BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//A+ Alliance - ECPv6.15.18//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:A+ Alliance 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/Paris BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20210328T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20211031T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20220327T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20221030T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20230326T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20231029T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20240331T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20241027T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC DTSTART:20210101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE 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:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Krasnoyarsk BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0700 TZOFFSETTO:+0700 TZNAME:+07 DTSTART:20220101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20230322T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20230322T160000 DTSTAMP:20260403T195519 CREATED:20230206T205814Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230206T210513Z UID:21994-1679497200-1679500800@aplusalliance.org SUMMARY:fr Prototypes: The Feminist AI Research Network Great Reveal - Caitlin Kraft-Buchman\, Jaime Gutiérrez Alfaro DESCRIPTION:https://pretalx.com/mozilla-festival-2023/talk/XZURXJ/ URL:https://aplusalliance.org/event/fr-prototypes-the-feminist-ai-research-network-great-reveal-caitlin-kraft-buchman-jaime-gutierrez-alfaro/ LOCATION:Autonomy & Governance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://aplusalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Mozfest_A-2023.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20230321T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20230321T180000 DTSTAMP:20260403T195519 CREATED:20230206T205537Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230206T205537Z UID:21991-1679418000-1679421600@aplusalliance.org SUMMARY:Decolonialism\, Feminism & AI - Caitlin Kraft-Buchman\, Jaime Gutiérrez Alfaro DESCRIPTION:https://pretalx.com/mozilla-festival-2023/talk/T3PHNK/ \n  URL:https://aplusalliance.org/event/decolonialism-feminism-ai-caitlin-kraft-buchman-jaime-gutierrez-alfaro/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://aplusalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Mozfest_A-2023.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20230316T143000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20230316T153000 DTSTAMP:20260403T195519 CREATED:20230112T061617Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230117T222934Z UID:21729-1678977000-1678980600@aplusalliance.org SUMMARY:AI4D: Gender\, AI\, and New STEM strategies DESCRIPTION:From distance learning to gamification\, what is the newest research on including girls in STEM\, including Teacher Ed and Lifelong Kindergarten / Scratch for low resource environments. URL:https://aplusalliance.org/event/ai4d-gender-ai-and-new-stem-strategies/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230309T143000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230309T160000 DTSTAMP:20260403T195519 CREATED:20230112T061447Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230117T222810Z UID:21727-1678372200-1678377600@aplusalliance.org SUMMARY: Inclusive Human Rights Frameworks for New Technologies DESCRIPTION:How can Human Rights Frameworks be the starting point for the creation of new tech & innovation?  What questions need to be asked and answered to harness the astounding capabilities of AI with its promises of dystopia or utopia?   Can Human Rights Frameworks bring us to some middle ground? URL:https://aplusalliance.org/event/inclusive-human-rights-frameworks-for-new-technologies/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230214 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230215 DTSTAMP:20260403T195519 CREATED:20230111T162048Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230203T094244Z UID:21719-1676332800-1676419199@aplusalliance.org SUMMARY:Algorithmic Decision Making: Call for Expressions of Interest DESCRIPTION:Algorithmic Decision Making systems are being used around the globe.  What are new models for delivering and deploying more effective social protection?   How can AI with its big data capacity and new social science collaborate “to ensure a higher standard of living for the vulnerable and disadvantaged\, to devise new ways of caring for those who have been left behind\, and more effective techniques for addressing the needs of those who are struggling to enter or re-enter the labour market” ? Join us to hear about our Call. \nThis call focuses on Algorithmic Decision Making Systems (ADMs) in LAC\, SEA and MENA for those whose municipalities and countries currently use ADMs and also for those whose municipalities and countries  currently contemplate their use.  \nLed by the Alliance\, a network of technologists\, academics & activists working together to ensure new algorithmic systems do not embed already biased systems into our collective futures\, our mission is to explore new models that  reach beyond mitigation of bias and correct for historic inequity in order to help ensure a more fair\, just and inclusive collective future for all.  \nDUE DATE FOR APPLICATIONS EXTENDED TO FEBRUARY 14 2023! APPLY NOW! \n\n\n\n Call for Expressions of Interest Papers: \nProof of Concept for NEW models of ADMs delivery that could address: \n\n\n\nSocial Service Allocation \n\nHousing lotteries\nSchool allocation\nAid to families with children\nPension allocation\n\n\n\n\nSector Specific Innovation\n\n\n\n\nHealth\nFinancial credit scoring \nEnergy sharing\nCommons or collective models of governance\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Call for Expression of Interest Policies: \nAutomated Decision Making Policy based on 21st century social science best practices: \n\nProcurement processes\nGovernment transparency laws\nAlgorithmic auditing\nOpen government and community based co-creation of ADMs\,etc.\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Call for Expression of Interest PROTOTYPES: \nPrototypes: Past the proof of concept phase and ready to be built and deployed \nThese prototypes will provide a NEW model of ADMs delivery and have a strong interdisciplinary team inclusive of a social scientist\, technologist\, community organisers\, and a collaboration with or proposed with a municipality to test the prototype.\n\n\n\nThe Call for Expressions of Interest  is part of the  fr feminist AI research network\, supported by IDRC\, a three-year initiative (2021-2024) to research and create new algorithmic and social science models that enhance  intersection with core public policy agendas in the Global South. URL:https://aplusalliance.org/event/algorithmic-decision-making-call-for-expressions-of-interest/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20230209T143000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20230209T160000 DTSTAMP:20260403T195519 CREATED:20230112T061033Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230117T222157Z UID:21723-1675953000-1675958400@aplusalliance.org SUMMARY:Fair Prototypes: The Feminist AI Research Network Great Reveal DESCRIPTION:Meet\, discuss\, try\, question\, contribute to the three  fr Feminist AI Research Network Prototypes developed from papers in 2022 and now built and delivered in February 2023.  Meet the activist  teams and their practical\, applied\, and potentially world changing  feminist creations. Help us improve\, spread the word\, iterate\, replicate and share!  \nINSIDE: \n\nData Género’s AymurAI Automation Tools towards a Feminist Judiciary Reform in Argentina and Mexico\nVia Libre’s tool to overcome and democratize  technical barriers for bias assessment in human language technologies\nDerechos Digitales’ Feminist framework for AI development: from principles to practice\,\n\n  \nThese are amazing projects built by 3 mighty Latin American NGOs.\nFor more info on the projects:\nExplainers:\nAymurAI http://e.google.com/file/d/1xxz5g562J_ZM3zecY0VmXfHfO53Tggaj/view\nVia Libre https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OSjGBc7oFRhuVGPbk-U4sWnWGh432ZuT/view\nDerechos Digitales https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5pMd6ys22yU \nOriginal Papers:\nData Género https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VKeeSdJz6-8DoEbetQ8f1wTH1ORqvIXV/view?usp=sharing\nVia Libre https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ppdf6K8p4rYv5U-MLUql4o7fwTpoKheW/view?usp=sharing\nDerechos Digitales https://www.derechosdigitales.org/wp-content/uploads/Fair_Doc_Eng.pdf \nNot only do we live and breathe this subject\, but these three activist organizations are bringing some world changing ideas and feminist principles to the table. Socialising the idea of Feminist AI designed with inclusion at the core of the code\, and building prototypes with concrete research that needs to be shared in order to be used\, improved\, iterated\, replicated\, and inspire the the inter-disciplinary\, inter-regional inter-operative collaborations needed to bring the technology we need in order to leave no one behind. \nWe actively work daily with a large global multi disciplinary team ranging from Bangkok to Cairo\, Geneva to Mexico City and San Jose with fellow travellers in Manila\, Jakarta\, Kampala\, Dakar\, Abuja\, Cape Town\, and Buenos Aires from computer science\, machine learning\, NLP\, anthropology\, economics\, behavioural psychology\, STS\, social work\, development and activists in indigenous rights\, workers rights\, and women’s rights.. We are social scientists\, technologists\, policy wonks\, and activists. URL:https://aplusalliance.org/event/fr-prototypes-the-feminist-ai-research-network-great-reveal/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20230208T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20230208T160000 DTSTAMP:20260403T195519 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 BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20230208T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20230208T160000 DTSTAMP:20260403T195519 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=UTC:20230126T143000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230126T153000 DTSTAMP:20260403T195519 CREATED:20230117T221313Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230117T221441Z UID:21840-1674743400-1674747000@aplusalliance.org SUMMARY:Data Bias DESCRIPTION:From new datasets to debasing techniques \n  \nWhat’s the news from Africa?  