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Advancing Trust and Human Agency in AI-Era Governance

May 21, 2026 @ 12:00:00 pm - May 21, 2026 @ 01:00:00 pm
Eastern Time (ET)

The National Academy of Public Administration will convene a live, virtual panel discussion examining how governance at local, state, and national levels can preserve and expand human agency amid rapid technological transformation. The panel will explore the human agency paradox: how expanding technological options can paradoxically reduce real choice without thoughtful governance. Panelists will address concrete actions that leaders can take to ensure AI and emerging technologies amplify human capability rather than constrain freedom, focusing on building human-AI collaborative systems, creating robust choice architectures, and developing domain-specific governance approaches that balance innovation with protection of individual liberties.

Panelist:

  • Alan Shark, Moderator
  • David Bray, Principal, LeadDoAdapt Ventures, Inc.
  • Douglas Robinson, Executive Director, National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO)
  • Patricia Cogswell, Partner at Guidehouse
  • Ramayya Krishnan, Dean Emeritus and W. W. Cooper and Ruth F. Cooper Professor of Management Science and Information Systems, Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University
  • Sharron McPherson, Co-Founder and CEO of Resilience Technologies Inc.

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