BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//A+ Alliance - ECPv6.16.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://aplusalliance.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for A+ Alliance REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Helsinki BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0300 TZNAME:EEST DTSTART:20220327T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0300 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:EET DTSTART:20221030T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0300 TZNAME:EEST DTSTART:20230326T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0300 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:EET DTSTART:20231029T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0300 TZNAME:EEST DTSTART:20240331T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0300 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:EET DTSTART:20241027T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20230208T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20230208T160000 DTSTAMP:20260530T202055 CREATED:20230131T211953Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230131T212431Z UID:21943-1675868400-1675872000@aplusalliance.org SUMMARY:Algorithmic Decision Making (ADM)\, Feminism and Inclusion in MENA: Unpacking Concepts and Call for proposals DESCRIPTION:The Access to Knowledge for Development Center (A2K4D) is hosting its second webinar as the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) hub of the Fr Hubs Network titled “Algorithmic Decision Making (ADM)\, Feminism and Inclusion in MENA: Unpacking Concepts and Call for proposals” on Wednesday 8th February at 3:00 pm Cairo local time via Zoom.  \n\nJoining the webinar as a speaker is Dr. Manal Jalloul (Founder of AI Lab and NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute\, Certified Instructor and University Ambassador at the American University of Beirut). Dr. Jalloul will be unpacking concepts of ADM and discussing how it can be harnessed for gender inclusion in MENA. We will also be discussing the project’s latest call for proposals\, titled: “Incubating Feminist AI: Call for Expressions of Interest Algorithmic Decision Making Systems”.  The call focuses on harnessing ADM for more equitable outcomes and  models deploying more effective and inclusive social protection in MENA. \n \n\n \nRegister here: https://aucegypt.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcuc-Csqz4rGNKyOo_VvkvxwOmX4aPGJHqN  URL:https://aplusalliance.org/event/algorithmic-decision-making-adm-feminism-and-inclusion-in-mena-unpacking-concepts-and-call-for-proposals/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20230208T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20230208T160000 DTSTAMP:20260530T202055 CREATED:20230214T172655Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230214T173040Z UID:22002-1675868400-1675872000@aplusalliance.org SUMMARY:The Second Meeting: ‘Algorithmic Decision Making (ADM)\, Feminism and Inclusion in MENA: Unpacking Concepts and Call for proposals DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Manal Jalloul and Nadine Weheba \nModerator: Nagla Rizk \nDate: February 8th\, 2023 \nThe Access to Knowledge for Development Center (A2K4D) hosted its second webinar as the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) hub of the F<a+i>r Hubs Network titled “Algorithmic Decision Making (ADM)\, Feminism and Inclusion in MENA: Unpacking Concepts and Call for proposals” on Wednesday February 8th via Zoom. Joining the webinar as a speaker was Dr. Manal Jalloul (Founder of AI Lab and NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute\, Certified Instructor and University Ambassador at the American University of Beirut). Dr. Jalloul unpacked concepts of ADM and discussed how it can be harnessed for gender inclusion in MENA. We also discussed the project’s latest call for proposals\, titled: “Incubating Feminist AI: Call for Expressions of Interest Algorithmic Decision Making Systems”. The call focuses on harnessing ADM for more equitable outcomes and models deploying more effective and inclusive social protection in MENA. \n  \nKey takeaways: \n\n\n\n\nIt all goes back to data. Due to historical norms and gender discrimination\, there is bias in the data available that is used to create and train ADM systems. Data needs to be more inclusive and representative for ADM systems to work fairly.\n\n\nBias exists in the design of the algorithms themselves; algorithms are designed by people with gender-biases. The teams that develop these solutions need to be diverse in order to prevent human biases from impacting the technology.\n\n\nADMs have the potential to help meet SDGs such as equal health\, gender equality and ending domestic violence.\n\n\nAI can be used to identify inequalities in data and ADM systems. AI and ADM systems must be tested prior to deployment and before using them on a wider scale. We can use AI to test new technologies to ensure that there are no biases of treatment.\n\n\nAI policy-making in MENA needs to be data driven in order for policies to inform our unique needs as a region. AI can be used to extract insights from data such as correlations\, gaps\, inequalities and areas that need attention. We can also use AI to gather data on the impact of policies implemented and make modifications accordingly.\n\n\nOnce datasets are diverse\, they can then include the scope of women who are usually outside of national statistics and data sets such as those in the informal economy whose data cannot be found in national statistics.\n\n\n\n\n  \nLink: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4k_f5BDm_dg \n  \n  \n  URL:https://aplusalliance.org/event/title-the-second-meeting-algorithmic-decision-making-adm-feminism-and-inclusion-in-mena-unpacking-concepts-and-call-for-proposals/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://aplusalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Manal-Jalloul-feb-8-2023-Algorithmic-Decision-Making-3.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR