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SUMMARY:American Political Science Association Annual Meeting
DESCRIPTION:“Join us for the 115th American Political Science Association’s Annual Meeting & Exhibition\, August 29 – September 1\, 2019\, in Washington\, DC\, to address the latest scholarship in political science while exploring the 2019 theme\, “Populism and Privilege.”  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nAPSA and the 2019 Program Chairs Amel Ahmed\, University of Massachusetts\, Amherst\, and Christopher Sebastian Parker\, University of Washington\, look forward to your participation in panels and sessions prepared by APSA’s 57 divisions and numerous related groups at the 2019 APSA Annual Meeting. The 2019 Annual Meeting will take place at the Marriott Wardman Park\, Omni Shoreham\, and Washington Hilton.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/american-political-science-association-annual-meeting/
LOCATION:Washington Hilton Hotel\, Washington D.C.\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190917
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190919
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SUMMARY:AI@Oxford Conference
DESCRIPTION:“The University of Oxford is hosting AI@Oxford\, the institution’s first major international conference on Artificial Intelligence. A two-day 500-delegate event\, AI@Oxford will showcase world-leading research\, game changing technologies and the ground breaking innovative companies we’re creating here in the Oxford Cluster.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/aioxford-conference/
LOCATION:Said Business School\, Oxford\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190923
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190927
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SUMMARY:Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa (FiFAfrica)
DESCRIPTION:“On September 23-26\, 2019 the Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) will host the sixth Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa (FIFAfrica). This landmark event convenes a spectrum of stakeholders from across the internet governance and online rights arenas in Africa and beyond to deliberate on gaps\, concerns and opportunities for advancing privacy\, free expression\, non-discrimination and the free flow of information online. \nThis year\, FIFAfrica will take place in Addis Ababa\, Ethiopia\, where since April 2018 the new Ethiopian government has undertaken unprecedented political and economic reforms. These have included release from jail of thousands of prisoners\, announcing plans to liberalise the telecom\, aviation\, and transportation sectors\, and dropping charges against many opposition leaders\, bloggers\, and activists. On the internet freedom front\, the new administration has restored mobile and broadband internet services that had been disrupted since 2016\, and unblocked 246 websites\, blogs\, and news sites that had been inaccessible for over a decade. These pivotal developments serve as an avenue to advance more progressive efforts on internet governance and promotion of human rights online\, not only in the country that hosts the African Union (AU) but on the continent at large. \nHosting FIFAfrica in Addis Ababa is also in keeping the stride of expanding the conversation\, as well as knowledge and skills development to different parts of the continent. In its inaugural years\, the Forum took place in Kampala\, Uganda. Since then\, FIFAfrica’s expanding footprint has seen it being hosted in Johannesburg\, South Africa in partnership with the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) in 2017 and in Accra\, Ghana in partnership with the Media Foundation West Africa (MFWA) in 2018. \nThe Forum responds to rising challenges to the enjoyment of internet freedom in various countries\, including arrests and intimidation of online users\, internet disruptions\, and a proliferation of laws and regulations that undermine the potential of digital technology to drive socio-economic and political development on the continent. FIFAfrica therefore puts internet freedom on the agenda of key actors including African policy makers\, regulators\, human rights defenders\, law enforcement representatives\, and the media\, paving the way for broader work on advancing online rights in Africa and promoting the multi-stakeholder model of internet governance.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/forum-on-internet-freedom-in-africa-fifafrica/
LOCATION:Ethiopian Skylight Hotel\, Addis Ababa\, Ethiopia
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190925T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190925T170000
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SUMMARY:"Please do not include us": Workshop on AI Ethics and Inclusion
DESCRIPTION:“Inclusion in AI development? At what cost\, and to whom? During this day-long workshop\, we aim to look at and evaluate tensions around the development of AI technology\, its social and political implications\, and the unintended effects that diversity and inclusion in AI have on different groups. \nAs has been evident\, technology and inclusion efforts have not always gone together seamlessly. For instance\, if we look at the popular rise of facial recognition tools over the past few years\, people of color have been excluded from the design and implementation process. The tools are often discriminatory\, fail to recognize people of color\, and at times\, misgender them. However\, in parallel\, facial recognition technology is increasingly integrated into police and state surveillance tools\, and perfecting that technology could significantly further impact communities that are already over-policed and over-surveilled. \nThis has led us to call out\, “Please Don’t Include Us.” During the convening\, we hope to bring these tensions to the forefront of conversations around AI development. We invite participation from people interested in exploring how to: \n1. Support the development of the network of community-based researchers and tech workers who are assessing the social impacts of AI \n2. Increase knowledge across this network of the ethical and legal implications of big data and inclusion \n3. Strengthen research about diversity\, equity\, and inclusion efforts across academia and industry \n4. Map out inclusion efforts within AI practices that negatively impact equity-seeking groups”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/please-do-not-include-us-workshop-on-ai-ethics-and-inclusion/
LOCATION:Harvard Kennedy School\, Boston\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Other
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190926
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190929
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SUMMARY:National Institute for Civil Discourse Research Convening
DESCRIPTION:“Voters are frustrated\, worried\, and angry with their leaders and ashamed of how our political process works these days. Heated rhetoric and a dramatic shift away from bipartisan collaboration pervade national politics\, leaving us unable to solve the major challenges confronting our nation. \nNICD envisions elected officials who work collaboratively to tackle the big issues facing our country; a media that accurately informs and involves citizens; and a public that actively engages with its government — of the people\, by the people\, for the people. Joining forces\, we can ensure that civility emerges once again as the glue that binds\, repairs and strengthens our Democratic nation.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/national-institute-for-civil-discourse-research-convening/
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