And what are the solutions being developed there?  The start of our new webinar series with AI4D sharing the work of extraordinary African AI researchers with their counterparts and the world. \n  \nINSIDE: Algorithms based on incomplete\, corrupt or biased data; models built from those algorithms that have other additional stereotypical assumptions of gender\, race and class at their core; machines that learn on and codify these ingrained patterns; and the neural networks that detect more complex patterns and newly proxy old stereotypical assumptions — are wiring historic bias\, inequality and discrimination into our new systems.  These will evolve into more effective\, and more difficult to dismantle\, digital colonial and patriarchal social structures and governance if we do not act now.  \n  \nHowever\, this situation presents an opportunity as new systems proliferate and are being designed—to revisit old assumptions and conceive provision of social services with ideas of efficacy and equity at the core — instead of only using the ADM process to digitize old programs opting perhaps for only making them more ‘efficient’.  \nA Feminist AI would focus on bringing social programs in line with 21st research and values\, dedicated to finding ways to make the programs more effective (inclusive\, transformational) as opposed to merely more ‘efficient’.   \n  \nAI4D Webinars: Gender Knowledge Synthesis \nConcept: Sharing the work of extraordinary African AI researchers with their counterparts and the world\, focussing on issues of primordial importance to create a more inclusive and equitable world with AI and emerging technologies. \n  \nWhere: Online / Zoom \nWhen: Every 6 weeks \nWho:  African researchers from the AI4D family and researchers from Africa working on complementary issues. \nWhat: 45 minute Roundtable with Panel format.  5 minute landscape presentations with moderated discussion followed by Q&A \n  URL:https://aplusalliance.org/event/data-bias/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20230119T150000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20230119T163000 DTSTAMP:20260403T195519 CREATED:20230116T210144Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230116T210144Z UID:21817-1674140400-1674145800@aplusalliance.org SUMMARY:Labors of Artificial Artificial Intelligence: Case Studies from the Philippines DESCRIPTION:The sixth episode of the Asia Network Meetings will take place on Thursday\, January 19\, 2023 at 3.00pm Thailand time (UBC +7) on Zoom. \nSpeaker: Dr. Stephanie Dimatulac Santos \nDuration: 90 minutes (3pm to 4.30pm) \nAbout Stephanie:\nDr. Stephanie Dimatulac Santos is an Assistant Professor of Gender\, Women\, and Sexualities Studies at the Metropolitan State University of Denver. Her interdisciplinary research employs ethnography\, cultural analysis\, and computational humanities to study the flows of labor and capital between Southeast Asia and the Global North. She has a PhD in Gender Studies from UCLA and is currently a Fulbright ASEAN Research Fellow with the Center for the Study of Technology and Society at Chulalongkorn University \n\nZoom info:\nSoraj Hongladarom is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. \nTopic: Labors of Artificial Artificial Intelligence: Case Studies from the Philippines \nTime: Jan 19\, 2023 15:00 Bangkok \nJoin Zoom Meeting \nhttps://chula.zoom.us/j/91540574886?pwd=RXpuMVM3UjkxdThhQjRENWpTcEZZZz09 \nMeeting ID: 915 4057 4886 \nPassword: 394876 URL:https://aplusalliance.org/event/labors-of-artificial-artificial-intelligence-case-studies-from-the-philippines/ CATEGORIES:Eventos virtuales ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://aplusalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/FeministAI6.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20221215T153000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20221215T170000 DTSTAMP:20260403T195519 CREATED:20221109T192813Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221109T192813Z UID:20604-1671118200-1671123600@aplusalliance.org SUMMARY:The Tech We Need & Global Roundtable DESCRIPTION:The Tech We Need is the Alliance commitment to the Generation Equality Forum UN Women Action Coalition for Technology & Innovation for Gender Equality.  