Human-Centered AI

"The Future of Human Centered AI: Governance Innovation and Protection of Human Rights" 

Date: April 16, 2019

Time: 10:00 AM - 5:30 PM, Registration Opens at 9:00am

Location: McCaw Hall, Arrillaga Alumni Center, 326 Galvez Street, Stanford, CA 94305

Registration, 9:00-9:50am 

Welcome, 10:00-10:15am 

-Eileen Donahoe, Executive Director, Global Digital Policy Incubator 

Keynote Conversation: AI & Universal Human Rights, 10:15-11:30am                                        

-Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

-Brad Smith, President & Chief Legal Officer, Microsoft

Moderator:  Eileen Donahoe, Stanford Global Digital Policy Incubator 

Mini-Keynotes, 11:30-12:15pm  

Gendered Innovations: Addressing Gender and Ethnic Biases in AI

--Londa Schiebinger, John L. Hinds Professor of History of Science; Director, Gendered

Innovations in Science, Health & Medicine, Engineering and Environment Project,

Stanford University.

The Dangers of Unfair and Unintelligent AI

--Julia Dressel, Software Engineer, Recidiviz      

Friction, Progress and Human Rights

--Judy Estrin, Silicon Valley pioneer, CEO, JLabs       

Moderator: Jessie Brunner, Senior Program Manager, WSD Handa Center for Human Rights and International Justice

Lunch Break, 12:15-1:00pm

AI & The Information Sphere, 1:00-1:30pm

Lightning Talks:     

AI to Combat Deepfakes

--Marc Warner, CEO, Faculty AI

Using NLP to Detect Cyberbullying

-- Karina Halevy, Stanford AI4ALL 2016 Alumni, Founder, LingHacks 

PegaBots Disrupting Bots 

--Fabro Steibel, Executive Director, Institute for Technology & Society (ITS Rio) Brazil

Moderator: Kip Wainscott, Senior Advisor, National Democratic Institute for International Affairs

Panel:  Protecting Privacy, Free Expression & Democracy, 1:30-2:45pm

--Jovan Kurbalija, Executive Director & Co-Lead, United Nations High Level Panel on Digital Cooperation

--Peter Micek, General Counsel, Access Now

--Andy O’Connell, Director, Head of Content Distribution and Algorithm Policy, Facebook

-- Kit Walsh, Senior Staff Attorney, Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)

Moderator:  Lorna McGregor, Professor of Law; Director of the Human Rights Center; Director of the Project on Big Data, Human Rights and Technology, University of Essex.  

Break, 2:45pm-3:00pm

Human Rights by Design:  Private Sector Responsibilities,  3:00pm-4:00pm 

Responsible AI in Practice       

--Kathy Baxter, Architect of Ethical AI, Salesforce

AI & Human Rights Impact Assessments 

--Steve Crown, Vice President, Deputy General Counsel for Human Rights, Microsoft

--Chloe Poynton, Principal, Article One Advisors

Operationalizing Human Rights Principles 

--Jamila Smith-Loud, User Researcher, Trust & Safety team, Google

Defining and Protecting Universal Human Rights Values        

--Ebele Okobi, Director of Public Policy for Africa, Facebook

Moderator: Jason Pielemeier, Policy Director, Global Network Initiative (GNI)

Closing Panel:  Government Regulation, National Strategies & Geopolitics of AI, 4:00- 5:30pm 

--Michael Brown, Director, Defense Innovation Unit, U.S. Department of Defense  

--Casper Klynge, Tech Ambassador to Silicon Valley, Denmark

--Dunja Mijiatovic, Human Rights Commissioner, Council of Europe

--Lynne Parker, Assistant Director for Artificial Intelligence, U.S. White House Office Science & Technology

--Edward Santow, Human Rights Commissioner, Australia

--Henri Verdier, Ambassador for Digital Affairs, France

Moderator: Honorable Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar, Justice, Supreme Court of California and Professor, Stanford Law School

Reception:  In the Garden, 5:30pm