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AI4IA Conference Report 2022
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The UNESCO Information for All Programme (IFAP) Working Group on Information Accessibility (WGIA) hosted its third conference on September 28, 2022. The conference focused on a wide range of issues, including but not limited to, Artificial Intelligent and law, ethics, disability, creativity and innovation, accessibility and responsible AI for the betterment of the planet. The conference was primarily organised under the auspices of the UNESCO Cluster Office for the Caribbean, Kingston, Jamaica and the UNESCO Regional Office for Southern Africa, Harare, Zimbabwe. A bunch of organisations across the world came together in collaboration to achieve the success of this one-day conference, namely the Kule Institute for Advanced Studies (KIAS) and AI for Society (AI4S), both at University of Alberta, Canada, the Centre for New Economic Diplomacy (CNED) in ORF, India and the Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica.
The conference was held in commemoration of the International Day for Universal Access to Information (IDUAI) as proclaimed by the UN General Assembly, marked on the 28th September of each year. IDUAI was recognised internationally in order to bring in multiple stakeholders from across the world, to build an interdisciplinary discourse around issues of access to information. The conference followed this vision by delving deep into the conversations on all things AI and Information Accessibility, through the lenses of public policies, international issues, human creativity and art, and everyday ethical problems arising from the rapid growth in AI structures globally.
The conference had five main themes:
- Delivery, Access and Usability
- Positive Planet: Can AI be leveraged in a responsible and responsive manner to better our relationship with our planet?
- Overcoming Divides
- Intersection of AI, Art and Human Creativity
- Ethical Digital Transformation
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- 2022-09-28
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