Women in AI Ethics™

AI, Disinformation, & Democracy
2024-10-31 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Halifax) | Virtual – Online
With the rise of deepfake technology and its use in disinformation campaigns, the need for proactive measures to counter its harms has never been more urgent. The mass adoption of Generative AI has introduced unprecedented risks as conspiracy theories and lies have spread like wildfire online. Researchers have found that women on average receive more abuse on social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter (X) than male politicians. This is a disturbing statistic given the historic nature of the upcoming US presidential election with Kamala Harris, the first Black woman and Asian American to lead a major party’s presidential ticket. We have invited tech and democracy activist, Yael Eisenstat to discuss solutions for countering the harmful effects of social media, AI-powered algorithms, and Generative AI on our political discourse and democracy. Join us for this timely and highly relevant discussion on Thursday, October 31st at 11a ET.

Responsible AI Ecosystem Summit
2024-10-24 16:00 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | New York
Women in AI Ethics™ (WAIE) is delighted to welcome you to our inaugural Responsible AI Ecosystem summit. Co-hosted with the Canadian Consulate in New York, this summit will bring together startup founders, funders, researchers, corporate leaders, academic scholars, and other innovators building the responsible and trustworthy AI ecosystem.
Since 2018, WAIE has elevated the diverse voices and expertise of underrepresented experts in the critical space of AI ethics. This event reflects our core mission and key role as a catalyst in the global movement towards sustainable and responsible AI. We will showcase innovators across Canada building new innovative AI solutions, highlight new emerging roles in the responsible AI ecosystem, and foster connections between funders, founders, and the next generation of AI talent.
WAIE believes that a thriving responsible AI ecosystem is the pathway to new opportunities, economic growth, prosperity, and vibrant technological futures that include all of us.
PROGRAM DETAILS:
Opening remarks: 4.00PM – 4.20PM (20mins)
Hessie Jones, Altitude Accelerator
Mia Shah-Dand, Lighthouse3, Women in AI Ethics
Consul General – Tom Clark
BREAK 4.20PM – 4.25PM (5mins)
Session 1: TBD 4.25PM – 4.45PM (20mins)
TBD
BREAK 4.45PM – 4.50PM (5mins)
Session 2: AI Safety & Security 4.50PM- 5.10PM (20mins)
Saima Fancy, Ontario Health
Aakansha, Cohere
BREAK 5.10PM – 5.15PM (5mins)
Session 3: AI Privacy 5.15PM- 5.35PM (20mins)
Jurgita Miseviciute, Proton
Patricia Thaine, Private AI
BREAK 5.35PM – 5.40PM (5mins)
Session 4: VC Chat – Funding Diverse AI Founders 5.40PM- 6.00PM (20mins)
Hessie Jones, Altitude Accelerator
Gayatri Sarker, Advaita Capital
Giselle Melo, MATR Ventures
CLOSING REMARKS 6.00PM – 6.05PM (5mins)
NETWORKING RECEPTION 6.05PM – 7.30PM (85mins)
EVENT CLOSE 7.30PM

This event is sold out but waiting list is available.

WAIE Monthly AI Expert Webinar Series
2024-09-26 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Halifax) | Virtual – Online
This week, world leaders convened for the ‘Summit of the Future’ at the United Nations in New York to adopt the Pact for the Future, including a Global Digital Compact and a Declaration on Future Generations. For our monthly webinar, Women in AI Ethics™ has invited global experts and AI leaders to share their key insights and takeaways from this summit.
Register for this timely and highly relevant online event at:

WAIE Monthly AI Expert Webinar Series
2024-08-29 11:00 - 12:00, 2024-07-25 11:00 - 12:00, 2024-04-25 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Halifax) | Virtual – Online
Join Women in AI Ethics (WAIE) every month on last Thursdays for a virtual chat with diverse experts in the responsible and ethical AI space.

WAIE Monthly AI Expert Webinar Series
2024-03-28 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Halifax) | Virtual – Online
Speaker: Hilke Schellmann
Title: Freelance Reporter/NYU Journalism Professor
Pronouns: She/Her

Organization: NYU/Freelance Reporter

Join us on Thursday, March 28th for a conversation with Hilke Schellmann, an Emmy award winning investigative reporter and assistant professor of journalism at New York University. In this not-to-missed virtual event, we will discuss her book, The Algorithm: How AI Decides Who Gets Hired, Monitored, Promoted, and Fired, And Why We Need To Fight Back (Hachette). As a contributor to The Wall Street Journal and The Guardian, Schellmann writes about holding artificial intelligence (AI) accountable and in her book, she investigates the rise of AI in the world of work. Drawing on exclusive information from whistleblowers, internal documents, and real‑world tests, Schellmann discovers that many of the algorithms making high‑stakes decisions are biased, racist, and do more harm than good.

