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A high-level forum bringing together leaders in policy, national security, research, and engineering working to secure AI systems.
Past iterations of the AI Security Forum around the Paris AI Action Summit and DEFCON have included leaders from Anthropic, DeepMind, Meta, the Department of Homeland Security, Department of Commerce, RAND Corporation and other key stakeholders working on AI security.
Core themes: Hardware and compute security, AI model weight protection, cyber capability evaluation, threat models for AI, information sharing, public–private security coordination, and policy frameworks for protecting AI systems.
Why are we running this event?
Who is this event for?
Schedule
All times are provisional and subject to change.
Start Time | End Time | Session |
9:30 | 10:30 | Breakfast & Registration |
10:30 | 10:45 | Why Securing AI is a National Security Priority |
10:45 | 11:00 | Keynote |
11:00 | 11:45 | Panel on the Stakes of Securing Frontier AI |
11:45 | 12:00 | Break |
12:00 | 1:00 | Workshop on Hardware Security for Frontier AI. |
1:00 | 2:00 | Lunch |
2:00 | 3:00 | Workshop on Securing Software and Model Weights in Frontier AI |
3:00 | 3:15 | Break |
3:15 | 4:15 | Workshop on Public–Private Partnerships for AI Security |
4:15 | 5:00 | The Path Forward for AI Security |
5:00 | 7:00 | Reception |
Session Descriptions
Panel on the Stakes of Securing Frontier AI
Workshop on Hardware Security for Frontier AI
Workshop on Securing Software and Model Weights in Frontier AI
Workshop on Public–Private Partnerships for AI Security
Workshop Leads and Speakers
Chief Security Officer and Head of Product Security
NVIDIA
Member of Congress
U.S. House of Representatives
Member of Congress
U.S. House of Representatives
Chief Economist
FAI
Director of Meselson Center
RAND
Distinguished Fellow
Institute for Progress
Founder & CEO
Pattern Labs
Director, Science and Technology Innovation Program
Wilson Center
Founder & CEO
SeedAI
Founding Director, Center for Technology and Security Policy
RAND
Co-Director, Defense & National Security
Alan Turing Institute
AI Policy & Governance Co-Lead
RAND
Policy Advisor
US Senate
Technical AI Governance Researcher
Future of Life Institute
Technology and Security Policy Fellow
RAND
Founder & CEO
Autio Strategies
Lab Director
Berkeley Risk and Security Lab
Director of Cybersecurity Programs
Aspen Institute
Senior Director
Institute for Security and Technology
AI Fellow
US Congress, China Select Committee
Research Engineer
RAND
Technology and Security Policy Fellow
RAND
Policy Lead and Senior Counsel
Center for AI Safety Action Fund
DPhil Candidate
University of Oxford
Technology and Security Policy Fellow
RAND
Technology and Security Policy Fellow
RAND
Chief of Staff
Averi
AI & National Security Lead
Future of Life Institute
Founder
AI Security Forum
AI Policy Network
President of Government Affairs
Past participants included leaders from:
Questions? Contact dc-team@aisecurity.forum
Organized by Hamza Chaudry, Grace Werner, and Caleb Parikh.
2025 DC AI Security Forum is a project of Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative, a nonprofit organization that is tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code