD

Joel Meyer

Head of Federal Civilian, Public Sector, Anthropic

Lauren Kilmer

(Moderator) Vice President for Public Service Leadership, Partnership for Public Service

11:15 – 11:30 a.m.

Break

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Breakout Session – Measuring What Matters: Evaluating AI for Public Impact

Following the launch of our Government AI Impact Evaluation Toolkit, this panel will discuss the import and implementation of AI evaluation: why it matters; who does it (spoiler: we’re finding it needs to be a cross-function exercise); best practices for effective impact evaluation; the role of transparency in evaluation for trust-building; how we activate evaluation for collective problem-solving. The panel will feature practitioners from federal and state governments.

Lauren Maffeo

Senior AI/ML Program Manager, State of Maryland

Alexander Schneider

Director, Technology, Department of Revenue, State of Colorado

Rose Barcklow

Director of Technology, Colorado Governor’s Office of Information Technology

Amanda Starling Gould

(Moderator) Director of Operations, AI Center for Government, Partnership for Public Service

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Breakout Session – Growing Government’s AI Capacity

This panel will explore strategies for growing AI capacity and creating the organizational foundations needed to deliver impact at scale. Leaders across state, local and federal government will discuss what is necessary to build high-performing AI teams, strengthen organizational capacity, and prepare the workforce to meet the challenges and opportunities ahead.

Michael Boyce

Senior AI Advisor, State of Maryland

12:30 – 1:30 p.m.

Lunch

• In-person participants: Lunch
• Virtual participants: Replay of opening plenary

1:30 – 2:30 p.m.

Public Service AI Excellence Awards Ceremony and Panel

2:30 – 2:45 p.m.

Break

2:45 – 3:45 p.m.

Breakout Session – From Statute to Service: Capitol Hill Perspectives on Building Government’s AI Capacity

NOTE: This will be an off-the-record conversation.

What does it take to lead AI adoption in government, build the workforce to sustain it, and prove it’s working for the public? In this conversation, panelists with firsthand experience in federal AI legislation, legislative branch modernization, agency technology and acquisition, and digital government share their insight on government AI adoption and what public servants should understand as they implement and measure their work.

Experts from Capitol Hill

Aubrey Wilson

Managing Director, POPVOX Foundation

Jenny Mattingley

(Moderator) Vice President, Public Policy & Stakeholder Engagement, Partnership for Public Service

2:45 – 3:45 p.m.

Breakout Session – Data Foundations for AI

As agencies seek to scale AI responsibly, they must address challenges related to data quality, privacy/trust, governance, accessibility and interoperability. This panel will explore how public sector leaders are strengthening their data foundations, modernizing data practices, and creating the conditions necessary for AI to deliver meaningful mission outcomes.

3:45 – 4:00 p.m.

Break

4:00 – 4:45 p.m.

Plenary Session – Building AI for Public Impact

In this session, we’ll hear from federal, state and local government AI leaders to hear what they’re seeing now and what they see coming next when it comes to building AI solutions in government. We’ll explore what it takes to build AI solutions in the public sector: how to move from promising pilots to durable tools; how to navigate the constraints unique to government; and what it takes to build capacity that lasts beyond a single project or administration. We’ll also look ahead to where public sector AI use is heading and what today’s builders and leaders can do to responsibly shape that future.

Krista Kinnard

AI Expert, National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Chaeny Emanavin

State Chief of Digital Product, California Department of Technology

Kate Carter

AI Program Manager, City of Tucson

Michelle Amante

(Moderator) Senior Vice President of Government Programs, Partnership for Public Service

4:45 – 5:00 p.m.

Closing Remarks