# The Human Firewall: Nurses Defending Patients in the Age of AI

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**Date:** March 18, 2026 · 10:00 PM  
**Location:** JW Marriott / Salon FGH  
**Format:** Panel  
**Track:** Health track  
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## Speakers

- **Kristine Kittleson** — Registered Nurse
- **Monica Gonzalez** — Registered Nurse

Nurses are the canary in the coal mine of our healthcare system, witnessing firsthand how AI, predictive analytics, and corporate data systems reshape patient care. As powerful tech firms like Palantir move into healthcare, access to sensitive patient data is expanding rapidly—often without meaningful oversight from the people responsible for patient safety. Nurses see the real-world consequences of these tools long before the public does. Across the country, nurses are organizing unions to ensure these technologies are used ethically and responsibly. In Austin, nurses formed the city’s first private-sector union hospital to challenge unsafe conditions and demand accountability. This panel explores why collective nurse organizing is essential to protecting patients—and how frontline workers are fighting to ensure healthcare’s AI future remains human-centered.

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