February 12 – 14, 2026
Duke University Fuqua School of Business
The Conference on Society-Centered AI (#SCAI2026) brought together more than 950 attendees from 80+ companies and 50+ universities for Duke’s largest gathering yet focused on the impact of artificial intelligence on society. Held February 12–14 at the Fuqua School of Business, the conference featured three keynote talks, expert panels, 14 spotlight research presentations, 40 research posters and art exhibits, and multiple community-building events that highlighted the breadth of society-centered AI work happening across Duke and beyond.
The event was co-sponsored by the Society-Centered AI Initiative at Duke, the Fuqua School of Business, Duke Science & Society, the Center for Computational Thinking, the Duke Artificial Intelligence Master of Engineering, the Duke Master of Enginerring in Design and Technology Innovation, the Coach K Center on Leadership & Ethics, and the Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship.
Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Center for Information Technology Policy at Princeton University
Keynote
Sterling Professor of Social and Natural Science at Yale University
Keynote
Walter Sinnott‑Armstrong (moderator), Kaamna Bhojwani, Jana Schaich Borg, Timothy J. Strauman
Keynote
Michael G. Rhodes and Maureen C. Rhodes Associate Professor in the Digital Humanities in the Department of English at Duke University
New Faculty Spotlight
Assistant Professor in Computer Science at Duke University
New Faculty Spotlight
Assistant Professor in Sociology at Duke University
New Faculty Spotlight
Executive In Residence in the Engineering Graduate and Professional Programs in the Pratt School of Engineering at Duke University
New Faculty Spotlight
Director of the Character Forward Initiative in Pratt School of Engineering at Duke University
New Faculty Spotlight
Assistant Professor of Ecology at Duke University
New Faculty Spotlight
Assistant Professor of the Practice of Computer Science at Duke University
New Faculty Spotlight
Assistant Professor of Soiology at Duke University
New Faculty Spotlight
Rothermere/Harmsworth Duke Chair in Technology Policy in the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University
New Faculty Spotlight
February 28 – March 3, 2025
Duke University, Karsh Alumni Center & Penn Pavilion
Co-sponsored by Duke’s Society-Centered AI Initiative, the Artificial Intelligence Master of Engineering Program, Duke AI Health, the Office of Climate and Sustainability, and the Coach K Center for Leadership and Ethics (COLE), the 2025 Responsible AI Symposium convened over 700 attendees from academia, industry, and government to explore the future of artificial intelligence through a society-centered lens. Revisit some of the great talks from our distinguished speakers below.
Meta FAIR & New York University
Inaugural Distinguished Lecturer in Society-Centered AI
Duke University
Keynote
Duke University
Keynote
Duke University
Talk: Responsible natural language processing in medicine
Duke University
Talk: Using Interviewing Agents to Reconsider Public Opinion
Duke University
Talk: A Safe AI-Integrated Society Begins with People and Ends with People
Duke University
Talk: Achieving Scalable AI Systems with Human-AI Synergy
Duke University
Talk: Evidence of spillovers from (non)cooperative human-bot to human-human interactions
Duke University
Talk: Reclaiming Data Agency in the Age of Ubiquitous Machine Learning
Brinnae Bent )moderator)
Walter Sinnott-Armstrong
Jana Schaich Borg
Lee Tiedrich
Monica Agrawal
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