The UNESCO Information For All Programme (IFAP) Working Group on Information Accessibility (WGIA, is hosting its fifth online one-day conference on Saturday, September 28, 2024, to commemorate the International Day for Universal Access to Information (IDUAI). This year’s event is hosted in collaboration with the College of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Alberta, Canada, Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii), and the Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica, all under the auspices of the UNESCO Cluster Office for the Caribbean and the UNESCO Regional Office for Southern Africa.
The Conference will explore a range of themes and topics in a manner which makes the implications of AI (risks and opportunities) understandable and relatable to the widest cross-section of people. These include – Artificial Intelligence As a Tool for Access to Justice and preservation of human rights; The affordances of Generative AI, devaluation of truth and meaning of ‘vulnerability’ in the digital age; Generation Alpha, hyper-personalisation and the divides in information accessibility; Mind the Gap: How generative AI is bracketing power and reinventing the value of information, intellectual property and information accessibility; The Higher Dimensions of Human Creativity vs AI; Access Not Atrophy; Autonomy, Personhood and digital agency; ESports: A Tool for upskilling, empowerment, Inclusion and access to science, technology, engineering, arts and maths (STEAM); The paradox of Information Access and Carbon Footprint; and The intersection of AI and Neurotechnology; AI Technologies: Risks and Opportunities for Disabling Disability.
Themes and topics that make the implications of AI (risks and opportunities) understandable and relatable to the widest cross-section of people.
Themes:
Pre-recorded presentations from over 60 speakers available for on-demand viewing. (Videos may be available for viewing on the Gather. Town platform from September 26, 2024). These will be available for a limited time on the Gather.Town platform and accessible to all regions of the world.
View DetailsAn informal networking opportunity for available speakers and attendees to exchange ideas and have free-flowing, thought-provoking discussions.
View DetailsIn addition to the main event on September 28, we invite you to participate in any of the satellite panel discussions taking place around the globe. You can register for these below.
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