AI Governance, Big Data, and Ethics Summit

Monday, June 24, 2019 | 9:00 am – 12:50 pm

The rapid acceleration of AI technology has led to a global call for AI governance and ethics.  One of the core issues facing the adoption of AI is centered on how to ensure that these advanced technologies can be deployed in a fair and non-biased way that can serve the betterment of mankind.  Currently, there are hundreds of efforts underway globally, working in silos, to standardize around how business and governments can engage in ethical AI practices.  AI Governance, Big Data and Ethics brings together a key group of global thought leaders who will present the challenges, discuss solutions and lead networking roundtables to help global government and industry leaders better collaborate with each. 

Co-Chairs: David Bray, PhD, Executive Director, People-Centered Internet Coalition; Senior Fellow, Institute for Human-Machine Cognition 

Anthony Scriffignano, PhD, Senior Vice President & Chief Data Scientist, Dun & Bradstreet 

Atrium Ballroom B


8:00 am - 6:30 pm
Registration Open

8:00 Morning Coffee & Pastries

9:00 am Conference Introduction

Michael DukakisMichael J. Dukakis, JD, Chairman, The Michael Dukakis Institute for Leadership and Innovation


9:10 The State of Governance, Big Data, and Ethics

Your Co-Chairs welcome everyone to the Summit and highlight the important questions – as well as misconceptions – to discuss and address today. We will define the current state and challenges that governance, national security, and big data efforts face concerning the rapid acceleration and deployment of AI technology, as well as the ethical considerations to address. 

David BrayDavid Bray, PhD, Executive Director, People-Centered Internet Coalition; Senior Fellow, Institute for Human-Machine Cognition 
Anthony ScriffignanoAnthony Scriffignano, PhD, Senior Vice President & Chief Data Scientist, Dun & Bradstreet

 

 

 

9:30 What Research Trends Show

Adelaide C. O’Brien, Research Director, Government Insights, IDC

 

9:40 Model of AI Government

Thomas PattersonThomas Patterson, PhD, Bradlee Professor of Government and the Press, Harvard University


10:00 Panel: Big Data Shapes World Economics, Regulation, and Services   

This panel will discuss how big data shapes – and is shaped by – economics, regulation, and services. This includes how cloud services that host big data play a role as well as how big shapes what AI and intelligent automation can do. 

Krigsman_MichaelModerator: Michael Krigsman, Industry Analyst , CXOTalk


Panelists: 

CLEMENT-JONES_TIMLord Tim Clement-Jones, Former Chair of the UK’s House of Lords Select Committee for Artificial Intelligence and Chair of Council, Queen Mary University of London


Chenok_DanDan Chenok, Executive Director, IBM Center for The Business of Government, IBM


Michael R. Nelson, PhD, Former Professor of Internet Studies, Communications, Culture and Technology Program, Georgetown University


Gerdon_SabineSabine Gerdon, Fellow, AI and Machine Learning, World Economic Forum, Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution


10:30 Networking Coffee Break  (Atrium Ballroom Foyer)


11:00 The OECD AI Guidelines: Establishing a Global Framework for AI Policy   

Rotenberg_MarcMarc Rotenberg, President and Executive Director, Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)

 

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development has set out a new framework for Artificial Intelligence, backed by countries from North and South America to Europe and Asia-Pacific. There are strong principles on fairness, accountability, and transparency, also robustness, security, safety, and inclusive growth. The protection of human rights, the rule of law, and democratic values feature prominently. This presentation explores the significance of the OECD AI Guidelines for national law, business practices, innovation and research, and the future of AI policy. Also of ongoing importance are the Universal Guidelines for AI, the AI World Society Standards, and related policy developments in the United States.


11:20 Panel: Current State of Ethics Standards Development

Many efforts are underway throughout government, standards development organizations and research to develop an AI ethics standards framework. This session updates attendees on the many various key efforts underway. 
Michael KrigsmanModerator: Michael Krigsman, Industry Analyst, CXOTalk


Panelists:
Nazli ChoucriNazli Choucri, PhD, Professor of Political Science, MIT
Creely_ThomasThomas Creely, PhD, Associate Professor of Ethics, Director of Ethics & Emerging Military Technology Graduate Program, U.S. Naval War College

 

 

Sara Mattingly-Jordan, PhD, IEEE Global Initiative for Ethical AI, Assistant Professor Center for Public Administration & Policy, Virginia Tech


Gerdon_SabineSabine Gerdon, Fellow, AI and Machine Learning, World Economic Forum, Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution


11:50 Panel: Setting the Stage for Responsible AI: Steps Organizations Should Take

AI is integral to Digital Transformation and is gaining traction in both the public and private sector. This session covers the steps organizations need to take to deploy responsible and ethical AI, and what organizations need to look for in their AI vendors. The session also highlights techniques vendors are deploying to assist agencies in their AI system bias detection. 

Moderator: Adelaide C. O’Brien, Research Director, Government Insights, IDC

 

 

Panelists:

Lord Tim Clement-Jones, Former Chair of the UK’s House of Lords Select Committee for Artificial Intelligence and Chair of Council, Queen Mary University of London 


David BrayDavid Bray, PhD, Executive Director, People-Centered Internet Coalition; Senior Fellow, Institute for Human-Machine Cognition

 

 

 

Komarny_PhilPhil Komarny, VP for Innovation, Salesforce


12:20 pm Panel: What Actions Can We Take Today for a Better AI Future Tomorrow?

The executive wrap-up provides attendees with a strategic summary of the conference discussions and suggests ways for collaboration to occur. 

Co-Moderator:

David Bray, PhD, Executive Director, People-Centered Internet Coalition; Senior Fellow, Institute for Human-Machine Cognition


Anthony ScriffignanoAnthony Scriffignano, PhD, Senior Vice President & Chief Data Scientist, Dun & Bradstreet


Panelists:

Michael DukakisMichael J. Dukakis, JD, Chairman, The Michael Dukakis Institute for Leadership and Innovation


Nazli ChoucriNazli Choucri, PhD, Professor of Political Science, MIT


Bob GourleyBob Gourley, Co-Founder and CTO, OODA LLC


Devin KrotmanDevin Krotman, Director, Prize Operations, IBM Watson AI XPRIZE 


12:50 Summit Concludes

12:50 Enjoy Lunch on Your Own