A small pilot has begun in Erizo Santamaria near Tec Costa Rica’s Alajuela campus. Guests to be announced. URL:https://aplusalliance.org/event/the-tech-we-need-global-roundtable/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://aplusalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/unnamed-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221214 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221215 DTSTAMP:20260403T195519 CREATED:20230117T212330Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230118T164358Z UID:21829-1670976000-1671062399@aplusalliance.org SUMMARY:Incubating Feminist AI: MENA fr Hub’s First Network Meeting DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Soraj Hongladarom\, Caitlin Kraft-Buchman\, Nadine Moawad\, Nagla Rizk and Amira Salah-\nAhmed. \nModerator: Nadine Weheba \nDate: Wednesday\, Dec 14th 2022 \nThe first Middle East and North Africa (MENA) f<a+i>r Hub’s network meeting was held on Wednesday\n14th Dec 2022 at 3.30pm Cairo local time via Zoom. The Access to Knowledge for Development Center\n(A2K4D) at the American University in Cairo\, School of Business introduced the f<a+i>r Hubs Network\nand brought together key stakeholders in MENA in an action-oriented conversation on how new\ntechnologies such as AI can be harnessed to address MENA’s most pressing developmental problems\nwith focus on gender inclusion. \n  \nKey issues discussed: \n\n\nDigital and analogue divides are intertwined and can be exacerbated by AI.\n\n\nFeminists need to invest their efforts in proactively creating the future that we want to live in rather than just reacting.\n\n\nAI can play a role in promoting awareness of the way technology can be intertwined with socioeconomic problems and can be utilized for achieving equality and justice.\n\n\nWhat is coming for humanity is impossible to predict\, but it is necessary to try all approaches to ensure the future is fair for women.\n\n\nThere are high level plans on investing in AI for smart cities\, pensions\, healthcare etc. in the region and in Egypt in particular however there are not enough women or youth present at these tables. No one is currently looking at AI with a feminist lens.\n\n\nThere is a huge disconnect between those working in feminist spaces and those working in tech. We need to bring both groups together to share knowledge and have discussions. We also need to include major stakeholders involved in decision and policy making\n\n\nThere is an urgent need to build an open data platform that hosts data sets from the MENA region to produce AI models for the MENA region instead of relying on tech produced by the West.\n\n\nVideo:\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9g5mNxb2wsY&t=3s URL:https://aplusalliance.org/event/incubating-feminist-ai-mena-fair-hubs-first-network-meeting/ CATEGORIES:Reuniones equipo ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://aplusalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Final-Poster.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20221128T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20221128T183000 DTSTAMP:20260403T195519 CREATED:20221109T192441Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221109T192441Z UID:20601-1669654800-1669660200@aplusalliance.org SUMMARY:Day Zero: Global Tour of Feminist AI: One Year On DESCRIPTION: Alliance for Inclusive Algorithms:\nOne year into our Global project on Feminist AI where are we ?  What have we accomplished? \nJoin our Alliance global group as we discuss where we have been and new paths forward. \nCaitlin Kraft-Buchman\, Women At The Table/ \nJaime Gutérriez Alfaro\, Tecnológico de Costa Rica \nPaola Ricaurte Quijano\, Tecnológico de Monterrey \nNagla Rizk\, American University Cairo/  \nSoraj Hongladoram\, Chulalongkorn University \nSupavadee Aramwith\, Chulalongkorn University \nLaure Tall\,  IPAR  & GRAIN \nErnest Mwebaze\,  Sunbird AI   & GRAIN \nFeminist AI‘s goal is AI and Algorithmic Decision-Making that transforms – harnessed to deliver equality outcomes; designed with inclusion at the core; creating new opportunities; focussed on proactive\, innovative correction of inequities.  \nOur Alliance seeks to catalyze a global conversation on algorithms  that includes gender\, race\, class and region at the core of the code.  It looks beyond the important privacy and surveillance conversation to a restructuring of power dynamics. \nIt takes a life cycle approach to data and ML regarding creation\, collection\, deployment and evolution of emerging tech that keeps rights-based approaches firmly at their center.  These rights include economic and social rights often less explored in traditional libertarian models of digital rights  which have excluded the most marginalized from the conversation and control of their data and destiny. \n  \nInclusive Algorithms () that challenge old models and create new interdisciplinary avenues for systems change in data\, technology and AI practices are needed in order to correct real-life bias and barriers that prevent individuals\, especially women and youth of the Global South\, Black\, Indigenous and People of Color from creation\, development + deployment of AI systems. This exclusion exacerbates and enables digital colonialism.  \nThere are critical connections between Feminist AI\, Decolonial AI\, Indigenous AI and data rights movements. \nThis global\, multidisciplinary panel is meant to inspire and nurture new and old movements who must now work together  with the potential to positively transform lives at scale. What is Feminist AI? Why do we need it\,  and how is it an integral yet missing part of the global internet  conversation? How can it create fundamental change in economic + social systems and human rights? How can we catalyze this global movement from the global south to incorporate those who have been traditionally excluded. \n Alliance leaders + AI4D Africa will share research\, policy and technology innovation that can help us leave no one behind\, and to thrive.  \nWe launched at IGF 2021 and now have papers & prototypes to share. Where are we at Year One in this journey across the Global South? \nSDG 5 is the core of our work\, although we believe Gender Equality is a transversal goal and with Climate Change  (with which we work closely)  are the two SDGs to truly cut across all the 17 SDGs.  In particular we are involved in partnership SDG 17; working to integrate Climate Change AI with transformative gender equality AI SDG 13; Inclusive transportation in mega-cities and urban settlements. SDG 11; policy work on gender responsive AI at the national\, regional\, and international level  SDG 9\, etc. URL:https://aplusalliance.org/event/day-zero-global-tour-of-feminist-ai-one-year-on/ CATEGORIES:Prototypes & Progress: 4 Regional Perspectives ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://aplusalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/unnamed-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20221112T161500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20221112T170000 DTSTAMP:20260403T195519 CREATED:20221109T191201Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221109T191516Z UID:20592-1668269700-1668272400@aplusalliance.org SUMMARY:Beyond the Concept: Feminist Foreign Policy in Action DESCRIPTION:Plans for a feminist foreign policy have been put in place by several countries over the past decade. However\, international statistics tell us that the inclusion of women in international decision-making and negotiation mechanisms is often insufficient: in 2022\, women ambassadors average only 21.6% in the world’s 40 largest economies (AGDA Women in Diplomacy Index 2022). Ensuring that women play a key role in discussions and decision-making processes in the different fields of diplomacy could truly take into account women’s voices and rights and make international governance more inclusive. The speakers in this session will present the assets and outcomes that a sustainable feminist foreign policy could ensure\, while making diplomacy more effective and legitimate. In this spirit\, they will explore strategies to move from theory to practical realization of feminist foreign policies and to promote their articulation\, promotion\, and implementation\, through examples of good practices from different regions of the world. \nThis roundtable is an interactive format gathering around 25 high-level and expert participants to exchange on a topic of common interest. After initial contributions from designated speakers (see below) to frame the issues to be discussed and challenges to be tackled\, participants are invited to take the floor on a voluntary basis to share ideas\, inputs\, and lead the discussion towards common understandings and solutions. \nModerator: \n\nMeredith Preston McGhie\, Secretary General\, Global Center for Pluralism\nMs. Anisha Chugh\, Executive Director\, Women’s Fund Asia\nMs. Eunice Musiime\, Executive Director\, Akina Mama wa Afrika\nMs. Hannah Neumann\, Initiator\, Member of the European Parliament\, #SHEcurity\nMs. Lyric Thompson\, Vice President of Policy\, Advocacy and Strategy\, International Center for Research on Women (ICRW)\nMs. Ambika Vishwanath\, Founder Director\, Kubernein Initiative\nMs. Caitlin Kraft-Buchman\, CEO Founder\, Women At The Table URL:https://aplusalliance.org/event/beyond-the-concept-feminist-foreign-policy-in-action/ CATEGORIES:Global: Paris Peace Forum ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://aplusalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/unnamed.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20221111T144500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20221111T154500 DTSTAMP:20260403T195519 CREATED:20221109T190543Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221109T190938Z UID:20590-1668177900-1668181500@aplusalliance.org SUMMARY:Making AI Work for International Development Roundtable DESCRIPTION:AI tools stand to reshape the field of international development\, raising questions regarding the appropriateness\, efficacy\, and ethics of such systems and applications. The introduction of AI into the already complex ecosystem requires serious consideration of fairness and equity\, explainability and accountability\, and the limitations of the data sets upon which AI platforms will rely. What ethical principles and regulatory standards should be applied to maximize positive impact while holding development agencies\, corporate vendors\, and foreign governments accountable? What is AI’s potential to contribute to addressing top development challenges? During this roundtable\, representatives of civil society and governments will engage with international development experts and leaders to discuss the applications and limitations of AI in their field\, to help identify best practices and future policy priorities in ethically and equitably applying AI in development. \nModerator: \nDr. Aubra Anthony\, Senior Fellow\, Technology and International Affairs Program\, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace \nSpeakers: \n\nJeremy Springman\, Senior Research Associate\, DevLab@Penn\, University of Pennsylvania\nFabrizio Scrollini\, Director Ejecutivo\, Iniciativa Latinoamericana por los Datos Abiertos (ILDA)\nGianluca Misuraca\, Team Leader and Senior Expert in Technology Diplomacy\, International Outreach for Human-centric AI\nMarielza Oliviera\, Director for Partnerships\, UNESCO\nRajamanohar Somasundaram\, Founder & CEO\, Aqua Connect Blue\nJun-E Tan\, Senior Research Associate\, Khazanah Research Institute\nDr. William Wasswa\, Technical Member\, African Union High-Level Panel on Emerging Technologies\nUrvashi Aneja\, Director\, Digital Futures Lab\nOther participants :\nHilde Hardeman\, Director-General of the Publications Office of the EU\nJean Quérait\, CEO\, The IO Foundation\nMerih Angin\, Assistant Professor\, Koç University\nShmyla Khan\, Policy Director\, Digital Rights Foundation\nRachel Adams\, Principal Researcher\, Research\, ICT Africa\nRachel Gong\, Deputy Director\, Khazanah Research Institute\nCaitlin Kraft-Buchman\, CEO and Founder\, Women at the Table\nDave Lewis\, Associate Professor\, Trinity College Dublin URL:https://aplusalliance.org/event/making-ai-work-for-international-development-roundtable/ CATEGORIES:Global: Paris Peace Forum ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://aplusalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/unnamed.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20221111T111500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20221111T121500 DTSTAMP:20260403T195519 CREATED:20221109T174237Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221109T174400Z UID:20586-1668165300-1668168900@aplusalliance.org SUMMARY:Managing AI Risk: Perspectives from Around the World DESCRIPTION:This session is co-organized with the OECD.AI  \nFormat \nInteractive discussion of speakers and other participants\, facilitated by the moderator\, concluding with questions from the audience. \nTopic \nMany potential risks associated with artificial intelligence have been identified and as capabilities mature\, risks will grow in scale and scope. The EU AI Act proposes to address this through a proportionate system of regulation\, with flexible mechanisms to enable dynamic adaptability to changing situations. The US administration\, at the same time\, just proposed an AI Bill of Rights and is also developing a voluntary risk management framework. Does the understanding of the risks posed by AI converge or diverge across these jurisdictions? Furthermore\, what is the conception of AI risk as seen from the Global South\, and how are Global South actors’ interests and concerns reflected in these emerging norms? With AI risk assessments tied deeply to societies’ values\, policy makers and AI experts from across the world will explore what level of global consensus can be achieved to effectively govern AI risk. Is global interoperability an achievable goal\, and\, if not\, what will be the implications? \nModerator: \nMs. Elina Noor\, Director\, Political-Security Affairs\, Asia Society Policy Institute \nSpeakers: \n\nMs. Gabriela Ramos\, Assistant Director-General for the Social and Human Sciences of UNESCO\nMs. Karine Perset\, Head of OECD.AI\, OECD\nMr. Vilas Dhar\, President and Trustee\, McGovern Foundation\nMs. Elham Tabassi\, Chief of Staff\, NIST\, Department of Commerce\nMs. Lucilla Sioli\, Director of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Industry\, European Commission\nDr. Rachel Adams\, Principal Researcher\, Research ICT Africa\nMs. Nighat Dad\, Founder and Executive Director\, Digital Rights Foundation\nMs. María Paz Canales\, International Affairs Coordinator\, Derechos Digitales\nMs. Peggy Hicks\, Director of Thematic Engagement\, Special Procedures and Right to Development Division\, UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR)\nNicolas Miailhe\, Co-Founder and President\, The Future Society\nStephanie Ifayemi\, Head of Policy\, Partnership on AI\nLourdes Montenegro\, Director of Research and Digitisation\, World Benchmarking Alliance\,\nGry Hasselbalch\, Key Expert in AI Ethics\, InTouchAI.eu\nCaitlin Kraft-Buchman\, CEO and Founder\, Women at the Table\nCecilie Waagner Falkenstrøm\, Founder\, Artificial Mind URL:https://aplusalliance.org/event/managing-ai-risk-perspectives-from-around-the-world/ CATEGORIES:Global: Paris Peace Forum ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://aplusalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/unnamed.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221031 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221101 DTSTAMP:20260403T195519 CREATED:20220817T232328Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221109T172828Z UID:18086-1667174400-1667260799@aplusalliance.org SUMMARY:Who Gets to Speak? Who Gets Heard? The Deadly Data Gap: Gender\, Age\, Region DESCRIPTION:Who Gets to Speak on behalf of a changing world in crisis? At this critical moment in history we see the stark divisions on who helps make the decisions that will affect the generations to come. *Register here*: https://whova.com/portal/registration/ecoso_202202 **Date: 2 February 2022 @ 8:00-8:50 EST** Why is it important to be quantitative about ‘Who gets to speak & heard?’ We will discuss this issue\, and share a newly developed open source app – The G-app – that does just that\, and is **designed to measure the active participation of women and youth in international conferences capturing the proportion of time\, the topics\, the capacity and delegated authority women and youth speak in the conference chamber** to provide concrete metrics to evaluate representation\, participation and influence. We believe it is critical to **highlight these figures in order to catalyze the outcome of more women and youth in leading positions corresponding to their proportion in the population.** The open source G-app premiered at the Paris Peace Forum 2021 and could be used throughout the UN System and beyond. #### Speakers: – Hon. Patricia Torsney\, Permanent Observer of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) to the United Nations – Satish Viswanathan\, Thoughtworks\, Head of Social Impact\, India #### Moderator: – Caitlin Kraft-Buchman\, Women@theTable\, CEO/Founder* * The Alliance for Inclusive Algorithms led by Women@theTable and Tecnologico de Costa Rica are leaders of UN Women’s Generation Equality Forum **Action Coalition for Technology & Innovation for Gender Equality.** The 2022 ECOSOC Partnership Forum will be fully virtual and hosted on the Whova Event Platform\, which provides all-in-one access to all sessions of the Forum (opening and closing\, plenary sessions\, spotlight sessions\, partnership exchanges\, and side events) as well as networking opportunities. Registered attendees will be able to: * Browse latest event programme\, speaker profiles and add to personal schedule; * Access live streaming of sessions and utilize the session Q&A to share comments; * Set up virtual meet-ups with other attendees to connect and network; * Create and converse through various discussion topics in the Community Board; * Receive updates such as last-minute session changes from organizers. *Register here*: https://whova.com/portal/registration/ecoso_202202 To access the virtual forum\, log in with the registered email address either from web (https://2022partnershipforum.events.whova.com) or through Whova’s free mobile app (Download from here or search “Whova” in the App Store on iPhones or in Google Play on Android phones.). URL:https://aplusalliance.org/event/who-gets-to-speak-who-gets-heard-the-deadly-data-gap-gender-age-region/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://aplusalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Sandbox-User.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221019T080000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221019T170000 DTSTAMP:20260403T195519 CREATED:20221009T160959Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221009T160959Z UID:20245-1666166400-1666198800@aplusalliance.org SUMMARY:Encuentro equipo A+ DESCRIPTION:Todos cordialmente invitados. URL:https://aplusalliance.org/event/encuentro-equipo-a/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221010T080000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221012T170000 DTSTAMP:20260403T195519 CREATED:20221009T160854Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221009T160854Z UID:20242-1665388800-1665594000@aplusalliance.org SUMMARY:Lanzamiento website DESCRIPTION:Finalemente nuestro nuevo sitio estará listo. URL:https://aplusalliance.org/event/lanzamiento-website/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://aplusalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Captura-de-Pantalla-2022-10-09-a-las-11.08.37.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220820 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220821 DTSTAMP:20260403T195519 CREATED:20220817T232741Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221101T194353Z UID:18088-1660953600-1661039999@aplusalliance.org SUMMARY:Incubating Feminist AI: Call for Proposals DESCRIPTION:Incubating Feminist AI: Call for Proposals\nOverview\nThis decade there is a unique opportunity to not only mitigate\, but correct for historic inequities buried in the data\, put in the algorithm\, implicit in the model\, embedded in machine learning\, then wired intricately in neural networks. The opportunity\, as new systems proliferate and are being designed\, is to revisit old assumptions and conceive of social services with ideas of efficacy and equity at the core–to go beyond only digitizing old programs for ‘efficiency’\, which enable a more effective Patriarchy 4.0. Feminist AI‘s goal is AI harnessed to deliver equality outcomes; designed with inclusion at the core; creating new opportunities & proactive\, innovative correction of inequities. \nThe fr network focuses on bringing social programs in line with 21st research and values\, dedicated to finding ways to make AI technology more effective\, inclusive and transformational\, not only more ‘efficient’. Alliance seeks to collaborate with communities\, practitioners\, researchers\, scholars and innovators working to springboard from the established ‘what’ of describing harm and ‘why’ harms exist socially or technically\, to research focused on ‘how’ course-correcting future