BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:unctad.org
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:6a95ef7a0096d
DTSTART:20190514T120000Z
SEQUENCE:0
TRANSP:OPAQUE
DTEND:20190514T130000Z
LOCATION:Geneva\, Switzerland
SUMMARY:CSTD Side-Event - Artificial Intelligence\, Ethics and the Developi
 ng World
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Side Event of the International Federation for Information Proc
 essing (IFIP)\n\n \n\nQuestions to be addressed:\n\n\n\nHow is the curren
 t wave of AI innovation likely to impact poor countries?\n\n\nWhat policie
 s may improve the capacity of developing countries to benefit from AI inno
 vation?\n\n\nDo you really want a computer to make ethical decisions like 
 you do or should they follow purely logically a set of fixed rules?\n\n\nI
 f human beings have even occasional minor moral weaknesses\; from whom sho
 uld an autonomous artificial intelligence learn its ethics?\n\n\n\n \n\nP
 anellists:\n\n\n\nMike Hinchey\, President of the International Federation
  for Information Processing (IFIP)\, Chair of IEEE UK &amp\; Ireland and P
 resident of the Irish Computer Society.\n\n\nChrisanthi Avgerou\, Professo
 r of Information Systems at the Department of Management\, London School o
 f Economics and Political Science.\n\n\nDon Gotterbarn\, Researcher and pr
 omoter of professional computing practice\, author of the Software Enginee
 ring Code of Ethics and Professional Practice.\n\n\nDavid Kreps\, Reader i
 n philosophy of information systems at the University of Salford\, UK.\n\n
 \n&lt\;p&gt\;&lt\;strong&gt\;Side Event of the International Federation fo
 r Information Processing (IFIP)&lt\;/strong&gt\;&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\
 ;&amp\;nbsp\;&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;&lt\;strong&gt\;Questions to be ad
 dressed:&lt\;/strong&gt\;&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;ul&gt\;\n&lt\;li&gt\;\n&lt\;
 p&gt\;How is the current wave of AI innovation likely to impact poor count
 ries?&lt\;/p&gt\;\n&lt\;/li&gt\;\n&lt\;li&gt\;\n&lt\;p&gt\;What policies m
 ay improve the capacity of developing countries to benefit from AI innovat
 ion?&lt\;/p&gt\;\n&lt\;/li&gt\;\n&lt\;li&gt\;\n&lt\;p&gt\;Do you really wa
 nt a computer to make ethical decisions like you do or should they follow 
 purely logically a set of fixed rules?&lt\;/p&gt\;\n&lt\;/li&gt\;\n&lt\;li
 &gt\;\n&lt\;p&gt\;If human beings have even occasional minor moral weaknes
 ses\; from whom should an autonomous artificial intelligence learn its eth
 ics?&lt\;/p&gt\;\n&lt\;/li&gt\;\n&lt\;/ul&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;&amp\;nbsp\;&
 lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;&lt\;strong&gt\;Panellists:&lt\;/strong&gt\;&lt\
 ;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;ul&gt\;\n&lt\;li&gt\;\n&lt\;p&gt\;&lt\;strong&gt\;Mike Hi
 nchey&lt\;/strong&gt\;\, President of the International Federation for Inf
 ormation Processing (IFIP)\, Chair of IEEE UK &amp\;amp\; Ireland and Pres
 ident of the Irish Computer Society.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n&lt\;/li&gt\;\n&lt\;li&g
 t\;\n&lt\;p&gt\;&lt\;strong&gt\;Chrisanthi Avgerou&lt\;/strong&gt\;\, Prof
 essor of Information Systems at the Department of Management\, London Scho
 ol of Economics and Political Science.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n&lt\;/li&gt\;\n&lt\;li
 &gt\;\n&lt\;p&gt\;&lt\;strong&gt\;Don Gotterbarn&lt\;/strong&gt\;\, Resear
 cher and promoter of professional computing practice\, author of the Softw
 are Engineering Code of Ethics and Professional Practice.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n&lt
 \;/li&gt\;\n&lt\;li&gt\;\n&lt\;p&gt\;&lt\;strong&gt\;David Kreps&lt\;/stro
 ng&gt\;\, Reader in philosophy of information systems at the University of
  Salford\, UK.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n&lt\;/li&gt\;\n&lt\;/ul&gt\;\n\n\nView meeting
  on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/cstd-side-event-artificial-inte
 lligence-ethics-and-developing-world
DTSTAMP:20260831T211746Z
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR