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Tetiana Avdieieva
Theo Chambers
Charles Curtis
Manuela Ekotto
Fournier Tombs
Stuart Hylton
Ingram
Dr. Jan Christopher Kalbhenn
Tanja
Aradhana Khowala
Prof. Erika Kraemer Mbula
Professor Jan Oster
Sara
Marco Ricceri
Prof. Fatima Roumate1
Alexandre Le Voci Sayad
Paul Alain Zibi Fama
Maria Zuffova

Tetiana Avdieieva

Theo Chambers

Charles Curtis

Manuela Ekotto

Dr Eleonore Fournier-Tombs

Stuart Hylton

Katrina Ingram

Prof. Dr Jan Christopher Kalbhenn

Tanja Kerševan

Aradhana Khowala

Prof. Erika Kraemer-Mbula

Prof. Dr Jan Oster

Dr Sara Ratner

Marco Ricceri

Fatima Roumate

Alexandre Le Voci Sayad

Paul Alain Zibi Fama

Maria Zuffova

Tetiana Avdieieva
Theo Chambers
Charles Curtis
Manuela Ekotto
Fournier Tombs
Stuart Hylton
Ingram
Dr. Jan Christopher Kalbhenn
Tanja
Aradhana Khowala
Prof. Erika Kraemer Mbula
Professor Jan Oster
Sara
Marco Ricceri
Prof. Fatima Roumate1
Alexandre Le Voci Sayad
Paul Alain Zibi Fama
Maria Zuffova
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About The AI4IA Conference

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.

On Demand Sessions

Themes and topics that make the implications of AI (risks and opportunities) understandable and relatable to the widest cross-section of people.

Themes:

  • 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
  • The intersection of AI and Neurotechnology
  • AI Technologies: Risks and  Opportunities for Disabling Disability

Satellite Panel Discussions

In 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.

Botswana/ Southern AfricaSeptember 09 - 1:00 PM GMT/3:00 PM CATRegistration Closed
IndiaSeptember 26 - 3:00 PM GMT/8:30 PM ISTRegistration Closed
ColombiaSeptember 27View Live in Español
JamaicaSeptember 19 - 3:00 PM GMT/10:00 AM (GMT-5)Registration Closed
CanadaSeptember 27 - 4:00 PM GMT/10 AM MDTRegistration Closed
ChinaSeptember 25 - 6:00 AM GMT/2:00 PM CSTRegistration Closed
Europe September 27 - 7:00 AM GMT/9:00 AM CET 11:00 AM GMT/13:00 PM CET Registration Closed