Senate, House Policy Committees to Review Future of AI Innovation in Pennsylvania
4/15/2025
PITTSBURGH - The Senate Majority Policy Committee, chaired by Sen. Dave Argall (R-29), and the House Republican Policy Committee, chaired by Rep. David Rowe (R-85), will visit Pittsburgh at the invitation of Sen. Tracy Pennycuick (R-24) to discuss the future of AI innovation in Pennsylvania.

The public hearing will take place on Wednesday, April 16 from 9-11 a.m. at Astrobotic Technology, located at 1016 N Lincoln Ave., Pittsburgh.

Participants will include:

· Shandong Wu, Ph.D., Professor, University of Pittsburgh; Director, Intelligent Computing for Clinical Imaging Lab; and Director, Pittsburgh Center for AI Innovation in Medical Imaging

· Hooman H. Rashidi, MD, MS, FCAP, Endowed Professor & Associate Dean of AI, University of Pittsburgh; Executive Vice Chair of Computational Pathology & Informatics, UPMC; and Executive Director, Computational Pathology & AI Center of Excellence

· Joanna Doven, Executive Director, AI Strike Team

· John Thornton, CEO, Astrobotic

· Christopher Martin, Senior Director, AI Hub, BNY

· Dr. Bruno Abreu, Deputy Scientific Director, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center

· Matt Smith, Chief Growth Officer, Allegheny Conference of Community Development

· Ken Zapinski, Director of Research & Public Policy, Pittsburgh Work Together

· Sen. Tracy Pennycuick (R-24)

· Sen. Dave Argall (R-29)

· Sen. Camera Bartolotta (R-46)

· Sen. Devlin Robinson (R-37)

· Rep. David Rowe (R-85)

· Rep. Roman Kozak (R-14)

· Rep. Jill Cooper (R-55)

· Rep. Stephenie Scialabba (R-12)

· Rep. Robert Leadbeter (R-109)

· Rep. Eric Nelson (R-57)

· Rep. Marla Brown (R-9)

· Rep. Valerie Gaydos (R-44)

· Rep. Tim Twardzik (R-123)

Watch live at https://policy.pasenategop.com/policy-041625/.



PA House Republican Policy Committee
Rep. David Rowe, Chairman