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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, Senior Vice President & Chief Legal Officer of HCA Healthcare (interviewed by Nicholas S. Zeppos, Chancellor Emeritus and University Distinguished Professor).

            Lunch Served to first 100 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)