The Next Frontier: Rethinking Regulation in an Era of Rapid Innovation
Friday, September 25, 2026
8:30 am - 2:15 pm
The GW Regulatory Studies Center on September 25 hosted a public forum with authors of our paper series on emerging technologies exploring applications of algorithmic pricing, AI in agriculture, governance amid uncertainty, adaptive regulation, regulatory sandboxes for AI, and more. The event featured a luncheon and keynote address by GW Provost Ed Balleisen.
Panel 1 — Designing Adaptive Regulation & Frameworks
Moderator: William Yeatman, GW Regulatory Studies Center and Trachtenberg School
Arden Rowell, University of Illinois College of Law
Steve Wegener, Drug Enforcement Administration
Giovana Carneiro, National High Court of Brazil
Roundtable 1 — Navigating the Unknown: Frontiers in Regulatory Design & Emerging Tech
Howard Beales, GW School of Business
Susan Dudley, GW Regulatory Studies Center and Trachtenberg School
Nick Hart, President and CEO, Data Foundation
Jonathan Wiener, Duke University Law School
Panel 2 — Agency Applications
Moderator: Steve Balla, GW Political Science
Paul Mwebaze, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Deborah Aiken, economist
Eliane Catilina, US Department of Transportation
Brian Scholl, GW Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration
Roundtable 2 — Regulation of Emerging Technology
Moderator: William Yeatman, GW Regulatory Studies
Deborah Aiken, Economist
Giovana Carneiro, National High Court of Brazil
Eliane Catilina, US Department of Transportation
Paul Mwebaze, Univ. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Arden Rowell, University of Illinois College of Law
Brian Scholl, GW Trachtenberg School
Steve Wegener, Drug Enforcement Administration
Working Papers
- Enabling Regulation and the Alignment of Regulatory Mechanisms to Accommodate Technological Change - Deborah Aiken
- Adaptive Regulation of Emerging Technologies, Risks and Reactions: From Climate to AI - Arden Rowell and Jonathan Wiener
- Evidence-First Regulation: A Procedural Architecture for Governance Under Deep Uncertainty - Steven Wegener
- Algorithmic Pricing and Regulation: A Game-Theoretic Analysis of Fairness and Competition Tradeoffs - Eliane Catilina
- Adaptive Governance of Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture and Food Systems: A Risk-Based and Case-Oriented Analysis - Paul Mwebaze
- Regulatory Capacity: Governing in an Era of Rapid Technological Change, Ann Keller et al.
- Beyond the Sandbox: Critical Assessment of Regulatory Sandboxes for AI - Giovana Carneiro
This project was made possible through the support of Grant 63641 from the John Templeton Foundation. The opinions expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the John Templeton Foundation.