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SUMMARY:Ethical A.I.ms: Addressing A.I. in Contemporary Challenges
DESCRIPTION:About the Program\n\n\n\nEthical A.I.ms: Addressing A.I. in Contemporary Challenges is a one-day symposium held during Baruch College’s Ethics Week and open to the entire CUNY community. The symposium brings together academia\, industry\, and civic organizations to explore the legal\, ethical\, social\, and policy implications of AI across a range of pressing issues. \nThe program features a series of panel discussions throughout the day\, each combining short presentations with moderated conversation and audience Q&A. Panels will include a diverse mix of invited experts from within and beyond Baruch\, alongside graduate students selected through a competitive open call for abstracts.  \nThis program is part of Ethics Week at Baruch College. \nSchedule\n\n\nMorning sessions:  \n8:30 – 9:00: Registration and Light Breakfast  \n9:00 – 9:15: Welcome Remarks from the Provost  \n9:15 – 10:00: AI & Higher Education: Responsible use of AI in universities \n\nCheryl Comeau-Kirschner\, Associate Professor\, Borough of Manhattan Community College\, CUNY and Eldar Sarajlic\, Associate Professor\, Borough of Manhattan Community College\, CUNY\nLucie Mingla\, Lecturer\, LaGuardia Community College\, CUNY\nRobert Kunicki\, Director for New Student Programs\, Baruch College \nModerator: Meechal Hoffman\, Senior Director\, Center for Teaching & Learning\, Baruch College\n\n10:15 – 11:00: AI & Social Justice: Fairness\, bias\, equity\, and discrimination concerns  \n\nİrem Tümer\, Law\, Technology and Entrepreneurship LLM Candidate\, Cornell University\nElan Silver\, Senior Counsel and Committee Director\, NYS Senate Committees: Internet and Technology & Elections\, Office of State Senator Kristen Gonzalez\nSean Rowland\, Master of International Affairs Student\, Baruch College\nModerator: Angie Beeman\, Professor\, Marxe School of Public & International Affairs; Affiliate Faculty with Black and Latinx Studies\, Baruch College\n\n11:15 – 12:00: AI & Democracy: Political and (dis)information landscapes \n\nOfer Hermoni\, Founder and Chief AI Officer at iForAI\, and Co-Founder and former Technical Advisory Committee Chair at the Linux Foundation AI & Data Initiative\nAndrew Miller\, Assistant Professor of Law\, Brooklyn Law School \nJohn Deckers\, Master of International Affairs Student\, Baruch College\nModerator: Rhiannon Neilsen\, Assistant Professor\, Marxe School of Public & International Affairs\, Baruch College\n\nMidday sessions:  \n12:00-12:45: Lunch \n12:45 – 1:20: Fireside chat: AI in Business and Finance \n\nMinerva Tantoco\, Tech Strategy Consultant and Board Director\, Former First CTO of the City of New York\nModerator: William Organek\, Assistant Professor of Law\, Baruch College\n\n1:30 – 2:15: Keynote \n\nFrank Pasquale\, Professor of Law\, Cornell Tech and Cornell Law School\nModerator: David Rosenberg\, Associate Professor of Law\, Baruch College\n\nAfternoon sessions:  \n2:30 – 3:15: AI & the Environment: Environmental impact of generative AI \n\nKiran Garimella\, Assistant Professor of Library and Information Science\, Rutgers University\nMarc N. Conte\, Professor of Economics\, Fordham University\nAriel Taub\, Master of International Affairs Student\, Baruch College\nModerator: Valerie Watnick\, Professor of Law\, Baruch College\n\n3:30 – 4:15: AI & Creativity: Promises and perils   \n\nKatherine Behar\, Professor of New Media Arts\, Baruch College \nDavid Schwittek\, Associate Professor of Digital Media and Graphic Design\, Lehman College\, CUNY\nMichael Loiacono\, VP of Global Sales\, Bria.ai \nModerator: Yafit Lev-Aretz\, Associate Professor of Law\, Baruch College\n\n4:15 – 5:00: Networking Reception \nOrganizing Committee\nElizabeth Edenberg\, Assistant Professor of Philosophy\, Weissman School\, Baruch College \nYafit Lev-Aretz\, Associate Professor of Law\, Zicklin School\, Baruch College \nRhiannon Neilsen\, Assistant Professor of International Security\, Marxe School\, Baruch College \nRegistration\nComplimentary registration is required to attend. Register online or via e-mail: \n\nTo register online\, please click here or\nE-mail us at ruzdo.srdanovic@baruch.cuny.edu\n\nPELTA\nThe Ethical A.I.ms Symposium marks the launch of PELTA\, a Policy\, Ethics\, Law\, Technology and AI initiative at Baruch\, which will include a podcast and a series of interdisciplinary policy briefs.  \nAs part of the launch of Baruch College’s PELTA – Policy\, Ethics\, Law\, Technology and AI program – we are advertising PAID prizes ($250.00) for ~10 undergraduate and/or graduate Baruch College\, CUNY students. This will be a research assistantship contributing to the PELTA project\, and it provides students with an exciting opportunity to publish on the political\, ethical\, or legal implications of AI in PELTA. \nFor additional information please click here. \nProgram Support:\nThe conference is made possible by generous support from The Provost’s Office\, the Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity at Baruch College\, and CUNY’s Office of Academic Affairs AI Innovation Fund. 
URL:https://zicklin.baruch.cuny.edu/event/ethicalaims/
LOCATION:Baruch College – Library Building Room 750-760\, 151 East 25 Street\, New York\, NY\, 10010\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Robert%20Zicklin%20Center%20for%20Corporate%20Integrity":MAILTO:ruzdo.srdanovic@baruch.cuny.edu
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