Schedule

09:00 – 09:10 Welcome
Eva Thelisson (Co-Founder of the AI Transparency Institute)
09:10 – 09:30 Understanding the Fundamentals of AI and ML
Martin Jaggi (Professor at EPFL, Switzerland)
09:30 – 09:50 Artificial Intelligence and Accountability
Joanna Bryson (University of Bath, UK)
09:50 – 11:00 AI Opportunities and Challenges for Society
How AI can Enable a More Cooperative Future, Henry Lieberman (Research Scientist at MIT, USA)
Security and Privacy, Carmela Troncoso (Professor at EPFL, Switzerland)
Solving AI’s Privacy Problem, Florimond Houssiau (Researcher at Imperial College, London, UK)
11:00 – 11:20 Coffee Break
11:20 – 12:20 AI Opportunities and Challenges for Society
AI Assisted Decision-Making and Transparency, Maël Pegny (Associated member, IHPST, Université de Paris 1, France)
Direct Democracy, Digitalization, and AI, Florian Evéquoz (Professor at HES-SO, Switzerland)
AI safety beyond the killer robot cliché : from poisoning public debates to social media addiction, El Mahdi El Mhamdi (Researcher at EPFL, Switzerland)
12:20 – 13:20 Lunch
13:20 – 14:00 Cross-lingual Real-Time Global Media Monitoring
Marko Groblenik (Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia)
14:00 – 14:20 Value Aligned Design of AI Systems
Raja Chatila (Pierre and Marie Curie University, France)
14:20 – 15:40 Panel: Shaping an International Consensus on AI Policy (Moderators: Eva Thelisson)
AI and Robotics, Juha Heikkilä (Head of Unit, Robotics, Directorate-General for Communication Networks, Content and Technology, European Commission, Luxembourg)
WHO/ITU Focus Group on AI and Healthcare, Thomas Wiegand (Professor at Technical University of Berlin, Germany)
OECD Approach on AI Policy, Karine Perset (OECD, Paris, France)
Trust and Legal Personality for Intelligent Artefacts, Joanna Bryson (Professor at University of Bath, UK)
Recommendations of High Level Expert Group on AI from EU Commission (AIHLEG), Raja Chatila (Professor at Pierre and Marie Curie University, Paris, France)
15:40 – 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:15 Panel: Towards Responsible AI (Moderator: El Mahdi El Mhamdi)
AI and the Dilemma of Augmented Cognition, Friedhelm Hummel (Professor at EPFL, Switzerland)
Trustworthy AI and Social Choices, Sacha Alanoca (AI Policy Researcher and Program Manager, The Future Society, London, UK)
Fairness and Algorithms, Michele Loi (Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Zürich, Switzerland)
AI Policy in China, Minyue Dong (Professor at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland)
17:15 – 17:30 Conclusion and Future Steps
17:30 – 18:30 Aperitif