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2017 Experts Workshop Monday, July 10 10:00Am-4:00Pm 2017 Experts Workshop Program 2017 EXPERTS WORKSHOP MONDAY, JULY 10 10:00AM-4:00PM 2017 EXPERTS WORKSHOP PROGRAM Breakfast and registration from 9:00am-9:45am, program begins at 10:00am. Welcome and Overview Kate Crawford & Meredith Whittaker, Co-Founders, AI Now Initiative Bias and Inclusion – Lightning Talks and Q&A A series of short thought-starters, focusing both on critical analysis of AI’s impacts and exploring AI’s current deployments and uses. Joy Buolamwini, Algorithmic Justice League at MIT Media Lab Moritz Hardt, UC Berkeley Solon Barocas, Cornell University Simone Browne, The University of Texas at Austin Labor and Automation – Lightning Talks and Q&A Andy Stern, Economic Security Project Karen Levy, Cornell University Jonathan Sterne, McGill University Stephanie Dick, University of Pennsylvania Coffee and Snack Break Rights and Liberties – Lightning Talks and Q&A Sarah Brayne, The University of Texas at Austin Patrick Ball, Human Rights Data Analysis Group Ryan Calo, University of Washington Tech Policy Lab Lester Mackey, Microsoft Research New England Nathaniel Raymond, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative Ethics and Governance – Lightning Talks and Q&A Molly Steenson, Carnegie Mellon University Kate Darling, MIT Media Lab Rob Sparrow, Monash University Trevor Paglen, Artist Lunch Provided in the Winter Garden room on the 6th Floor. Group Discussion Moderated by Kate Crawford and Meredith Whittaker with opening remarks from Joi Ito, Director, MIT Media Lab. Wrap-Up A synthesis of our learnings from the day and updates on what’s next. Refreshment Break 4:00pm-5:30pm Continue your conversations from the workshop and recharge with some light fare. Public Symposium 5:30pm-8:30pm To ensure your VIP seat by the mainstage, arrive promptly at 5:30pm. Space is limited. VIP Cocktail Reception 8:30pm-10:30pm Directly following the symposium, open to all workshop attendees and VIP ticket holders. AI NOW | 2017 EXPERTS WORKSHOP ATTENDEES Aaron Plasek Doctoral Student, Department of History, Columbia University Aaron Roth Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania Alexander Campolo Research Assistant, New York University Amanda Levendowski Clinical Teaching Fellow, NYU School of Law Andrea Frome Researcher, Engineer Andrew Lindsay Researcher, Liberty & National Security Program, Brennan Center for Justice, NYU School of Law Andrew Selbst Visiting Fellow, Yale Information Society Project Andrew Stern Senior Fellow, Economic Security Project & President Emeritus, SEIU Arvind Narayanan Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Princeton University Ashkan Soltani Independent Researcher Ben Wizner Director, Speech, Privacy, & Technology Project, ACLU Blaise Agüera y Arcas Machine Intelligence, Google Brad Burnham Partner, Union Square Ventures Carol Rose Executive Director, ACLU of Massachusetts Cathy O’NeIl Founder, ORCAA Chance Williams Program Offcer, Open Society Foundation Chelsea Barabas Research Scientist, Massachussetts Institute of Technology Chris DiBona Director, Open Source & Science Outreach, Google Chris Pallotta Partner, Raptor Group Christian Borgs Deputy Managing Director, Microsoft Research New England Christian Sandvig Professor, University of Michigan Claudia Perlich Chief Scientist, Dstillery ColIn Maclay Executive Director, USC Annenberg Innovation Lab CommIssIoner Terrell McSweeny US Federal Trade Commission CynthIa Breazeal Associate Professor, MIT Media Lab Daniel Greene Postdoctoral Researcher, Microsoft Research Danielle Citron Professor of Law, University of Maryland School of Law David Robinson Principal, Upturn David Knott Chief Architect, HSBC Dawn Gearhart Policy Coordinator, Teamsters Deirdre Mulligan Associate Professor, School of Information and Berkeley Center for Law & Technology, UC Berkeley Dylan Mulvin Postdoctoral Researcher, Microsoft Research New England AI NOW | 2017 EXPERTS WORKSHOP ATTENDEES CONT. Eric Sears Senior Program Offcer, MacArthur Foundation Esha Bhandari Staff Attorney, ACLU FernanDa VIegas Research Scientist, Google Francesca Rossi Research Scientist, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center & University Professor, University of Padova FreD Turner Professor, Stanford University Genevieve Bell Professor, Engineering & Computer Science, Australian National University, & Senior Fellow, Intel Gideon Mann Head of Data Science, Bloomberg LP Glen Weyl Senior Researcher, Microsoft Research Hauwa Otori Program Fellow, Cyber & Special Projects, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Heather Dewey-Hagborg Artist in Residence, Data & Society Heather Roff Research Fellow, University of Oxford & Research Scientist, Arizona State University Ian Kerr Canada Research Chair in Ethics, Law and Technology, University of Ottawa Iyad Rahwan Associate Professor, MIT Media lab