​Who Controls Data in the Age of AI?

​Portability, Platforms, and Power

​Friday, February 27
1:30–5:00 PM
198 McAllister St, San Francisco, CA

​About the Event

​Jointly hosted by DTI, LexLab at UC Law San Francisco, and GitHub, this summit explores how law, platform governance, and artificial intelligence are reshaping who controls data—and how data can move—across the digital ecosystem.

​The afternoon features two panel discussions bringing together scholars, policymakers, and practitioners to examine how portability is implemented on the ground, how platforms and regulation shape real‑world outcomes, and how AI is altering incentives, capabilities, and control over data.

​Panel 1: From Rights to Reality — Governing Data Portability in Practice

​2:00–3:00 PM

​This panel examines how data portability is implemented in real systems and institutions, and how regulatory choices interact with platform design, competition policy, and market incentives. Panelists will explore the gap between formal rights and practical outcomes, and the role platforms play in enabling—or constraining—meaningful user choice.

​Panelists:

• ​Tom Majoch, Product, Google

• ​Kaylee Cox‑Bankston, Partner, Morrison Foerster & Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University Law Center

• ​Isabel Hahn, Policy Officer for AI, EU Delegation to the United States

• ​Daphne Keller, Director of Platform Regulation, Stanford Law School Program in Law, Science & Technology

​Panel 2: AI, Data, and Control — New Tools, New Risks, New Power Dynamics

​3:30–4:30 PM

​This panel explores how artificial intelligence is reshaping data portability and interoperability from multiple perspectives. Panelists will examine how AI introduces new technical capabilities, alters incentives for platforms and intermediaries, and raises fresh questions about governance, competition, and user autonomy in an increasingly AI‑mediated environment.

​Panelists:

• ​Tejas Narechania, Professor of Law, UC Berkeley School of Law

• ​Mike Linksvayer, VP, Developer Policy, GitHub

• ​Kate Aishton, Founder, Aishton Law, PC

• ​Chris Riley, Executive Director, Data Transfer Initiative