Friday, Sep 19, 2025
10:00 a.m. PT
San Francisco, CA
Summary
The EmergingTech Economic Research Network (EERN) has been working to understand perspectives on AI’s impact on the labor market. Join us to explore these trends at a deeper level, including implications for low- and moderate-income workers. This event will focus on the evolving intersection of AI, workforce development, and economic mobility.
- Research presentation: AI exposure among workers in low- and moderate-income households.
- Panel discussion: How are workers, workforce development leaders, and employers anticipating changes and adapting their practices?
- Fireside chat with Mary C. Daly, President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
Hosted by the EmergingTech Economic Research Network (a Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco initiative in close collaboration with the Federal Reserve System Innovation Office), in partnership with the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
This is a virtual event, open to everyone. It will be livestreamed and available as a recording after the event. We invite you to register and submit a question.
Agenda
Opening Remarks
Speaker:
Laura Choi, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Presentation: Community Engagement and Analysis’s research findings on the Level of Exposure to AI for Certain Types of Jobs Held by Low- and Moderate-Income (LMI) Workers
Speaker:
Elizabeth Kneebone, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Panel Discussion: Adapting to Impacts of GenAI on Low- and Moderate-Income (LMI) Workers
Panelists:
Sarah Miller, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Jimmy McDonough, Utah System of Higher Education
Armetta Burney, Clackamas Community College
Lisa Countryman-Quiroz, Jewish Vocational Service
Moderator:
Natalie Holmes, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Fireside Chat with SF Fed President and CEO Mary C. Daly
Moderator:
TBA
Speakers and Panelists
Mary C. Daly
President and CEO
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Laura Choi
Executive Vice President, Regional Engagement
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Elizabeth Kneebone
Assistant Vice President of Community Development Research
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Natalie Holmes
Senior Community Development Research Analyst
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Armetta Burney
Ed.D, Dean, Technology, Applied Science & Public Services at Clackamas Community College
Lisa Countryman-Quiroz
CEO, Jewish Vocational Service
Jimmy McDonough
Assistant Commissioner, Higher Education Workforce Programs, Utah System of Higher Education
Sarah Miller
Director and Principal Adviser, Community and Economic Development
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Bina Patel Shrimali
Vice President of Community Development
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco