Int'l Congress for the Governance of AI (ICGAI) Virtual Speaker Series

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Carnegie Council for Ethics in Int'l Affairs & The World Technology Network

An ongoing virtual event/speaker series to explore key issues and strategic opportunities relating to the global governance of AI. 

************************************************************************VERY IMPORTANT NOTICE (PLEASE READ):<h2>1. DUE TO THE ONGOING PANDEMIC, ICGAI IS NOW AN ONLINE VIRTUAL EVENT EVENT/SPEAKER SERIES.</h2><h2>2. THE LARGE, IN-PERSON ICGAI EVENT PLANNED TO BE HELD IN PRAGUE IN MAY 2021 HAS BEEN CANCELLED. </h2><h2></h2><h2>__________________</h2>ICGAI: GOING BEYOND PRINCIPLES AND INDIVIDUAL POLICY PROPOSALS TO FOCUS ON INITIAL STEPS TOWARDS PUTTING IN PLACE INTERNATIONAL MECHANISMS FOR THE AGILE GOVERNANCE OF AI. (We will update the information below as appropriate as we make any further additions and/or adjustments... and confirm the dates and participants of the virtual speaker series):(OVERVIEW) Welcome to the website of the International Congress for the Governance of AI (ICGAI), co-convened by the World Technology Network, in partnership with the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs (CCEIA), IEEE, PwC, The Club of Madrid, The Hastings Center, GoodAI, Prague AI, Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs (CCEIA), City of Prague, IEEE, PwC, The Club of Madrid, The Hastings Center, GoodAI, Prague AI, Global Digital Policy Incubator, Stanford University, Assuring Autonomy International Programme, University of York, Observer Research Foundation, Schwarz Reisman Institute for Technology &amp; Society, University of Toronto, Botner Foundation, Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics, Yale University, and the Taihe Institute. ICGAI is a collaborative initiative directed at catalyzing an agile and comprehensive governance network for artificial intelligence. It brings together representatives of governments, industry, international organizations, universities, research centers, leaders of underserved nations and communities, and other stakeholders. Full list of organizers, chairs, and Advisors can be found at www.icgai.org .Originally based around inclusive, high-level planning meetings held in 2018 and 2019 in New York and Geneva, as well as a series of high-level workshops held in various cities around the world in early 2020, ICGAI’s main focal gathering was planned as a large, in-person conference scheduled to be held in Prague in April 2020, and then re-scheduled to 2021 in the face of the global pandemic. To avoid further delay and to move forward at the wishes of many, ICGAI has now transformed into a virtual event/speaker series to be held on a rolling basis over the first half of 2021. Mindful that many of you are exhausted by online events, we are using this format sparingly and largely to direct attention to new proposals and topics requiring attention - based around compelling proposals and/or themes. — likely starting in February.Dates, event topics, and speakers will be announced as soon as we confirm. We will likely be drawing speakers and panelists in part from the pool of those speakers already committed for the original in-person event previously planned for Prague.* (see list below) As we seek to address issues of AI-related governance, balancing the need for innovation, competition and cooperation, while minimizing risks and undesirable societal consequences poses a daunting international challenge. The frameworks being developed together must accommodate input from the various stakeholders, function as a trusted good-faith broker, monitor developments, flag concerns and explore creative means to manage issues through engineering, ethics, and/or oversight. Any new international governance mechanism established is unlikely to have enforcement authority. Nevertheless, it can facilitate cooperation and light coordination between many stakeholders in the AI space. Planning for ICGAI began four years ago. Our intention from the start was to create a forum for all stakeholders to participate. There was never any illusion that ICGAI would be the vehicle itself for effective international governance of AI. Over the succeeding years other significant international initiatives have entered the AI governance space. Some are more inclusive than others. In this changing AI governance landscape our interests lie in stimulating cooperation, effective governance, and meaningful inclusivity as we collectively navigate the challenges posed by emerging technologies. Thus, the ICGAI virtual event/speaker series will focus on helping to bring a degree of cooperation between the various initiatives, as well as focus on proposals and topics that are not being effectively covered elsewhere. It is also worth noting that the primary proposal that has grown out of the ICGAI initiative to date has been for a Global Governance Network for AI (GGN-AI). To read that proposal, visit www.icgai.org .We will weave this idea of a new mechanism into the speaker series, as well as proposals for meaningful inclusivity, and managing system failures that were developed at other expert’s meetings in planning for ICGAI. but also wish to cover other topics of the greatest importance and/or urgency. The ICGAI focus is upon ensuring that a broadly inclusive, cooperative, trustworthy, robust and effective approach to the international governance of AI can be forged, and not upon where the various tasks fulfilled by that network are located. We are hopeful that all parties can work together, and that ICGAI is viewed as a forum for cooperatively addressing daunting implementation challenges. As a first step, we are supporting the implementation of the United Nations Secretary-General’s Roadmap for Digital Cooperation, and contributing to consultations on the proposal to create a multi-stakeholder advisory body for AI. _____________________________________________________*SPEAKERS LIST FROM ORIGINALLY PLANNED EVENT IN PRAGUE:***Speakers included: Michael Moller (ICGAI chair), Lord Tim Clement-Jones, Ms. Mayumi