Artificial Intelligence Action Summit
Members of the media may directly contact:
Florian Martin-Bariteau (English & French)
[ Present on the ground at the Paris summit]
Associate Professor, Common Law Section, Faculty of Law; University Research Chair in Technology and Society, & Director, AI + Society Initiative
Professor Martin-Bariteau is an internationally-recognized thought leader on technology policy, engaged in shaping frameworks that safeguard rights and liberties in the digital context to build a more secure and inclusive society. He published a roadmap for protecting our democracies in the age of AI.
David Murakami Wood (English & French)
Full Professor, Department of Criminology, Faculty of Social Sciences; Canada Research Chair in Critical Surveillance and Security Studies
Professor Murakami Wood conducts research on the rise of AI-based "smart cities", the regulation of Artificial Intelligence, private surveillance companies, and the relationship between surveillance and the response to the climate crisis.
“While AI has been hyped as the answer to everything, AI poses new challenges to all areas of economic, social and political life: threatening global security, intensifying existing inequalities and environmental burdens, and potentially leading to and deskilling and mass unemployment. It is too important to be left to the market and we need global governance and regulation of AI technologies.”
Omer Livvarcin (English & Turkish)
Part-time professor, Telfer School of Management
Professor Livvarcin can discuss how to approach the future with confidence and harness the transformative power of artificial intelligence to boost your nonprofit's efficiency and impact. He is the author of a book titled “Understanding and Using AI: A Resource for Nonprofit Leaders”.
Teresa Scassa(English & French)
Full professor, Common Law Section, Faculty of Law; Canada Research Chair in Information Law
Professor Scassa is a legal scholar who can discuss data privacy and AI regulation.
Timothy Lethbridge (English & French)
Full professor, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Faculty of Engineering
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Nour El Kadri (English and Arabic)
Part-time professor, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Telfer School of Management
Professor El Kadri is an expert in Machine Learning and AI Ethics.
"Collaboration rather than competition is highly needed to push AI for good and other regulatory and governance issues to the forefront in this turbulent world on both the technological and economic fronts".
Céline Castets-Renard (English & French)
Full Professor, Civil Law Faculty; Canadian Research Chair Holder International and Comparative AI Law (Tier 1)
Professor Castets-Renard's research focuses on the regulation and governance of digital technology and artificial intelligence (AI) from an international and comparative law perspective.
“In a geopolitical context where AI regulation is sometimes called into question, it is more essential than ever to unite to build rules and AI that is useful, fair, frugal and respectful of human rights.”