Corporate Social Responsibility of Big Tech Conference

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11-14-2025

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Corporate Social Responsibility of Big Tech Companies

The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law • November 14, 2025

  • 8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Registration and Check-In
  • 9:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. Welcoming Remarks Megan La Belle, Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Columbus School of Law Keynote Speaker Introduction John Polanin, Director of the Corporate Responsibility and Compliance Program, Columbus School of Law
  • 9:15 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. Keynote Speaker Taylor Black, Director, Institute for AI & Emerging Technologies, The Catholic University of America, and Director of AI & Venture Ecosystems, Microsoft Corporation
  • 9:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Break
  • 10:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Panel 1: BIG TECH AS FACILITATOR OF EXPLOITATION (cosponsored by the Libertas Council) Panelists: Danielle Bianculli Pinter, Chief Legal Officer and Director of the National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) Law Center U.S. Ambassador John Cotton Richmond, President of Libertas Council and U.S. Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (retired) Annick Febrey, Co-Founder and Principal, Better Trade Collective Moderator: Mary Graw Leary, Professor of Law, Columbus School of Law
  • 11:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Break
  • 11:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. Panel 2: CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY AND ETHICS IN THE ERA OF AI Panelists: Charles Duan, Assistant Professor, American University Washington College of Law Adam Eisgrau, Senior Director - AI, Creativity & Copyright Policy, Chamber of Progress Paul Lekas, Senior Vice President, Head of Global Public Policy and Government Affairs, Software & Information Industry Association Dr. Maryann Cusimano Love, Chair, Department of Politics, The Catholic University of America Moderator: Meaghan Pedati, Senior Counsel, Mars
  • 12:45 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. Lunch in Atrium Luncheon Speaker: Representative Brandon Guffey, South Carolina
  • 2:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Break
  • 2:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Panel 3: SUSTAINABILITY: RISK MANAGEMENT IN LIGHT OF CHANGING EXPECTATIONS Panelists: David Curran, Co-Chair of the Sustainability Advisory Practice and Executive Director of the Sustainability and Law Institute; Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison Brian Downing, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Mississippi School of Law Erica Lasdon, Program Director, Climate Change & Environmental Justice, Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility Kevin Tubbs, Vice President, Chief Ethics, Compliance and Sustainability Officer, Oshkosh Corporation (retired) Moderator: John Polanin, Director of the Corporate Responsibility and Compliance Program, Columbus School of Law
  • 3:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Closing Remarks Elizabeth Winston, Professor and Co-Director Law and Technology Institute, Columbus School of Law
  • 4:00 p.m. Reception in Atrium

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