Summary
On August 27, the EmergingTech Economic Research Network (EERN) held a series of panel discussions on how philanthropy and nonprofit organizations throughout the Bay Area are navigating the emergence of generative artificial intelligence in the communities they serve.
As more private and public sector organizations expand their use of genAI tools, there is a growing need to understand how this new technology will impact the economic opportunity of low-income communities. To help meet this need, we organized an exploration of genAI’s potential to address barriers to economic mobility. Showcasing philanthropic and nonprofit organizations leading the effort to leverage genAI to benefit low-income households, this event featured a presentation from Stanford’s Institute for Human-Centered AI on the use of genAI in the social impact sector, a panel discussion with philanthropic leaders; and showcased early use cases highlighting genAI’s potential.
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Agenda
Opening Remarks
Speaker:
Bina Shrimali, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Presentation: Early Survey Results on Use of GenAI in Social Impact Sector
Speaker:
Vanessa Parli, Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI
Panel Discussion: The Role of Philanthropy
Panelists:
Nick Arevalo, Tipping Point Community
Raffi Krikorian, Emerson Collective
Kevin Barenblat, Fast Forward
Lili Gangas, Kapor Foundation
Moderator:
Elizabeth Kneebone, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Panel Discussion: Early Examples from Nonprofit Use of GenAI
Panelists:
Ilsa Lund, Larkin Street Youth Services
Matt Levy, First Place for Youth
Jared Chung, Career Village
Heejae Lim, Talking Points
Moderator:
Tracy Choi, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Speakers and Panelists
Bina Patel Shrimali
Vice President of Community Development
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Vanessa Parli
Director of Research Programs
Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI
Elizabeth Kneebone
Assistant Vice President of Community Development Research
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Raffi Krikorian
Chief Technology Officer of Engineering
Emerson Collective
Kevin Barenblat
Co-founder
Fast Forward
Lili Gangas
Chief Technology Community Officer
Kapor Foundation
Nick Arevalo
Capacity Building Director
Tipping Point Community
Tracy Choi
Senior Outreach Manager for Northern California
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Ilsa Lund
Chief of Strategy
Larkin Street Youth Services
Heejae Lim
Founder and CEO
TalkingPoints
Jared Chung
Founder and Executive Director
CareerVillage.org
Matt Levy
President of Evaluation and Learning
First Place for Youth
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