Welcome to ITSPmagazine Expert Panels
Panels bring together voices that don't always share the same stage—scholars, researchers, authors, and practitioners who see the same questions from different angles. Each one features a main panel with invited guests and a set of companion conversations that expand on the theme in unexpected directions.
Panel participation is by invitation. We look for people speaking from their work, not promoting a product or service.
If you'd like to be considered, we welcome requests—though selections are limited and based on the quality of your work and what you bring to the conversation.
Companion conversations are recorded sessions with Sean and Marco.
These are paid engagements for organizations that want to add their experience to the broader discussion.
They're still substantive, still non-promotional—just a different way to contribute depth to the topic.
Interested in either format?
AI in Healthcare: Who Benefits, Who Pays, and Who’s at Risk
AI promises faster diagnoses, predictive insights, and new models of care. This session examines how these systems shift power among patients, providers, and insurers, and what happens when life changing decisions depend on opaque algorithms.
PUBLISHED — Join Marco Ciappelli and Sean Martin as they convene healthcare leaders Dr. Robert Pearl, Rob Havasy (HIMSS), John Sapp (Texas Mutual Insurance), Jim StClair (Altarum), and Robert Booker (HITRUST) for an urgent exploration of AI in healthcare. Who truly benefits from diagnostic algorithms and automated care? Who bears the financial and ethical costs? In our Hybrid Analog Digital Society, this panel confronts the critical questions about governance, liability, and the future of human-centered medicine.
Space Is Closer Than You Think. But What’s Real, What’s Hype, and What’s Next
Commercial launch companies, satellite constellations, and private exploration efforts are accelerating rapidly. This session looks at the gap between breakthroughs and marketing and how new space infrastructure will influence communication, defense, and daily life. Commercial launch companies, satellite constellations, and private exploration efforts are accelerating rapidly. This session looks at the gap between breakthroughs and marketing and how new space infrastructure will influence communication, defense, and daily life.
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Forget Backdoors. Quantum Computing Is About to Kick Encryption’s Front Door Down. Right
Quantum breakthroughs could undermine the security systems that protect banking, communication, and national infrastructure. This session explores the science, the timelines, and the public consequences of a world where current encryption no longer holds.
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Who Owns the Sound of AI? Music Rights, Authorship, and the Future of Creativity and Copyright
AI can generate songs in seconds using patterns learned from decades of human work. This session explores how rights, authorship, and emotional expression shift when machines become co creators in the global music ecosystem.
PUBLISHED — Artificial intelligence can now compose entire songs in seconds—but who owns the output when the input came from decades of human creativity? In this Music Evolves Expert Panel, artists, lawyers, and global thinkers unpack how AI is transforming rights, authorship, and the emotional core of music itself.
The Creative Machine: How AI Composers Challenge Ownership and Authorship
Machine generated soundtracks and composition tools raise questions about originality, emotional impact, and the definition of creative work. This session looks at how society interprets authorship when the creator may be an algorithm.
Smart Home and IoT: Domestic Surveillance or Genuine Assistance
Connected devices shape routines, relationships, and expectations inside the home. This session explores how convenience and surveillance merge when companies mediate daily life.
Life on Autopilot: What Happens When Algorithms Quietly Run the World
Software now makes decisions for banks, cities, and public services. This session examines fairness, accountability, and social stability when critical choices are delegated to code.
Agriculture and Food Tech: Lab Grown Everything and the New Food Politics
Biotechnology and controlled environment farming reshape nutrition, sustainability, and global supply chains. This session looks at how food becomes an engineered product.
The Music Economy: When Streaming Becomes a Global GDP Engine
Streaming has become a complex financial system built on licensing, subscriptions, and data. This session explores how music drives global economies and alters creative incentives.
Robotics and Automation: The Dignity Dilemma in the Age of Care Machines
Service robots enter homes, clinics, and workplaces. This session considers what human connection means when care becomes a coded interaction.
Digital Borders and Cyber Sovereignty: The Balkanization of the Internet
Countries redraw online boundaries with national rules for data, speech, and access. This session examines how the internet transforms into competing digital realms.
Sound as Infrastructure: How Music Platforms Shape Culture and Community
Platforms influence genre visibility, cultural exchange, and the survival of creative scenes. This session explores the power of distribution systems to shape global art.
Education Technology: Learning Algorithms and the Standardization of Knowledge
Adaptive learning systems redefine personalization and equity. This session investigates how AI in classrooms influences intellectual development and social mobility.
Automotive and Mobility: The End of Car Ownership and the Death of Urban Anonymity
Connected vehicles and mobility services reshape privacy and the meaning of movement in modern cities.
The Sonic Identity Crisis: What Happens When Algorithms Predict Your Taste Better Than You Do
Recommendation systems guide discovery, limit or expand listening habits, and influence cultural identity. This session looks at how taste becomes a data profile.
The Attention Trap: How Digital Manipulation Rewires Choice, Identity, and Democracy
Platforms and political actors use behavioral insights to influence opinion and behavior. This session analyzes how targeted persuasion affects agency and civic life.
Energy and Sustainability: The Material Cost of the Digital Revolution
High energy computing, device cycles, and mineral extraction carry significant environmental burdens. This session explores the true footprint of digital progress.
Privacy After Anonymity: Living in a World Where the System Always Knows You
Facial recognition, behavioral tracking, and persistent data trails challenge the idea of personal privacy. This session examines how individuals navigate a world where opting out is nearly impossible.
Wearables and Fashion Tech: The Body as Data Infrastructure
Biometric clothing and sensor driven accessories turn the body into a continuous data source. This session explores how identity, health, and commerce converge on human surfaces.
Space Tech and Satellite Infrastructure: Who Owns the Sky Above Us
Private networks, commercial satellite swarms, and orbital crowding reshape communication, geopolitics, and global access to space.
