The Carr Center for Human Rights Policy's Nov 3-4, 2021 Symposium on Intercultural Digital Ethics brought together a range of cultural, social and structural perspectives on the ethical issues relating to digital information technologies, with the aim of broadening the approach of digital and AI ethics.
Recent advances in the capability of digital information technologies—particularly due to advances in artificial intelligence—have invigorated the debate on the ethical issues surrounding their use. However, this debate has often been dominated by ‘Western’ ethical perspectives, values and interests, to the exclusion of broader ethical and socio-cultural perspectives.
Speakers and Presenters
Day 1
Fireside Chat
“Whither Intercultural Digital Ethics?” - Nikita Aggarwal (Oxford/Harvard) and Charles Ess (Oslo)
Panel 1 - Decolonizing AI | Shakir Mohamed (Moderator) | DeepMind
Panel 2 - Beyond Autonomy, Beyond Harm | Shannon Vallor (Moderator) | Edinburgh
Day 1 Closing Remarks — Mathias Risse, Faculty Director, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy
Day 2
Welcome – Nikita Aggarwal (Oxford/Harvard)
Panel 3 - Governing AI: Local v Global | Charles Ess (Moderator) | Cambridge | 9:05 - 10:30 AM EDT, 1:05 PM - 2:30 PM GMT, 2:05 - 3:30 PM CETSoraj Hongladarom (Chulalongkorn) – “Non-Western AI ethics guidelines - implications for intercultural ethics of technology”
Rosanna Fanni (CEPS/Brookings) – “Transatlantic norm cohesion and collision in AI governance”
Pavlina Pavlova (OSCE) – “Addressing the security risks of anti-Roma hate speech on social media platforms”
Davide M. Parrilli (UNIDCOM-IADE) – “Designing a universal framework for privacy: challenges and obstacles”
Break | 10:30 - 10:45 AM EDT, 2:30 - 2:45 PM GMT, 3:30 - 3:45 CET
Panel 4 – Applying Intercultural Digital Ethics | Pak-Hang Wong (Moderator) | H&M Group
Day 2 Closing Remarks — Sushma Raman, Executive Director, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy | 12:15- 12:30 pm EDT, 4:15 PM - 4:30 PM GMT, 5:15 - 5:30 PM CET
Call for papers for a special issue of Digital Society on intercultural digital ethics. Opens 15 November 2022. Further information here:
Day 2 Closing Remarks — Sushma Raman, Executive Director, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy
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