Human-Centered AI Conference
Friday, September 25 - Saturday, September 26 (9 AM - 3 PM) • Elkins Auditorium
A leading convening on Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, held alongside the inaugural Global Summit on Faith in AI.
This event features keynote addresses, expert panels, and structured lectures examining AI through the lenses of robotics, neuroscience, ethics, and the world's religious traditions — with dedicated time on the sidelines of the conference for strategic discussion among participants. Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing our lives and can play a fundamental role in building a better future for all of humanity. This gathering brings together the AI labs with researchers, policymakers, and global religious figures to advance thoughtful, mindful progress in AI research, education, policy, and practice — and to ask what enduring moral and theological wisdom contributes to the most consequential technological transition of our time.
Conference Chairs
Human-Centered AI Conference
Co-Founder, Faith, Family and Technology Network
and RadicalxChange Foundation — Participating via video
Henry de Zoete, OBE
Director, UK AI Security Institute
Academic Coordinator, Consortium for Evaluating Faith and Ethics in AI
BYU
Chief Brand Officer
Fractional
Director, AI Education & Learning Systems—Public Interest Technology
University of California, Los Angeles
Applied Scientist
Amazon
Founder
Infinitum Health, Inc
CEO
TechLiberate LLC
Global Summit on Faith in AI
Rabbi Erez Sherman
Sinai Temple
His Eminence Metropolitan Gerasimos of San Francisco
Representing His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew
Reverend Gregory-Telemachos Stamkopoulos
Representing His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America
His Excellency Judge Mohamed Abdelsalam
General Advisor, Zayed Award for Human Fraternity
Archbishop and Professor Dr. Thomas Paul Schirrmacher
International Institute for Religious Freedom
Chinmay Pandya
Chairperson, South Asian Institute of Peace and Reconciliation - Participating via video
Father George Kaldas
Representing His Eminence Archbishop Angaelos
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Art of Living - Participating via video
Omar Qudrat
Muslim Coalition for America
Pepperdine Affiliated Presenters
Anthony Ahn
Professor of Advertising
Seaver College
Alfonso Berumen
Practitioner of Decision Sciences
Graziadio School of Business
Dana Dudley (‘98)
Associate Dean of Special Academic Programs
Seaver College
Jim Gash (JD ‘93)
President/CEO
Pepperdine University
Katelin Gono (‘23)
Master’s Candidate
Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies
Nelson Granados
Professor of Information Systems and Technology Management
Executive Director of the Institute for Entertainment‚ Media‚ and Sports
Graziadio Business School
Sherry Guo (‘15)
Data Scientist
Salesforce
Lee Kats
Dean of Seaver College
Professor of Biology
Frank R. Seaver Chair of Natural Sciences
Jonathan Koch
Assistant Professor of English
Coordinator of Digital Humanities
Seaver College
Erik Krogh
Practitioner of Information Systems Technology Management
Graziadio Business School
Garrett Pendergraft
Professor of Philosophy
Seaver College
Ulysse Saltiel
Alumnus (‘25)
Associate, Office of the CEO
Armada
John Struloeff
Professor of Creative Writing and English
Seaver College
Jeff Walling
Director, Youth Leadership Initiative
Pepperdine University
Sean Wu
Alumnus (‘25)
Rhodes Scholar
PhD Candidate, Stanford University
Conference Sponsors
Consulate General of Israel in Los Angeles
