The Sedona Conference Working Group 13 on Artificial Intelligence and the Law: Inaugural Meeting 2025

Date: 
Thursday, January 16, 2025 - 8:30am to Friday, January 17, 2025 - 3:00pm

Location:
The Camby Hotel
2401 East Camelback Road
Phoenix, AZ 85016

Welcome Reception:
Wednesday, January 15, 2025, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Artificial Intelligence touches almost every aspect of the law. Several established Sedona Conference Working Groups are already tackling issues such as using AI in eDiscovery, AI and inventorship in patent law, and AI as a data privacy and cybersecurity risk. After two successful conferences on AI and the Law, The Sedona Conference will launch a new Working Group 13 with the dual mission of coordinating the AI-related activities of existing Working Groups and serving as an incubator to develop analyses and recommend principles and best practices addressing AI in other legal contexts.

We will meet in Phoenix, Arizona, in January, starting with a welcome reception on Wednesday evening, January 15, and ending with the adjournment at 3:00 p.m. on Friday, January 17. A detailed agenda with dialogue leaders will be issued in the next few days, but the planning committee has already narrowed the myriad AI and the Law topics down to these for dialogue during the meeting:

  • What Do We Mean By "AI" & Technology Primer
  • Regulation of AI - New and Existing Laws and Regulations Having a Major Impact on AI Use
  • Real-Life AI Use Cases: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
  • Measurement, Defensibility, and Compliance: Vetting, Validation, and Monitoring of AI Tools and Uses
  • AI Governance
  • Training of AI on Potentially Copyrighted Information
  • Patenting and Copyrighting AI-Generated Content
  • AI and the Courts (Including Evidentiary Issues) - Judges Panel
  • What the Future of AI Holds: Law and Technology
  • Where Does Working Group 13 Go from Here?
  • Working Group breakout sessions to focus WG13's future efforts

Available Hotels in the Area:
The room block at The Camby Hotel is now sold out. Below are several hotels in the area that are within a 15-minute walk to The Camby. Please note that The Sedona Conference has no contractual relationship with these hotels. We can neither provide a rate nor ensure the hotel's quality.

These are just a few in the area, and there may be others that better fit your needs.

To attend the meeting or join other Working Group 13 activities, you must either be a member of The Sedona Conference Working Group Series in good standing or an employee of a Working Group Series Sponsor. Judges, full-time government employees, and academics in accredited non-profit educational institutions may obtain a complimentary WGS membership and enjoy special consideration in meeting registration fees.