J. Nathan Matias PhD., MIT Media Lab, Center for Civic Media Jason Schultz Professor, NYU School of Law Jen Gennai Global Head of User Research & Testing, Trust & Safety, Google Jennifer Chayes Managing Director, Microsoft Research New England & Microsoft Research New York City Jenny Toomey Director, Ford Foundation Jer Thorp Data Artist Jessa Lingel Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania John Bracken VP/Technology Innovation, Knight Foundation John Wilbanks Chief Commons Offcer, Sage Bionetworks Joichi Ito Director, MIT Media Lab Jonathan Sterne James McGill Professor of Culture and Technology, McGill University Jonathan Zittrain Professor, Harvard Law Joy Buolamwini Founder, Algorithmic Justice League, MIT Media Lab Julie Brill Partner, Hogan Lovells US & Former Commissioner, US Federal Trade Commission KaDe CrockforD Director, Technology for Liberty Program, ACLU of Massachusetts Kareem Ayoub DeepMind Karen Kornbluh Senior Fellow for Digital Policy, Council on Foreign Relations AI NOW | 2017 EXPERTS WORKSHOP ATTENDEES CONT. Karen Levy Assistant Professor, Cornell University KarthIk DInakar Research Scientist, MIT Media Lab Kate CrawforD Co-Founder, AI Now Initiative & Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research New York City Kate DarlIng Research Specialist, MIT Media Lab Kay Firth-Butterfeld Executive Director & Senior Fellow, AI-Austin and Strauss Center, University of Texas Lester Mackey Machine Learning Researcher, Microsoft Research New England Lisa Gitelman Professor, New York University LorI McGlInchey Senior Program Offcer, Internet Freedom, Ford Foundation Madars Virza Research Assistant, MIT CSAIL Madeleine Elish Researcher, Data & Society Madelyn Sanflippo Research Scholar, NYU Information Law Institute Margaret Mitchell Senior Research Scientist, Google Research & Machine Intelligence Mariah Peebles Director, AI Project, Information Law Institute, NYU School of Law Martin Fleming VP, Chief Analytics Offcer & Chief Economist, IBM Martin Tisné Investment Partner, Omidyar Network Martin Wattenberg Research Scientist, Google Maya WIley Senior Vice President for Social Justice & Henry Cohen Professor, The New School Meredith Whittaker Co-Founder, AI Now Initiative & Open Research Lead, Google Michael Brennan Program Offcer, Ford Foundation Michael Kearns Professor, University of Pennsylvania Michael Zimmer Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Mike Ananny Professor, Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism, University of Southern California Mira Lane Partner Director of Design & Ethics, Microsoft Corporation Molly Steenson Associate Professor, Carnegie Mellon University Moritz Hardt Assistant Professor, University of California, Berkeley Nancy Baym Principal Researcher, Microsoft Natalie Saltiel Special Projects, MIT Media Lab Nathaniel Raymond Director, Signal Program on Human Security and Technology, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative Nicholas Dawes Deputy Executive Director, Human Rights Watch Nicole Wong Senior Advisor, Albright Stonebridge Group AI NOW | 2017 EXPERTS WORKSHOP ATTENDEES CONT. Norberto Andrade Privacy and Public Policy Manager, Facebook PatrIck Ball Director of Research, Human Rights Data Analysis Group Peter Asaro Assistant Professor, The New School & Stanford Law School R. Luke DuBois Associate Professor, New York University Rachel GooDman Staff Attorney, ACLU Racial Justice Program Rob Sparrow Professor of Philosophy, Monash University Robert Seamans Professor, NYU Stern School of Business Ryan BuDIsh Senior Researcher, Berkman Klein Center, Harvard University Ryan Calo Faculty Co-Director, University of Washington Tech Policy Lab Safya Noble Assistant Professor, University of California, Los Angeles Salmana Ahmed Investment Associate, Omidyar Network Sam Lavigne Special Projects Editor, The New Inquiry Sandra Cortesi Director of Youth and Media, Berkman Klein Center, Havard University Sara Hendren Asst. Professor of Design, Olin College of Engineering Sarah Brayne Assistant Professor, The University of Texas at Austin Sean Legassick Policy Advisor, DeepMind Sendhil Mullainathan Robert C. Waggoner Professor of Economics, Harvard University Simone Browne Associate Professor, The University of Texas at Austin Solon Barocas Assistant Professor of Information Science, Cornell University StephanIe DIck Assistant Professor, History and Sociology of Science, University of Pennsylvania StephanIe Platz Managing Director, MacArthur Foundation Sunny Bates Founder & CEO, Sunny Bates Associates Suresh Venkatasubramanian Associate Professor, University of Utah Tarleton GIllespIe Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research TenzIn PrIyaDarshI Director, Ethics Initiative, MIT Media Lab Tim Hwang Researcher TimnIt Gebru Postdoctoral Researcher, Microsoft Research New York City Trevor Paglen Artist Urs Gasser Professor
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