2023 Humanising AI Futures Symposium
2023 Humanising AI Futures Symposium
Reimagining data and AI for a future worth wanting
Friday 28 July 2023, 8:30-2pm (lunch from 1-2pm) | Register on Humanitix
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FULL PROGRAM
Registration and opening
8.30-9.00: Registration
9.00-9.10: Introduction and Acknowledgement of Country: Dr Heather Ford (School of Communication)
9.10-9.15: Welcome: Prof. Alan Davison (FASS Dean)
9.15-9.25: Opening: Prof. Kate McGrath (Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research)
Keynote address
9.30-10.15
Prof. Heather Horst (ADMS+ Centre, Western Sydney University).
“The Human in the Machine: Understanding Context, Creativity, and Collaboration in AI Futures”
Panel 1: Understanding data and AI
10.20-11.00
Chair: Dr Simon Knight (Centre for Research on Education in a Digital Society - CREDS)
Dr Michael Davis and Monica Attard (Centre for Media Transition - CMT): How journalists use AI
Dr Kirsty Kitto (Connected Intelligence Centre - CIC): How people navigate AI ethics
Dr Adam Berry (UTS Disability Research Network and UTS Data Science Institute): Intersections between AI and Disability
Morning tea
11.00-11.20
Panel 2: Governing data and AI
11.20-12.00
Chair: Prof Derek Wilding (Law, Centre for Media Transition - CMT)
Prof Simon Buckingham Shum (Connected Intelligence Centre - CIC) Participatory governance of university AI
Prof. David Lindsay and Dr Evana Wright (Law) Regulating Use of Generative AI by Digital Platforms: Implications for News Media
Prof Nicholas Davis (Human Technology Institute) Corporate governance of AI
Panel 3: Reimagining data and AI
12.05-12.45
Chair: Dr Andrew Burrell (Design)
Dr Suneel Jethani (School of Communication): Does AI need a hippocratic oath?
Dr Michael Falk (FASS): The body of the machine: Old ideas about the future of physical AI
Monica Monin and Dr Sara Oscar (Design): The role of creative practice in encountering and critically understanding AI
Symposium close and next steps
12.50-13.00
Lunch
13.00-14.00