Endoh, Jaan Tallin, Fabrizio Hochschild, Konstantinos Karachalios, Eileen Donahoe, Stuart Russell, Xue Lan, Anja Kaspersen, Yi Zeng, Angela Kane, Francesca Rossi, Zlatko Lagumdzija, <a href="https://www.umu.se/en/staff/virginia-dignum/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"></a>Virginia Dignum, Johan Andresen, Raja Chatila, and many more (see list below).A full list of previous speakers, with titles included:Anandan, P. CEO Wadhwani AIAndresen, Johan, Council on Ethics, Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG)Aneja, Urvashi, Director, Centre for Global Governance &amp; Policy and Associate Professor, Jindal School of International AffairsAris, Ema, Assistant Professor, Institute for Future Initiatives, University of TokyoAsaro, Peter, Vice President, Berggruen Institute; Director of the Institute’s China CenterBrey, Philip, Professor, University of TwenteBryson, Joanna, Professor of Ethics and Technology, Hertie School of GovernanceChatila, Raja, Chair at The IEEE Global Initiative on Ethics of Autonomous and Intelligent SystemsClark, James, Founder, The World Technology Network (WTN) &amp; The World Congress for a New Civilization; Co-Convenor, ICGAIClement-Jones, Tim Lord, Current House of Lords Liberal Democrat spokesman for DigitalColclough, Christina, Director, UNI Global UnionColeman, Flynn, Author and International Human Rights AttorneyCottrell, James, Director of Ancillary Services at Holland &amp; Knight LLPDand, Mia, CEO Lighthouse3, AI &amp; Emerging Tech Research Advisory; Founder – Women in AI Ethics ™Experienced data-driven marketing leader, CEO Lighthouse3.comDavis, Nicholas, Head of Society and Innovation, Member of the Executive Committee, World Economic ForumDignum, Virginia, Professor Ethical &amp; Social Artificial IntelligenceDonahoe, Eileen, Executive Director of the Global Digital. Policy Incubator (GDPI), Stanford UniversityEndoh, Mayumi (Ms) Deputy Director of the Development Co‐operation DirectorateGal Danit, Technology Advisor at the United NationsGasser Urs, Executive Director, Berkman Klein Center for Internet &amp; Society, Harvard UniversityGreen, Cordel, Attorney-at-Law, electronic media regulator, Chief Executive OfficerGreen, Brian, Director Technology Ethics, Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, University of Santa ClaraHaataja, Meeri, CEO &amp; Co-Founder of Saidot, a start-up enabling responsible AI ecosystemsHadfield, Gillian, Director at Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society, University of TorontoHavens, John Executive Director at The IEEE Global Initiative on Ethics of Autonomous and Intelligent SystemsHavrda, Marek, Policy and Social Impacts Director, GoodAIHochschild, Fabrizio, UN 75th Anniversary oversight and Deputy Special Representative for the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA)Jacquet, Aurelie, Chair of Standards Committee on Artificial Intelligence, Sydney, AustraliaJelinek, Thorsten, Director and senior fellow, entrepreneur and advisor for international policy and strategy, Taihe InstituteJones, Darren, Member of Parliament, UKKai, De Kane, Angela, Expert in political relations and negotiations, multilateral affairs, disarmamentKarachalios, Konstantinos, Managing Director, IEEEKaspersen, Anja, Director of Disarmament Affairs, UN, GenevaLagumdzija, Zlatko, Professor; Former Prime Minister, Bosnia and HerzegovinaDeputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and HerzegovinaLan, Xue, Professor &amp; Dean, School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua UniversityLannquist Yolanda, Head of Research and Advisory at The Future SocietyLaurent, Helena, Director-General, Consumers InternationalLee Kok Thong, Josh, Legal Policy Manager for AI Governance, PDPC, SingaporeLeins, Kobi, Senior Research Fellow in Digital Ethics, School of Computing and Information Systems at the University of MelbourneMichaels, Katina, Faculty Fellow, Center for Law, Science &amp; Innovation, Arizona State UniversityMuller-Stuller, Eva-Marie, Chief Data Scientist for IBM MEANeznamov, Andrey, Executive Director, SberbankNourbakshIllah, Professor, Robotics Institute Director, CREATE LabO’Heigeartaigh, Sean Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence, University of CambridgeOluwafemi, Osho, Lecturer in the Department of Cyber Security SciencePrestes, Edson, Member of the High-level Panel on Digital Cooperation at the United NationsRosenthal, Joel H., President, Carnegie Council for Ethics in International AffairsRossi, Francesca, IBM AI Ethics Global LeaderRussell, Stuart, Professor of Computer Science at UC Berkeley, Leading expert in artificial intelligence and machine learningSambuli, Nanjira, Worldwide Web FoundationSaran, Samir, President, Observer Research Foundation (ORF)Shah, Alpesh, Director of Global Business Strategy &amp; Intelligence at the IEEE Standards AssociationSingh Gill, Amandeep, Indian Ambassador, led various major UN initiatives including CCW GGE and SG’s High-Level Panel on Digital CooperationSong, Bing, Vice President, Berggruen Institute; Director of the Institute’s China CenterStix, Charlotte, European Commission, Governance and Ethics of AI; Technical University Eindhoven, Forbes 30under30Stueckelberger, Christof, President and Founder at Globethics.net Foundation, Executive Director at Geneva Agape FoundationSundararajan, Arun, Harold Price Professor of Entrepreneurship, Professor of Technology, Operations, and Statistics Sutcliffe, Hilary, Director Society Inside and TIGTechThelisson, Eva, Legal researcher on AI Policy, Ethics Expert at the EU Commission (H2020), CEO of the AI Transparency InstituteWallach Wendell, Chair, Technology and Ethics Studies, Yale University Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics; Fellow, CCEIA; Co-Convener, ICGAIWolpe,  Paul Root, Director, Center for Ethics, Emory UniversityYampolskiy, Roman, Associate Professor at the University of LouisvilleZeng, Yi, Professor at Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Brain-inspired Artificial General Intelligence

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