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Kicking Off the NIST AI Risk Management Framework 

All times EDT (UTC-4) 

Day 1: Tuesday October 19, 2021

Theme/Goals: What Need is the NIST AI Risk Management Framework (RMF) Intended to Address?

Time Start Topic Speaker(s)

11:00 am – 11:10 am Welcome, Workshop Goals and Logistics Elham Tabassi, Information Technology Laboratory, NIST

11:10 am – 11:15 am Opening Remarks The Honorable Don Graves, Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of 

Commerce

11:15 am – 11:25 am Congressional Remarks The Honorable Frank Lucas, Ranking Member, U.S. House of 

Representatives Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 

11:25 am – 11:55 am Panel 1: Discussion of Process and Scope for the NIST AI RMF Elham Tabassi, NIST

11:55 am – 12:05 pm Break/Slack with NIST Staff

12:05 pm – 1:10 pm Panel 2: Framing AI Risk: What is Risk? How is it Managed Today?

Discussion of today’s global risk landscape, including categories and

levels of risk that an AI Risk Management Framework could – and 

should – address or, at a minimum, acknowledge. Panelists will offer an 

overview of: the greatest challenges in managing risk today; emerging 

risks to individuals; organizations, or societies that should be 

considered; and management methods intended to advance trustworthy 

and responsible AI and to help organizations increase their resilience.

Moderator: 

Joshua Meltzer, Brookings 

Panelists:

Tobias Baer, Independent Senior Advisor on Risk Management, Data 

Science and Psychology

Kay Firth-Butterfield, The World Economic Forum 

Alexandra Reeve Givens, Center for Democracy and Technology

Jonathan Wiener, Duke University

1:10 pm – 1:25 pm Break/Slack with NIST Staff 

1:25 pm – 2:25 pm Panel 3: AI Risk: Sector Perspectives 

Discussion of the AI risk landscape across industries and sectors, for 

example, finance and healthcare. Discussion of how different sectors 

consider and manage AI risks in an effort to understand how 

organizations may benefit from, as well as how they may use, an AI 

RMF. 

Moderator: Miriam Vogel, EqualAI

Panelists:

Michael Akinwumi, National Fair Housing Alliance

Pat Baird, Philips

Blane Mall, Workday

Melanie Tiano, CTIA

Stephanie Wake, Bank Policy Institute BITS

2:25 pm – 3:15 pm Day 1 What we heard and Q&A with NIST Team NIST Workshop Program Committee

3:15 pm – 3:45 pm After Hours: Slack with NIST Staff All 
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Day 2: Wednesday October 20, 2021

Theme: Identifying What and How to Measure Trustworthiness (agreement on taxonomy of risks)

Time Start Topic Speaker(s)

11:00 am – 11:15 am Welcome, Recap of Day 1, and Identify Objectives of Day 2 Elham Tabassi, NIST

11:15 am – 12:15 pm Panel 4: Technical Characteristics of AI System Trustworthiness in the 

Context of Managing Risk 

Discussion of the AI system characteristics and attributes that contribute 

to measurable system trustworthiness. Discussion of understanding AI 

system trustworthiness or risks and identification of requirements and 

gaps.

Moderator: Eric Horvitz, Microsoft 

Panelists:

Meredith Broussard, New York University

Jack Clark, Anthropic

Hima Lakkaraju, Harvard University

Kush Varshney, IBM Research – Thomas J. Watson Research Center

12:15 pm – 1:00 pm Break/Slack with NIST Staff 

1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Panel 5: Approaches to Managing Trustworthy AI 

Discussion of how to assess and measure technical and socio-technical 

characteristics of trustworthy and responsible AI across sectors and 

contexts.

Moderator: Maggie Little, Kennedy Institute of Ethics; Georgetown 

University

Panelists:

Ashley Casovan, Responsible AI Institute

Rayid Ghani, Carnegie Mellon University

Ram Kumar, Microsoft 

Momin Malik, Mayo Clinic

Jacob Metcalf, Data & Society; Ethical Resolve 

2:30 pm – 2:45 pm Break/Slack with NIST Staff 

2:45 pm – 3:45 pm Panel 6: Governance in Managing AI Risks

Discussion of existing governance structures for AI risk management 

and new governance approaches which might be needed or helpful in 

the AI RMF . 

Moderator: Jen Gennai, Google

Panelists:

Soni Meckem, GSA (TTS) / White House PIF Program

John Miller, Information Technology Industry Council

Cyril Onwubiko, Pearson

Navrina Singh, Credo AI 

3:45 pm – 4:00 pm Day 2 Closing Remarks NIST Workshop Program Committee

4:00 pm – 4:30 pm After Hours: Slack with NIST Staff All
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Day 3: Thursday October 21, 2021

Theme: Structuring an Initial NIST AI Risk Management Framework Approach

Time Start Topic Speaker(s)

11:00 am – 11:15 am Welcome and Recap of Day 2

Identify objectives of Day 3

Elham Tabassi, NIST

11:15 am – 12:15 pm Panel 7: AI RMF Structure: What We Can Learn from Current NonAI Risk Management Frameworks and Standards

Discussion of whether and how to leverage existing non-AI risk 

management resources for this AI risk management framework. 

Discussion of what we can learn from these existing frameworks, 

standards, guidelines, methodologies, tools, and best practices and 

principles.

Moderator: Naomi Lefkovitz, NIST

Panelists:

Matt Baker, Deloitte

Nadya Bartol, Boston Consulting Group

David Palmer, Federal Reserve Board

Vicky Pillitteri, NIST

12:15 pm – 12:30 pm Break/Slack with NIST Staff 

12:30 pm – 1:30 pm Panel 8: AI RMF Structure: Existing AI Risk Management Resources, 

including Frameworks and Standards

Discussion of whether and how to leverage existing AI risk 

management resources for this AI RMF. Discussion of what we can 

learn from these existing frameworks, standards, guidelines, 

methodologies, tools, and best practices and principles. Discussion of 

whether to consider a lifecycle approach in addressing AI risk 

management. 

Moderator: Helen Toner, Center for Security and Emerging Technology 

Panelists:

Taka Ariga, Government Accountability Office

David Marcos, Microsoft

Karine Perset, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 

Christian Troncoso, BSA | The Software Alliance

1:30 pm – 2:00 pm Break/Slack with NIST Staff 

2:00 pm – 3:15 pm Panel 9: Workshop Synthesis: Bringing It All Together

What we have learned during the workshop about technical and sociotechnical characteristics of trustworthy and responsible AI, and how 

to structure this framework. Recap of taxonomy of risk and how 

various risk management frameworks could be leveraged. 

Moderator: Elham Tabassi, NIST

Panelists: 

Jen Gennai (Panel 6)

Naomi Lefkovitz (Panel 7)

Maggie Little (Panel 5)

Joshua Meltzer (Panel 2)

Helen Toner (Panel 8)

Miriam Vogel (Panel 3)

3:15 pm – 3:30 pm Closing Remarks, Workshop Debrief and Next Steps NIST Workshop Program Committee