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Thursday, March 26, 2026
12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. EDT
Location: Healey Family Student Center Social Room
This roundtable will gather the Georgetown University community to reflect on the intersections between artificial intelligence (AI) and democracy. It builds and expands on the two-panel event "Making AI Work for the People," taking place March 25 on Georgetown University’s Capitol Campus. Following brief opening remarks from a small panel, roundtable attendees will engage in an open discussion, exploring key themes, unanswered questions, and implications for research, policy, and pedagogy relating to AI and democracy. The session offers an opportunity to deepen the previous evening's conversation in a smaller, more intimate setting and to consider how Georgetown, given its unique position in the nation's capital, can advance scholarship and practice at the intersection of AI and democratic governance. Lunch will be served.
This event is co-sponsored by the Georgetown Democracy Initiative and the Georgetown Initiative on Artificial Intelligence and Democratic Citizenship at Georgetown University.
Participants
Will Fleisher
Will Fleisher is an assistant professor of philosophy and assistant research professor in the Center for Digital Ethics at Georgetown University. Fleisher’s research concerns the ethical, political, and epistemic implications of contemporary AI systems. His work has been published in AAAI/ACM conference proceedings and philosophy journals, including Noûs, Philosophical Studies, and Philosophy of Science. Will was a previously a postdoctoral fellow in the Experiential AI Program at Northeastern University and a McDonnell Postdoctoral Fellow in the Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology Program at Washington University in St. Louis. He received his Ph.D. in philosophy from Rutgers University.
Gabriela Ramos
Gabriela Ramos is a global leader in multilateral policy who has held senior roles at UNESCO, the OECD, and the G20. She is currently co-chair of the Taskforce on Inequality and Social-related Financial Disclosures, developing a framework for financial transparency and social impact. She is the architect of UNESCO’s 2021 global standard on the ethical governance of artificial intelligence. Ramos is a strong advocate for inclusive growth and gender equality and has advanced policy reforms in member states. Ramos has earned several distinctions from Forbes and Apolitico and received membership in the Ordre du Merit of France from President Françoise Hollande.
Accessibility
Please email democracy@georgetown.edu by March 20 with any accessibility requests. A good-faith effort will be made to fulfill all requests made after this date.