Dates: 22 and 30 April 2021
Time: 9:30 – 13:30 (CET)
Place: Zoom Meetings
Registration Deadline: 19 April
These two online sessions are part of a broader initiative including an e-library and discussion platform that is supported by the Open Society Foundations.
This training is open to any staff from equality bodies who are interested in AI. There is neither a technical nor a legal prerequisite needed to participate!
The aim of the training will be to share the basic technical knowledge, discuss the legal and practical challenges (22/04) and present some examples of current AI applications that might challenge Equality and Human Rights (30/04). An exchange of good practices among colleagues should enhance mutual learning.
Agenda
The training encompasses two morning sessions that will each be divided into three sessions separated by a break:
22 April: technical specificities, practical and regulatory challenges of AI
- Session I. Setting the scene: how does artificial intelligence (AI) affect equality and the work of Equality Bodies?
- Understanding Automated Decision-Making and their implication for Equality, Raja Chatila (Sorbonne University)
- Regulating for an Equal AI: A New Role for Equality Bodies, Robin Allen (Cloisters)
- Session II. Equality Bodies and AI: best practice examples
- Colleagues from national equality bodies will be discussing their involvement in national and European initiatives as well as the work they have already undertaken on the topic in the light of the challenges identified in Equinet’s report.
- Session III. Challenges and opportunities for gender equality and non-discrimination
- ‘Why Fairness Cannot Be Automated: Bridging the gap between EU non-discrimination law and AI’, Sandra Wachter (University of Oxford)
- Algorithmic Discrimination in Europe. Challenges and opportunities for gender equality and non-discrimination law, Janneke Gerards (Utrecht University) and Raphaële Xenidis (University of Edinburgh and University of Copenhagen)
30 April: examples of current AI applications that might challenge Equality and Human Rights and possible ways of involvement for equality bodies
- Session I. Setting the scene: underlying mechanisms and overwhelming contexts
- Getting the future right – Artificial intelligence and fundamental rights. Examples of theoretical assessment of harm and significant impact of AI or automated decisions, Elise Lassus (FRA)
- Monitoring and analysing ADM systems used to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, Fabio Chiusi (Algorithm Watch)
- Session II. Applications in specific fields
- Credit and banking
- Hiring and employment
- Public service
- Health sector
- Session III. Preserving equality – New European legal and regulatory approaches and possible ways for involvement for equality bodies
- European regulatory initiatives for AI and possible ways of involvement: EU and CoE, Nathalie Smuha (KU Leuven, Faculty of Law)
- Equinet’s capacity building on AI: preparing the future (e-library, forum, follow-up training)
If you have any questions about this training, please contact Astrid Eichstädt, Policy Officer (astrid.eichstaedt@equineteurope.org) .