WASP-HS

AI for Humanity and Society 2020
2020-11-18 13:30 - 16:45 (Europe/Stockholm)
Welcome to the 1st WASP-HS Conference on AI, Humanity and Society – a meeting place for dialogue on humanity and societal aspects on artificial intelligence and autonomous systems.
Artificial intelligence (AI) and autonomous systems transform the way we work, live our lives and solve problems. This technology has the potential to improve people’s well-being and contribute to social and environmental sustainability. At the same time, we also see an increased concern about the potential risks with AI. Massive efforts create many opportunities to shape how the society and people’s everyday life develop. Welcome to participate in the dialogue!The program includes panels with leading researchers and practitioners, and a musical intermezzo based on AI generated music. The full program will be announced soon.

Conference Program and Schedule

18 November
13:30 WelcomeKarin Danielsson, Program Coordinator, WASP-HS, introduces the speakers.Peter Wallenberg Jr, Wallenberg FoundationsKerstin Sahlin, Chair WASP-HSVirginia Dignum, Program Director WASP-HSCecilia Garme, moderator
13:45 Musical intermezzo Machine generated folk musicPerformed by members of The Society for the Preservation and Promotion of Machine Folk Music, under direction of Bob Sturm. Followed by a presentation on running projects in the WASP-HS program.
14:00 Minister for Energy and Digital Development Anders Ygeman
14:15 Panel on Society and AIPeter Wallenberg Jr, Wallenberg FoundationsOskar Nordström Skans, Uppsala UniversitySara Öhrvall, SEBAnja Kaspersen, Carnegie Council for Ethics in International AffairsMarietje Schaake, Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence
15:00 Musical intermezzo Machine generated folk musicPerformed by members of The Society for the Preservation and Promotion of Machine Folk Music, under direction of Bob Sturm. Followed by a presentation on running projects in the WASP-HS program.
15:15 Panel on Humanity and AIKjell Asplund, WASP-HSIngar Brinck, WASP-HSJohan Bocander, SEBVanessa Evers, NTU SingaporeJuha Heikkilä, European Commission
16:00 ConclusionsVirginia Dignum, Program Director, WASP-HS
16:15 Musical intermezzo Machine generated folk musicPerformed by members of The Society for the Preservation and Promotion of Machine Folk Music, under direction of Bob Sturm.Project presentationsInformal chat
16:45 Program ends

Registration
Registration for AI for Humanity and Society 2020 is closed. More detailed information about the conference will be sent via e-mail closer to the date of the event to those who have registered.

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Open Invitation to Collaborate with WASP-HS
2020-02-12 13:00 - 17:00
Welcome to an open meeting to introduce the WASP-HS program to discuss the plans and possibilities for collaboration between WASP-HS and public and private partners in Sweden.
Increasingly, AI and autonomous systems are changing the way we work, live and solve problems. Most public and private organisations, large and small, are already using or considering using AI-related technology and are confronted with many questions concerning opportunities and the risks associated with AI. Many of these questions, relating to the social impact, ethical and legal alignment, transparency, privacy, fairness and explanability, require a broad perspective, rather than a pure technological solution.
The Wallenberg AI, Autonomous Systems and Software Program – Humanities and Society (WASP-HS) aims to realize excellent research and develop competence on the opportunities and challenges of artificial intelligence and autonomous systems for humanities and society.
Open invitationWASP-HS is happy to invite you for a meeting on 12 February. The focus of this meeting is to introduce the program to discuss the plans and possibilities for collaboration between WASP-HS and public and private partners in Sweden.
This event takes place on 12 February 2020 from 13.00-17.00 at Näringslivets hus, Storgatan 19, 114 51 Stockholm.
The event will be in English and participation is free of charge.

Registration
Registration is closed.
The event is fully booked at this moment. As we aim to reach as many as organisations as possible and the space is limited, we will let you know by 2 February 2020 if your registration has been accepted.

PI Meeting 2019
2019-12-05 08:00 - 17:00
A meeting for the WASP-HS program will take place on 5 December for the 2019 accepted WASP-HS projects. Read more here about the 16 projects.
The meeting will be held in Stockholm and is by invitation only, targeted towards the members of WASP-HS´s projects.

Keynote
Luciano FloridiProfessor of Philosophy and Ethics of Information and Director of the Digital Ethics Lab, University of Oxford

Registration
Registration is closed.
