Harnessing Artificial Intelligence to advance Knowledge Societies and Good Governance

Organised by

UNESCO Communication and Information (CI) Sector

Internet Society (ISOC)

In order to reflect on the significant impact of emerging and smart technologies, including Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) on UNESCO’s core mandate to promote the free flow of ideas by word and image and build inclusive knowledge societies, UNESCO’s Communication and Information (CI) Sector, in partnership with Internet Society (ISOC), will be organizing an open discussion on “Harnessing AI to Foster Knowledge Societies and Good Governance” following the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in November 2018 in Paris, France.

This event will be dedicated to unpacking the technological, ethical, political, social, and legal implications of the development and application of AI. The event is conceived as an open forum for multi-stakeholder dialogue on these issues to explore policies, practices, measures and mechanisms needed for harnessing AI to advance knowledge societies and good governance.

08:30‑09:00	Registration of Participants and Coffee
09:00‑09:30	Opening Remarks and introductory keynote(s): Sylvestre Ledru, Head of the French branch, Mozilla corporation Raul Echeberria, Vice President, Global Engagement, Internet Society Moez Chakchouk, Assistant Director General, Communication andInformation Sector, UNESCO
09:30‑10:00	Artificial Intelligence – What is it all about? Lynn St. Amour, Chair, Internet Governance Forum’s Multistakeholder Advisory Group Dr. Ansgar Koene, Professor, University of Nottingham, School of Computer Science - Ethics, Rights, Privacy on the internet What is being done at the international level to consider AI in sustainable development and good governance? Dr. Cherif Diallo, Director of information technologies and ICT, Ministry of Communications, Telecommunications, Postal Services and the Digital Economy, Senegal H. E. Mr Federico Salas Lotfe Ambassador, Permanent Delegate of Mexico to UNESCO
10:00-10:30	Coffee and networking Break
10:30-11:45	Session 1: AI Advocacy Chair: Gasper Hrastelj, Deputy Secretary-General, Slovenian National Commission for UNESCO Panelists: Paula Forteza, French Member of Parliament Davor Orlic, Senior Project Manager, Jozef Stefan Institute, Chief Operating Officer, K4A foundation Brigitte Lasry, Head of University Network, Netexplo Dr. Etienne Parizot, founding member, JamaisSansElles, Professor, Université Paris Diderot – Paris-VII Lars-Erik Forsberg, Deputy Head of Unit, Policy Outreach & International Affairs, DG CNECT, European Commission Jean-Pierre Evain, Principal Project Manager, Technology & innovation, EBU Rapporteur: Odile Ambry, Internet Society France
11:45-13:00	Session 2: Human rights and AI Chair: Dr. Eileen Donahoe, Executive Director, Stanford Global Digital Policy Incubator Panelists: Mohamed Farahat, Lawyer and coordinator of the legal aid project of the Egyptian foundation for refugee rights Michael J. Oghia, Communications manager, Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD) Julie Owono, Executive Director, Internet Sans Frontieres Katie Evans, PhD researcher on the ethics of AI Dr. François Bertrand, Deputy Director-General, Polytechnique Montréal Samhir Vasdev, Advisor for Digital Development, IREX Rapporteur: Agustina Callegari, Internet Society
13:00‑14:00	Lunch
14:00‑14:30	Keynote and Q&A session: Bruno Lanvin, Executive Director of Global Indices, INSEAD
15:00‑15:30	Session 3: Translating ROAM principles into AI governance and practice through an open and inclusive multi-stakeholder approach Chair: Guy Berger, Director for Freedom of Expression and Media Development, UNESCO Panelists: David Souter, Research Associate, Oxford Internet Institute, UNESCO commissioned author on Internet Universality indicatorsMatthias Spielkamp, Founder and Executive Director, AlgorithmWatch Dr. Małgorzata Bielenia, Assistant Professor, University of Business and Administration, Gdynia, Poland Paul Massen, Chief, Country Support, Open Government Partnership Dr. Alexandre Barbosa, Head of the Center of Studies for Information and Communications Technologies, CETIC.BR Rapporteur: Paula Real, Internet Society
16:15‑16:45	Keynote and Q&A session: Yaniv Gelnik, Chief Strategist and Global Business Development Lead, Zipline
15:45‑17:00	Session 4: Understanding Openness and inclusiveness in the age of advanced ICTs Chair: Indrajit Banerjee, Director, Knowledge Societies Division, UNESCO Panelists: Dr. Frédéric Bouchard, Professor, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science, Université de Montréal Dr. Maria Fasli, Professor, University of Exete, UNESCO chair on Data Science Bruno Lanvin, Executive Director of Global Indices, INSEAD Dr. John Shawe-Taylor, Professor, University College London, K4A Foundation, UNESCO Chair in Artificial Intelligence Daewon Kim, Director of Public Affairs, Corporate Ethics, Kakao Dr. Hugo Cyr, Dean of the Faculty of Political science and Law, UQAM Dr. Marie-Hélène Parizeau, Professor, Université Laval, COMEST member Rapporteur: Julien Rossi, Internet Society France, Université Rennes 2
17:00‑18:00	Debriefing from Rapporteurs on each session 1-4 Outcomes and proposals Moderators and Rapporteurs
18:30‑20:00	Cocktail

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