The Global Partnership, with support from Microsoft, is hosting the 2024 AI for inclusive development webinar series as a platform for discussing real-life production and applications of AI and related technologies to drive shared progress. Read more about this work here.
These online learning events bring together actors from across geographies and sectors to share best practices in AI for development. Each event will bring new insights and perspectives on potential uses of effective and safe applications of AI within local development programs, as well as lessons that can be learned from imperfect and failed ventures, and discussion on how to overcome the challenges and seize the opportunities that lie ahead.
Webinar | October 15
Where demand meets supply: Ethical and fit-for-purpose examples of AI in development
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Hear from development partners and practitioners in the Global South on how to ensure AI is ethical and fit for purpose. Share your ideas and opinions with the group to shape upcoming conversations.
AI developers and users of AI tools will talk about what makes them work, how risks are managed, and what fit for purpose means in development.
Speakers include Tracey Li, Senior Data Lead, Zanzibar, D-Tree International; Poornima Ramesh, Data Scientist, IDInsight; Swastik Das, Senior Manager at Data Insights, and Mohak Srivastava, Data Scientist, from MicroSave Consulting.
Webinar | October 23
Breaking down data silos for inclusive AI
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- Time: 7am PDT / 10am EDT / 2pm GMT / 3pm BST / 5pm EAT
- Interpretation: English - Spanish - French
Hear from experts on the challenges and opportunities of data sharing for AI.
This event will focus on the data necessary to develop, train, test, and deploy AI tools in development. Much of the data useful for development is inaccessible or not fit for use by AI developers. Ensuring that data can be shared across sectors and organizations is essential for AI development.
Speakers include: Jenna Slotin, Senior Director of Policy, The Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data; Fola Adeleke, Executive Director, Global Center on AI Governance; Kenneth Mubea, Capacity Development Lead, Digital Earth Africa; Thomas Carey Wilson, Researcher, Open Data Institute; Luis Gerardo Gonzalez Morales, Chief of the Web, Development and Data Visualization Unit, the Statistics Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA)
