[Commlist] "Reimagining AI for Environmental Justice and Creativity" workshop

Jess Reia, MC Forelle and Yingchong Wang invite you to join us next week 
for two open panels at the "Reimagining AI for Environmental Justice and 
Creativity" workshop that takes place on October 23 and 24, 2024,12:00 
pm EDT, at the Bond House on our main campus in Charlottesville, VA and 
on Zoom.


The two-day event will explore the dynamics of power and trust, in 
technology and governments, from perspectives not always included in the 
deployment, regulation and policies centered on artificial intelligence. 
We will explore the possibilities to reimagine (or contain) AI from the 
margins, questioning the narrative of its inescapability and what public 
interest AI systems might look like, and if such systems are even 
possible. Bringing in local, national and global perspectives, the 
workshop will explore topics such as creativity, heritage, the right to 
the city and cultural policy on the first day, and environmental 
justice, climate crisis and the materiality of big data on the second day.

The workshop will be an opportunity to connect with a network of 
interdisciplinary scholars, activists, and practitioners involved in a 
diverse range of initiatives — from research to policymaking — to map 
strategies and take this agenda forward. 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 and Spanish.

The workshop will include a combination of public panels and invite-only 
roundtables. The panels are free and open to the public but require 
registration for either in-person or remote participation: 
https://karshinstitute.virginia.edu/events/reimagining-ai-environmental-justice-and-creativity 
<https://karshinstitute.virginia.edu/events/reimagining-ai-environmental-justice-and-creativity>. 
If you want more information about participation in the roundtables, 
please email Yingchong Wang ((btv8bq /at/ virginia.edu) 
<mailto:(btv8bq /at/ virginia.edu)>) for October 23 participation,and Anuti 
Shah ((jyr3um /at/ virginia.edu) <mailto:(jyr3um /at/ virginia.edu)>) for October 24.


PROGRAM

OCT 23, 12:00 PM EDT | WHEN AI MEETS CULTURAL POLICY, HERITAGE, AND 
CREATIVITY

Blair Attard-Frost, /University of Toronto/

Raheem Manning, /Philadelphia's Director of Nighttime Economy/

Martina Massari, /University of Bologna/

Mark Olson, /Duke University/

Will Straw, /McGill University/

OCT 24, 12:00 PM EDT | THE ROLE OF AI IN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE

Mehan Jayasuriya, /Mozilla Foundation/

Tamara Kneese, /AIM Lab//at Data and Society Research Institute
/

Anne Pasek, /Trent University/

Damien P. Williams, /UNC-Charlotte/


The workshop is co-organized by Jess Reia, MC Forelle and Yingchong Wang 
and co-sponsored by UVA's Digital Technology for Democracy Lab, 
Environmental Institute, and School of Data Science.


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