harms can happen\, and most urgently ‘how’ new data\, algorithms\, models\, policies + systems could be created\, then prototyped\, and piloted. \nThe 2021 call for proposals from multi-disciplinary\, global south teams of feminist thinkers is intended to create opportunities for new research engagement. Novel approaches and new models\, with a focus on practical application in prototype and pilot phases will be prioritized. \nPapers will focus on multi-disciplinary work researching\, creating\, or iterating new AI framework models and designs for new or current social policy allocations in order to re-engineer system thinking and algorithmic solving for proxy problems and old assumptions buried in the data and now active in the new technology. This may include research on the efficacy of including or hiding protected characteristics\, or finding social and economic models of allocation/distribution now made more possible and equitable through the creation or innovative use of new or big data in Algorithmic Decision-Making (ADM). \nSome indicative areas: Social Policy & Protection Design (p.ex.\, Social insurance\, social assistance and safety nets: from Subsidy\, Digital ID\, Land Tenure/Use\, Pensions\, Conditional Cash Transfer\, Lotteries)\, Health\, Housing and Education services\, Labour activation policies\, Social Welfare\, Justice\, new algorithmic applications of Indigenous\, Decolonial\, Traditional models\, etc\, Geospatial Mapping\, and Climate Change. \nPapers\, Models\, Prototypes\, Pilots \n\n9 proposals will be selected to be developed into papers each year of the three-year project\, with 9 papers focused on the regions of eligible low-and middle-income countries in South and Southeast Asia\, Central and South America\, and the Middle East and North Africa. \nOut of the 9 papers delivered each year\, 3 will be selected to go to Prototype.\nOne of those 3 prototypes will go to an official pilot. The process will be repeated each year through 2024. \n\nFr is dedicated to helping untraditional academic teams or community groups find partners and will support teams with capacity-building where appropriate. Principal Investigators from each selected paper team will be required to attend bi-weekly meetings to discuss their approaches\, insights and research progress throughout the duration of the project (including prototyping and pilot phases if selected). In addition to this South-South network knowledge sharing\, teams (and selected applicants) will be invited to attend fr regional and/or global meetings happening bi-monthly. \nLink to Criteria \nLink to Research Directions \nSubmission Deadlines Round One \n\nOpens: 15 September 2021.\nCloses: 31 October 2021 (Anywhere on Earth).\nDetermination: 15 November 2021.\nBi-Weekly Meetings throughout the process \nDelivery: 15 May 2022 \n\nSuccessful papers chosen for Round One Prototypes: 30 May 2022 Prototyping Workshops: week of 6 June 2022 Prototype delivery: 6 January 2023. \nGrants \n\nCAD 8\,000 per paper to the team with 2 Principal Investigators from 2 different disciplines\, both based in the Global South.\nPrototype if selected: CAD 75\,000 per prototype plus partner funding.\nPilot if selected: CAD 50\,000 to seed each partnered pilot. URL:https://aplusalliance.org/event/incubating-feminist-ai-call-for-proposals/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220126 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220127 DTSTAMP:20260403T195519 CREATED:20220817T231520Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221122T071910Z UID:18083-1643155200-1643241599@aplusalliance.org SUMMARY:The fr Global Launch on January 26\, 2022. DESCRIPTION:What do benchmark datasets mean for Feminist AI\, and where do we go from here in our collective work? At our Global Launch\, Emily Denton\, Research Scientist at Google and co-author of NeuroIPS 2021 paper Reduced\, Reused and Recycled: The Life of a Dataset in Machine Learning Research presented their work\, and engaged in conversation with Raejetse Sefala of DAIR (whose talk on Spatial Apartheid is posted separately). Paper Abstract: “Benchmark datasets play a central role in the organization of machine learning research. They coordinate researchers around shared research problems and serve as a measure of progress towards shared goals. Despite the foundational role of benchmarking practices in this field\, relatively little attention has been paid to the dynamics of benchmark dataset use and reuse\, within or across machine learning subcommunities. In this paper\, we dig into these dynamics. We study how dataset usage patterns differ across machine learning subcommunities and across time from 2015-2020. We find increasing concentration on fewer and fewer datasets within task communities\, significant adoption of datasets from other tasks\, and concentration across the field on datasets that have been introduced by researchers situated within a small number of elite institutions. Our results have implications for scientific evaluation\, AI ethics\, and equity/access within the field.” URL:https://aplusalliance.org/event/the-fr-global-launch-on-january-26-2022/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR