AI Education Symposium

AI EDUCATION SYMPOSIUM

Join us for 3 AI keynotes & discussions:

  1. AI & Democracy – afternoon of Friday May 31
  2. AI & Education – morning of Saturday June 1
  3. AI & Indigenous Knowledge Systems – afternoon of Saturday June 1

At Western University’s Faculty of Education:

  • 1137 Western Road, London, Ontario, Canada, N6G 1G7
    • Friday May 31, 12:30 pm – 4:00 pm – light lunch provided
    • Saturday June 1, 8:30 am – 4:00 pm – light breakfast & lunch provided
  • No cost.
  • In-person or virtual participation.

Registration & Accommodation

REGISTER

In-person or virtual (keynotes only) participation:

— Registration Form

  • No cost.
  • In-person attendance is limited.
  • Virtual participants (keynotes only) will receive links a few days prior to events.

RESERVE ACCOMMODATION

Ontario Hall Residence is adjacent to symposium venue + includes hot breakfast

PARKING

Schedule

DAY 1: Friday May 31, 2024
AI & DEMOCRACY
  • *** 12:30 pm – Light lunch provided***
  • 1:00 pm – Sheila Jasanoff (+ response + Q&A)
  • 2:30 pm – Discussion of issues and next steps
DAY 2: Saturday June 1, 2024
AI & Education
  • ***8:30 am – Light breakfast provided***
  • 9:00 am – Mark Daley (+ response + Q&A)
  • 10:30 am – Discussion of issues and next steps
AI & INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS
  • *** 12:30 pm – Light lunch provided***
  • 1:00 pm – Danica Pawlick-Potts: What Does Kinship Mean for AI? (+ response + Q&A)
  • 2:30 pm – Discussion of issues and next steps

Keynote Speakers

SHEILA JASANOFF, Harvard Kennedy School

AI and Democracy

Sheila Jasanoff is Pforzheimer Professor of Science and Technology Studies at the Harvard Kennedy School. A pioneer in her field, she has authored more than 130 articles and chapters and is author or editor of more than 15 books, including The Fifth Branch, Science at the Bar, Designs on Nature, The Ethics of Invention, and Can Science Make Sense of Life? Her work explores the role of science and technology in the law, politics, and policy of modern democracies.

MARK DALEY, Western University

AI and Education

Mark Daley is the Chief AI Officer at Western University and a full professor in the Department of Computer Science with cross-appointments in five other departments, The Rotman Institute of Philosophy, and The Western Institute for Neuroscience. He is also a faculty affiliate of Toronto’s Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence.

Mark has previously served as the Vice-President (Research) at the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research(CIFAR), and Chief Digital Information Officer, Special Advisor to the President, and Associate Vice-President (Research) at Western.

Mark is the past chair of Compute Ontario and serves on a number of other boards.

DANICA PAWLICK-POTTS, Western University

What Does Kinship Mean for AI?

Danica Pawlick-Potts is an Indigenous PhD Candidate and lecturer in the Faculty of Information and Media Studies at Western University. Danica’s research explores how Indigenous knowledge and protocols including Indigenous data sovereignty can guide and enhance ethical frameworks for the development of algorithmic systems and data infrastructures. If she had to sum up her research agenda into one question it would be: how can we all (including AI—looking at you ChatGPT) be good kin to Indigenous peoples in our data practices?