Headshot: Credit: Jennifer S. Altman

Speaker profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hilkeschellmann

Buy the book: https://www.hilkeschellmann.com

Disinformation, Deepfakes, and other AI-Generated Threats to Women and Democracy
2024-03-26 16:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | Info Commons Lab, Central Library, 10 Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, NY, 11238, United States
Brief Description:
Join Women in AI Ethics™ on March 26 for Women’s History Month, as we host a fireside chat with the Honorable Yvette D. Clarke, Member of Congress at the Info Commons Lab, Central Library. We will discuss Rep. Clarke’s latest bill to require content provenance like digital watermarking on AI-generated videos and images and giving victims the ability to seek recourse, the urgent need to protect women from image abuse, as well as the importance of AI literacy programs in keeping our communities safe in the AI age.

Beyond the AI Hype
2024-03-18 16:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | Info Commons Lab, Central Library, 10 Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, NY, 11238, United States
Brief Description: On March 18, join us at the Brooklyn Public Library to celebrate Women’s History Month with a special AI literary event hosted by Women in AI Ethics™ where leading AI authors and scholars will demystify algorithms, debunk popular myths about AI, and share how we can ensure these powerful technologies benefit all of us and not just a select few.

Building AI for the Greater Good (hosted by Grace Farms)
2024-03-07 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Grace Farms, 365 Lukes Wood Road, New Canaan, CT, 06840, United States
Event: Building AI for the Greater Good (hosted by Grace Farms)
Speaker/s: Moderator Karen Kariuki, Mia Shah-Dand, Liz Grennan, Stephanie Dinkins.
Description: Hear from leaders exploring the vast field of AI as a tool for fostering positive outcomes and advancing equity. Moderator Karen Kariuki, Grace Farms Senior Program Officer, will be joined onstage by Liz Grennan, Global Co-Lead for McKinsey’s Digital Trust service line, Mia Shah-Dand, Founder of Women in AI Ethics and Lighthouse3, a consultancy focusing on responsible AI and data governance, and Stephanie Dinkins, Kusama Endowed Chair in Art at Stony Brook University and advocate for inclusive AI.

Women in AI Ethics™ Monthly AI Expert Webinar
2024-02-29 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Halifax) | Virtual – Online
Speaker: Mar Hicks
Description: On the eve of Women’s History Month, we have invited Data Science Professor, Author, and Historian Mar Hicks to discuss their book ‘Programmed Inequality: How Britain Discarded Women Technologists and Lost Its Edge in Computing.’ We will also discuss their co-edited volume, ‘Your Computer is on Fire,’ which presents a variety of case studies from leading scholars of technology and society to help connect the history of technology to our current, pressing problems with high tech. Join us on February 29 as the leading historian of our times shares urgent lessons from Britain’s missteps for other nations, especially the United States as it seeks to retain its leadership position in AI amidst a growing diversity crisis.

WAIE Monthly Networking Happy Hour
2024-01-31 17:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | New York
Join Women in AI Ethics on January 31st for our first monthly networking happy hour of 2024. On last Wednesdays. we bring together our community of diverse AI Ethics experts and rising stars to unwind, meet, and get inspired by other brilliant peers in this critical space.
The venue will alternate between Manhattan and Brooklyn. Location will be shared with all registered attendees via email.

WAIE Monthly AI Expert Webinar Series
2024-01-25 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Halifax) | Virtual – Online
Join Women in AI Ethics™ (WAIE) on January 25th, as we kick off our AI expert webinar series for 2024 with Merve Hickok, the globally renowned expert on AI policy, ethics, and governance. We will hear Merve’s insights on the latest developments in AI policy and global regulations, discuss her upcoming book on turning trustworthy AI principles into public procurement practices, and get her predictions for the AI regulatory space in 2024 and beyond.

Women in AI Ethics™ Annual Summit – 2023
2023-12-01 08:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)

Women in AI Ethics™ Mid-Year Summit – 2022
2022-06-08 08:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
Artificial Intelligence (AI) touches all our lives but decisions about the future of AI are concentrated in the hands of a privileged few. The explosion of coding camps, some of which are predatory, and with media amplifying select voices from elite institutions has created a false perception that the male-dominated AI tech space is only open to those with programming skills, engineering degree, or a PhD.

100 Brilliant Women In AI Ethics™ Annual Summit – 2021
2021-12-02 00:00 (America/New_York)

Rethink AI: Ethical AI Tech & Tools Summit
2021-05-25 08:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)

100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics™ 2020
2020-12-03 08:00 - 2020-12-05 17:00 (America/New_York)
