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Schedule

Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law 2025 Symposium:

Evolving Healthcare Technologies: Legal Challenges in Ai, Regulation, and Data Privacy

Presented by: Reed Smith LLP

February 7, 2025, Vanderbilt University Law School, Flynn Auditorium

 

Schedule is in Central time.

9:15 AM – 9:25 AM: Introductory Remarks (Daniel Gervais, Milton R. Underwood Chair in Law)

9:30 AM – 12:00 PM: Presentations: AI/ML in Healthcare

  • Alisa Chestler, Shareholder, Baker Donelson
  • Barbara Evans, Stephen C. O’Connell Chair, Professor of Law, University of Florida Levin College of Law; Deborah Renwick Faculty Fellow in AI and Ethics, Professor of Engineering, University of Florida Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering
  • Sarah Gerke, Associate Professor of Law at UI Urbana Champagne
  • Carmel Shachar, Assistant Clinical Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the Health Law and Policy Clinic at Harvard Law School

12:10 – 1:15 (CT): Keynote Interview with Mr. Michael McAlevey, Executive Vice President, Chief Legal and Administrative Officer of HCA Healthcare (interviewed by Nicholas S. Zeppos, Chancellor Emeritus and University Distinguished Professor).

            Lunch Served to first 125 attendees.

1:25 – 2:25 (CT): Panel 2: Emerging Healthcare Technologies (moderated by A.J. Bahou, Partner, Bradley) [40 min questions, 20 minutes of audience Q&A]

  • Sarah Thompson Schick, Counsel, Reed Smith
  • David Simon, Associate Professor of Law, Northeastern University School of Law
  • Robert J Webster III, Richard A. Schroeder Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Professor of Electrical Engineering; Professor of Otaryngology, Urologic Surgery, and Medicine; VISE Steering Committee Member, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

2:35 – 3:45 (CT): Panel 3: Protecting Health Data (moderated by Dr. Ellen Wright Clayton, JD, MD, Craig-Weaver Chair in Pediatrics, Professor of Law, Professor of Health Policy) [40–45 minutes of questions, 15–20 minutes of audience Q&A]

  • Brad Malin, PhD, Accenture Professor and Vice Chair for Research Affairs, Department of Biomedical Informatics; Affiliated Faculty, Center for Biomedical Ethics & Society; Accenture Professor, Department of Biostatistics and Department of Computer Science at Vanderbilt
  • Deborah Farringer, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Associate Professor of Law, Director of Health Law Studies, Belmont College of Law
  • Peter Swire, Professor of Law and Ethics at Georgia Tech College of Business; J. Z. Liang Chair at Georgia Tech School of Cybersecurity & Privacy
  • Roy Wyman, Member, Bass Berry Sims

3:50 – 4:00 (CT): Closing Remarks (Rachel Davis, Senior Symposium Editor, Journal of Entertainment and Technology Law)