2025 CISR Soft Law Summit
2025 CISR Soft Law Summit
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  • Tuesday, October 7, 2025
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Registration
 
 
 
 
 
10:00 AM - 10:10 AM
Welcome Remarks
 
 
 
Eric D. Reicin, President and Chief Executive Officer, BBB National Programs
 
10:10 AM - 10:30 AM
The New Normal for Administrative Law and Technology
 
 
 
Aram Gavoor, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, The George Washington University Law School
 
10:30 AM - 10:50 AM
Governing Artificial Intelligence in Translational Medicine
 
 
 
Cason Schmit, Associate Professor, Texas A&M University School of Public Health
Jennifer Wagner, Assistant Professor of Law, Policy, and Engineering and Anthropology, Penn State University
 
10:50 AM - 11:30 AM
Artificial Intelligence – Ethics & Privacy
 
 
 
Aimee Alleman, Assistant Professor of Advertising, Loyola University
Zhengrong Gu, Associate Professor, Boston University Questrom School of Business
Shunto Kobayashi, Assistant Professor of Marketing, Boston University Questrom School of Business
 
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
The Soft Law Curriculum for Law, Business, and Public Policy Schools
 
 
 
Gary Marchant, Regents and Foundation Professor of Law; Faculty Director, Center for Law, Science and Innovation, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University
Lucy Tournas, Program Coordinator, Center for Industry Self-Regulation
 
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Lunch Break
 
 
 
 
 
1:15 PM - 1:25 PM
Remarks and Keynote Introduction
 
 
 
Howard Smith, Executive Director, Center for Industry Self-Regulation
 
1:25 PM - 1:45 PM
Keynote Speaker
 
 
 
 
 
1:45 PM - 2:15 PM
Managing Complex Regulatory Environments: Blueprint Strategies from High-Stakes Industries
 
 
 
Felix Mormann, Professor of Law and Chancellor EDGES Fellow, Texas A&M University School of Law
Michael Rush, Senior Vice President – Safety and Operations, Association of American Railroads (AAR)
 
2:15 PM - 2:35 PM
Soft Law as a Complement to Government and Federal Regulation of AI
 
 
 
Julian Morris, Senior Scholar, International Center for Law and Economics
Andrew Gamino-Cheong, CTO & Co-Founder, Trustible
Adonis Hoffman, Esq., Analyst, Publisher, Lawyer, THE ADVISORY COUNSEL LLC
 
2:35 PM - 2:50 PM
Coffee Break
 
 
 
 
 
2:50 PM - 3:10 PM
Soft Law and Developments in Privacy (or other topic on privacy)
 
 
 
 
 
3:10 PM - 3:25 PM
Facing Technological Disruption: Insurance & Self-Regulation
 
 
 
 
 
3:25 PM - 3:55 PM
Loper Bright and the End of Chevron Deference: What Has Changed?
 
 
 
Roger Nober, Director, Regulatory Studies Center and Professor of Practice, The Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration, The George Washington University
 
3:55 PM - 4:15 PM
Self-Regulation Dynamics: Formation, Maintenance, and Breakdown
 
 
 
Young Hou, Professor, University of Virginia Darden School of Business
 
4:15 PM - 4:45 PM
Artificial Intelligence Governance: Voluntary & Technical Standards
 
 
 
Emile Loza de Siles, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Hawaii William S. Richardson School of Law
 
4:45 PM - 5:00 PM
Closing Remarks
 
 
 
 
 
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Reception
 
 
 
 
 

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