Reimagining Work in the Age of AI Agents
Mar
4
2026
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Aarti Choudhary -
Lucas Meyer -
Nancy Morgan -
Luis Sentis -
Elias Stengel-Eskin
Mar
4
2026
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Aarti Choudhary
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Lucas Meyer
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Nancy Morgan
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Luis Sentis
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Elias Stengel-Eskin
Description
AI agents are here. Now what?
As AI agents are increasingly used to coordinate high-stakes projects from start to finish, the decisions we make now will shape labor markets, services, team dynamics and workplace interactions, education and training, policies and organizational trust for years to come. How can we build ethics-driven systems that empower workers and harness the transformative potential of agentic AI for social good?
This general-audience panel, taking place during the two-day Texas Symposium on Machine Learning, Responsible AI and Robotics, explores questions of trust, agency, accountability and autonomy at the core of human-AI partnerships while identifying key opportunities for responsible innovation. Hear perspectives from leaders in industry, government and R&D as we examine our roles, needs and values in an ever-changing workplace.
The symposium takes place from Tuesday, March 3-Wednesday, March 4. Explore the full agenda here.
About the Speakers
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Aarti Choudhary
Global Lead for Responsible AI
AMDAarti Choudhary is a senior technology leader and Responsible AI lead at AMD, driving the company’s strategy for Responsible, Open and Trustworthy AI across AI hardware, software, robotics and ecosystem ...
Aarti Choudhary is a senior technology leader and Responsible AI lead at AMD, driving the company’s strategy for Responsible, Open and Trustworthy AI across AI hardware, software, robotics and ecosystem partnerships. She brings deep cross-industry experience from Intel, Microsoft and AMD, spanning AI platforms, robotics systems, governance and large-scale deployment. Her work focuses on embedding trust, transparency, security and sustainability into intelligent systems—from silicon to robotics to full AI systems—while advancing open ecosystems, AI education and global collaboration with academia, industry and policymakers.
Beyond her professional role, Aarti is a committed ambassador for Women in AI in the Seattle area and actively leads a robotics club and coaches middle and high school students in the Washington area, helping build the next generation of responsible innovators and technologists.
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Lucas Meyer
Principal Research Scientist
Microsoft AI for Good Lab
Lucas A. Meyer is a principal research scientist at the Microsoft AI for Good Lab, focused on applying AI to solve real-world problems. Since 2016, he has led work translating ...
Lucas A. Meyer is a principal research scientist at the Microsoft AI for Good Lab, focused on applying AI to solve real-world problems. Since 2016, he has led work translating advances in large language models into practical systems, connecting technical design to governance, safety and outcomes. Lucas combines technical and economic expertise. With an academic background in both computer science and finance and decades of experience working in companies like Microsoft and Amazon, Lucas can bridge research and product strategy to real-world applications.
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Nancy Morgan
CEO
Ellis Morgan Enterprises
Nancy Morgan is a national security leader who bridges the intelligence community, defense and private sectors to drive data and AI innovation. As the former U.S. Intelligence Community Chief Data ...
Nancy Morgan is a national security leader who bridges the intelligence community, defense and private sectors to drive data and AI innovation. As the former U.S. Intelligence Community Chief Data Officer (IC CDO) and a CIA executive with 36+ years of leadership experience, she spearheaded groundbreaking data and IT initiatives and public-private partnerships that reshaped how America's intelligence agencies harness information for national security. Now CEO of Ellis Morgan Enterprises and a strategic advisor to The Cantellus Group, she shapes corporate transformations in data and AI strategy, organizational readiness, governance and modernization across national security and commercial sectors. Her proven track record includes building new organizations from the ground up and executing enterprise-wide data, AI and technology initiatives. She is a visiting fellow at the National Security Institute's Cyber and Tech Center. She is based in the Washington, D.C. area.
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Luis Sentis
Professor
Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, UT Austin
Luis Sentis is a professor at The University of Texas at Austin and currently directs the Amazon Science Hub. He recently completed a term as the chair of the University's ...
Luis Sentis is a professor at The University of Texas at Austin and currently directs the Amazon Science Hub. He recently completed a term as the chair of the University's Good Systems initiative, which works to ensure AI technologies benefit society. His technical foundation was built at Stanford University, where he earned his Ph.D. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering. His research in the Human-Centered Robotics Laboratory specializes in whole-body control and the development of high-performance humanoid robots. He frequently collaborates with sociotechnical experts to understand how these systems interact with human communities. Luis is also an entrepreneur as the founder and CEO of AIVE AI Systems and a co-founder of Apptronik. He leads the Flare-X team in the XPRIZE Wildfire competition and spent years working with NASA Johnson Space Center on the Valkyrie humanoid robot. He remains dedicated to the scientific pursuit of robotics and the practical challenge of bringing them into everyday use.
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Elias Stengel-Eskin
Assistant Professor,
Department of Computer Science, UT Austin
Elias Stengel-Eskin is an assistant professor of computer science at The University of Texas at Austin. His research spans artificial intelligence, natural language processing and computational linguistics, and focuses on ...
Elias Stengel-Eskin is an assistant professor of computer science at The University of Texas at Austin. His research spans artificial intelligence, natural language processing and computational linguistics, and focuses on developing AI agents that can intelligently communicate and collaborate with people and each other. This includes work on multi-agent communication and collaboration, converting language to action, grounding language to vision and handling uncertainty, ambiguity and underspecification. Before joining UT Austin, he was a postdoctoral research associate at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He received a Ph.D. in computer science in 2023 from Johns Hopkins University and a B.A. & Sc. in cognitive science from McGill University in 2018.
Location
Etter-Harbin Alumni Center, Connally Ballroom
2110 San Jacinto Boulevard
Parking: San Jacinto Garage