ALT Screenshot of website: AI EDUCATION SYMPOSIUM Join us for 3 AI keynotes & discussions: AI & Democracy – afternoon of Friday May 31 AI & Indigenous Knowledge Systems – morning of Saturday June 1 AI & Education – afternoon of Saturday June 1 At Western University’s Faculty of Education: 1137 Western Road, London, Ontario, Canada, N6G 1G7 Friday May 31, 12:30 pm – 4:00 pm – light lunch provided Saturday June 1, 8:30 am – 4:00 pm – light breakfast & lunch provided No cost. In-person or virtual participation.

ALT Screenshot of website: SHEILA JASANOFF, HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL AI and Democracy Sheila Jasanoff is Pforzheimer Professor of Science and Technology Studies at the Harvard Kennedy School. A pioneer in her field, she has authored more than 130 articles and chapters and is author or editor of more than 15 books, including The Fifth Branch, Science at the Bar, Designs on Nature, The Ethics of Invention, and Can Science Make Sense of Life? Her work explores the role of science and technology in the law, politics, and policy of modern democracies

ALT Screenshot of website: MARK DALEY, WESTERN UNIVERSITY AI and Education Mark Daley is the Chief AI Officer at Western University and a full professor in the Department of Computer Science with cross-appointments in five other departments, The Rotman Institute of Philosophy, and The Western Institute for Neuroscience. He is also a faculty affiliate of Toronto’s Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence. Mark has previously served as the Vice-President (Research) at the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research(CIFAR), and Chief Digital Information Officer, Special Advisor to the President, and Associate Vice-President (Research) at Western. Mark is the past chair of Compute Ontario and serves on a number of other boards.

ALT Screenshot of website: DANICA PAWLICK-POTTS, WESTERN UNIVERSITY What Does Kinship Mean for AI? Danica Pawlick-Potts is an Indigenous PhD Candidate and lecturer in the Faculty of Information and Media Studies at Western University. Danica’s research explores how Indigenous knowledge and protocols including Indigenous data sovereignty can guide and enhance ethical frameworks for the development of algorithmic systems and data infrastructures. If she had to sum up her research agenda into one question it would be: how can we all (including AI—looking at you ChatGPT) be good kin to Indigenous peoples in our data practices?