[Commlist] Symposium "AI in the City: AI in the City: Building Civic Engagement and Public Trust"

We invite you to join us next Thursday, February 10 at the “AI in the 
City: Building Civic Engagement and Public Trust” symposium on Zoom, for 
a day of discussions on what civic engagement and public trust in the 
era of artificial intelligence (AI) can look like in cities. The 
Symposium will be an opportunity to consolidate a network of 
interdisciplinary scholars, activists, and practitioners involved in a 
diverse range of initiatives — from research to advocacy — to map 
strategies and take this agenda forward.


We aim to share experiences centred on academia and civil society from 
cities around the world. Bringing in local, national and global 
perspectives, the symposium will explore trustworthy technology, 
participation in AI, digital rights, data ethics, algorithmic impact 
assessments, and tech policy in urban spaces.


One of the main outcomes of this conversation will be an open access 
publication featuring short essays from all participants that will be 
available in English, French, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese.


Please find the program and registration link for the public panels below.


PROGRAM - FEBRUARY 10

Moderated by Ana Brandusescu (McGill University) and Jess Reia 
(University of Virginia)


09:30 EST | PANEL: PUBLIC TRUST AND AI

Bianca Wylie, Tech Reset Canada / Digital Public

Chenai Chair, Mozilla Foundation / My Data Rights (Africa)

Michael Cañares, StepUp Consultants

Nanjira Sambuli, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Renata Ávila, Open Knowledge Foundation


13:00 EST | PANEL: MEANINGFUL CIVIC ENGAGEMENT WITH DATA AND AI

Caroline Running Wolf, UBC / Indigenous Protocol & AI Working Group

J. Carlos Lara, Derechos Digitales

Mich Spieler

Renée Cummings, University of Virginia

Renée Sieber, McGill University


The panels are free and open to the public. Register here: 
https://www.mcgill.ca/centre-montreal/channels/event/symposium-ai-city-building-civic-engagement-and-public-trust-337139 
<https://www.mcgill.ca/centre-montreal/channels/event/symposium-ai-city-building-civic-engagement-and-public-trust-337139>


We appreciate the generous support of the Center for Interdisciplinary 
Research on Montreal at McGill University, McConnell Foundation, Mellon 
Foundation and the School of Data Science at the University of Virginia.


Please reach out to Jess Reia ((reia /at/ virginia.edu) 
<mailto:(reia /at/ virginia.edu)>) and Ana Brandusescu 
((ana.brandusescu /at/ mail.mcgill.ca) <mailto:(ana.brandusescu /at/ mail.mcgill.ca)>) 
for additional info/questions.


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