Dr. Ellie Sakhaee leads AI & Emerging Tech policy research at Google, where she focuses on frontier technologies, such as AI agents, robotics, and AI for scientific discovery. Her background spans academic research, public and corporate policy, and AI R&D. As a Machine Learning scientist with a PhD in Computer Science, she has led engineering teams, published extensively on AI research, and led teams in developing risk assessment and mitigation strategies for cutting-edge AI systems. Prior to joining Google, she worked at Microsoft’s Office of Responsible AI and served in the U.S. Congress as a Tech Policy Advisor.
Robotics is a key enabler of reshoring production to the U.S., but there is little consensus on how to best encourage it. Most industrial automation is made by foreign-owned companies, but can recent policies such as tariffs and FCC import restrictions help build back manufacturing? This expert panel, which includes representatives of leading robot manufacturers and industry analysts, will examine the need for a national robotics strategy and debate industrial priorities.
