Responsible Business Conduct, Innovation, and AI

Fast evolving regulatory requirements on responsible business conduct, innovation, and AI and rapid advancements in emerging technologies are shaping expectations and creating opportunities for business leadership across all sectors. Join us on September 12, 2022, at Trinity College Dublin for a day of dialogue, interactive discussions, and workshops with experts from business, government, academia, and other stakeholders to explore key trends, evolving expectations, and best practice examples in responsible business conduct, innovation, and AI.

This Symposium presents an opportunity for high-level thought exchange and practical insight between professionals, practitioners, and people building expertise in the area of responsible business conduct, innovation and AI.

The Symposium will take place in the Trinity Business School, first floor, in the Tangent Ideas Space.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER : Eamon Gilmore, EU Special Representative on Human Rights

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS AND PANELLISTS INCLUDE:

• Rashad Abelson, Legal Expert, Centre for Responsible Business Conduct, OECD
• Professor Deirdre Ahern, Director of Technologies, Law and Society Research Group, Professor at School of Law, Trinity College Dublin
• Jocelyn Cascio, Director, Human Rights, Corporate Responsibility Office at Intel
• Professor Blanaid Clarke, McCann FitzGerald Chair in Corporate Law at Trinity College Dublin
• Dr Sean Costello, Director, Innopharma Technology
• Bart Devos, Senior Director of Public Policy and European Affairs, Responsible Business Alliance (RBA)
• Allan Jorgensen, Head of the OECD Centre for Responsible Business Conduct
• Cornelia Kutterer, Senior Director, Rule of Law, Responsible Tech & Comp Affairs, European Government Affairs, Microsoft
• Julian Lageard, Director, Global Government Affairs at Intel
• Professor Dave Lewis, Associate Director (Spokes) at ADAPT Centre, and Associate Professor, Computer Science, Trinity College
• Keri Lloyd, Associate at Article One
• Dr Kara McGann, Head of Social Policy, Ibec
• Matthew Moran, Director of BioPharmaChem Ireland
• Lama Nachman, Intel Fellow, Director of Human & AI Systems Research Lab at Intel
• Faris Natour, Co-Founder and Principal, Article One, Lecturer, UC Berkeley Haas, Business and Human Rights, Sustainability
• Erik O’Donovan, Head of Digital Economy Policy at Ibec
• Sarah Ryan, Responsible Innovation Manager at Article One Advisors
• Dr Patricia Scanlon , Founder of SoapBox Labs, Ireland's AI Ambassado
• Dr Rachel Widdis, Director EMEA Article One Advisors, Adjunct Assistant Professor Business and Human Rights Trinity College
• Dr Paula Williams, Policy Manager, Sustainability & Responsible Business Conduct, Intel.

AGENDA

9:00 Coffee and Networking

10:00 Welcome

10.10 Keynote Address: Eamon Gilmore, EU Special Representative on Human Rights

10.30 Plenary Panel: Responsible Development and Deployment of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Main Room.

Moderator: Jocelyn Cascio. Speakers: Lama Nachman, Professor Dave Lewis, Cornelia Kutterer, and Dr Patricia Scanlon.

While rapid advancements in AI and other emerging technologies have the potential for significant positive human rights impacts, they also bring heightened risks of adverse impacts. These risks can materialize in all phases of the product lifecycle, from the design phase, such as unintended algorithmic biases leading to discriminatory outcomes, to deployment, such as the risk of misuse of advanced technologies for overbroad surveillance. In this discussion, we will explore the evolving standards and best practices for mitigating human rights risks in the development and deployment of AI and emerging technologies.

11:45 Networking Break: A break between 11:45 am and 12 pm will allow participants to network and regroup before the next plenary panel.

12:00 Plenary Panel: International Standards and Regulations on Responsible Business Conduct. Main Room.

Moderator: Professor Blanaid Clarke. Speakers: Julian Legeard, Allan Jorgensen, Professor Deirdre Ahern, and Dr Rachel Widdis.

The field of responsible business is fast evolving with soft norms on human rights and environmental sustainability turning into hard law and regulatory compliance requirements. In exploring the emergence of new regulatory standards and stakeholder expectations for responsible business conduct, our expert panel will discuss key themes, drivers, and remaining gaps and will offer practical insights on best practices in aligning with new regulations.

13:00 Lunch: A guided tour of the celebrated Trinity Library Long Room will be offered to Symposium participants.

14:30 Concurrent Break Out Sessions

14:30 - 16:30

• Breakout Session 1. Responsible Foresight Exercise: Exploring the Human Rights Risks in Extended Reality. Room 119. Moderators : Sarah Ryan and Keri Lloyd. Using the example of augmented and virtual reality, this interactive workshop will feature a demo of Article One’s Responsible Foresight Workshop methodology, a key responsible innovation tool to help engineers and policy professionals anticipate and address potential product related risks.

14:30 - 15:15

• Breakout Session 2. Applying Responsible AI Principles to Manufacturing. Main Room. Moderator: Erik O’Donovan. Speakers: Lama Nachman, Dr Sean Costello, and Matthew Moran. The manufacturing sector stands to benefit greatly from advances in AI and emerging technologies, with expected gains in productivity, safety, and other areas. Yet, automation and AI bring risks of adverse impacts, from the potential for job losses to impacts on employee privacy. In this session, we will explore how manufacturing companies can apply responsible AI principles to realise these benefits while mitigating the risks of adverse human rights impacts.

15.15 Coffee on the go

15.30 -16:30

• Breakout Session 3. Regulation on Due Diligence in Supply Chains. Main Room. Moderator: Faris Natour. Speakers: Bart Devos, Dr Kara McGann, and Dr Rachel Widdis. In this session, our panel will discuss new regulations obliging companies to carry out due diligence across their supply and value chains, sharing their expert knowledge of trends, further needs, and how to plan, adapt and rise to the challenge.

• Breakout Session 4. Developing a Due Diligence Framework for Responsible AI - OECD. Room 115. Moderators: Jocelyn Cascio and Rashad Abelson. In this session, Rashad Abelson from the OECD’s Responsible Business Conduct Team will present on the OECD’s initiative to develop a due diligence framework for responsible AI. He will facilitate a discussion to seek input on the process and substance of their proposal. The session will present an opportunity to discuss how human rights due diligence processes can and should be adapted to account for the unique risks presented by AI and other emerging technologies.

Afterwards, participation in a networking hour is encouraged.