Leading figures from the two colliding worlds of AI and religious liberty discuss the rapid development of AI and its impacts on religious liberty today
On May 20-21, 2025, leading figures from the two colliding worlds of AI and religious liberty – a senior fellow at Microsoft, an evangelical leader, and an AI researcher – will discuss the rapid development of AI and its growing, multifaceted impacts on religious liberty in the United States and abroad.
The panel will examine the risks AI poses to humanity, especially to religious pluralism and freedom of thought and practice, as well as the potential opportunities for AI tools to serve the flourishing of religious communities across the world. The session will also consider how religious leaders can engage more in the broader discourse around AI governance and development, what safeguards and mechanisms might help to prevent AI from being used to surveil or suppress religious minorities, and what responsibilities AI companies might have to consult with religious stakeholders when designing systems that may affect spiritual life or expression.
We are thrilled that the 6th National Faith@Work ERG Conference — cohosted by RFBF and the Busch School of Business at The Catholic University of America — has a fantastic group of sponsors from corporations and civil society partners, including Platinum Sponsor The Future of Life Institute, sponsoring this session.
Panelists:
- Suhail A. Khan – Suhail Khan serves as Director of External Affairs at Microsoft Corporation and a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Global Engagement, a Christian religious freedom think tank. Khan served as a policy advisor and counsel on Capitol Hill, and a senior political appointee with the Bush administration, where he served in the White House and as an advisor for two cabinet secretaries. He was awarded the U.S. DOT Secretary’s Team Award in 2005 and the Gold Medal for Outstanding Achievement in 2007. Khan was awarded the Young Conservative Coalition’s Buckley Award in 2010.
- Rev. Johnnie Moore – Rev. Moore is the founder and CEO of The KAIROS Company, now part of JDA Worldwide, and President of The Congress of Christian Leaders. He was twice a presidential appointee to the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom serving during the Trump and Biden administrations. Previously, Rev. Moore was Senior Vice President and campus pastor at Liberty University, and Chief of Staff and Vice President of Faith Content for the United Artists Media Group in Hollywood.
- Max Tegmark, Ph.D. – Max Tegmark is an AI professor and researcher at MIT, and the founder and president of the Future of Life Institute (FLI) and the Improve the News Foundation. Tegmark’s most recent AI safety research focuses on mechanistic interpretability and provably safe AI. He is the author of over 300 publications as well as the New York Times bestsellers “Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence” and “Our Mathematical Universe: My Quest for the Ultimate Nature of Reality”. In 2023, Time Magazine named him one of the 100 Most Influential People in AI 2023.
- Will Jones (moderator) – Will is a Futures Program Associate at the Future of Life Institute (FLI), lead FLI’s work to amplifying faith perspectives on AI issues and opportunities and supporting religious leaders to steer AI in a better direction for their communities. Jones graduated with First Class Honours in English from the University of Cambridge.
Key sponsors of this 6th National Faith@Work ERG Conference include:
Corporate sponsors include Accenture, American Airlines, Coca-Cola Consolidated, and DELL Technologies (Platinum Sponsors); AZZ, Equinix, and Merck (Diamond Sponsors), and Altria and Service Now (Gold Sponsors).
Civil society partners include Interfaith America and the Future of Life Institute (Platinum Sponsors), BYU Marriott School of Business and BYU Wheatley Institute (Diamond Sponsors), AT&T’s Faith@Work ERG and the El-Hibri Foundation (Gold Sponsors), and Clal and the Napa Legal Institute (Supporting sponsors).
We are also thrilled to have LYNC, the IRF Secretariat, and Templeton Religion Trust as co-conveners of the first annual IRF Builders Forum (evening of 21 May and daytime on 22 May), which is focused on ways people build religious freedom for all internationally through faith-friendly workplaces, education, positive engagement, and cross-cultural religious literacy, among others.
Sessions include:
- Shaping the future of artificial intelligence and religious liberty
- A Success Story, Merck Interfaith Doubles in a Year
- Building a More Human-Centered Workplace
- Navigating Challenging Scenarios in the Workplace
Major research to be released:
- Will UK Outshine US in Faith-Friendly Workplaces?
- Comparison of Fortune 500 and FTSE 100 in faith-oriented employee resource groups
Keynotes include:
- Brighter Days at Dare to Overcome, Patrick Regan Keynote
- Busch School of Business Dean Abela on SuperHabits
On Days 1 & 2, join us for essential conversations and dynamic presentations on faith-and-work issues companies, leaders and employees are facing in an ever-changing socio-economic environment at home and abroad.
Day 3 is the IRF Builders Summit focused on ways people build religious freedom for all internationally through faith-friendly workplaces, education, positive engagement, and cross-cultural religious literacy, among others.
This year’s theme is “United Towards Hope.”
Watch testimonies about the conference:
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Contact:
Brian Grim
Religious Freedom & Business Foundation
410-268-7809
[email protected]
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