19 April 2024, Mansion House, Dublin, Ireland
Event Report
Programme
Arrival, registration, tea/coffee
Words of welcome
Lord Mayor Daithí De Róiste
Christian Gsodam, European External Action Service, Founder of European
Future Talks
Daire Keogh, President, Dublin City University
Othmar Karas, First Vice-President of the European Parliament (video message
Keynote speech, presentation of questions
Jovan Kurbalija, Executive Director of DiploFoundation, Geneva (keynote)
Philip McDonagh, Centre for Religion, Human Values, and International
Relations, and Ashwini Mathur, Onesto Consulting
Panel Discussion 1: The purposes of the AI Act, AI and security, AI and the information environment, AI and structural bias
Chair: Larry O’Connell, Director, National Economic and Social Council
1) Axel Voss, MEP (online), rapporteur, AI Act
2) Christian Gsodam, EEAS Advisor for Strategic Communication/Foresight
3) Abeba Birhane, Trinity College Dublin
4) Jane Suiter, Professor, Dublin City University
5) Catherine Prasifka, Writer-in-Residence, Trinity College
6) Archbishop Michael Jackson, Chair, Dublin City Interfaith Forum
Comments from the floor.
Introduction to the Insight Centre for Data Analytics
Noel O’Connor, Professor DCU, Insight SFI Centre for Data Analytics
Light lunch
Words of welcome in relation to the dialogue with churches and faith communities and overview of the state of the debate on AI
Seán Ó Fearghail, Ceann Comhairle (Speaker) of Dáil Éireann
Anja Kaspersen (on-line), Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs
AI and the world of work, with reference to employment, productivity, education, and equality
hair: Noelle O’Connell, CEO, European Movement, Ireland
1) Molly Newell, TASC (Think-tank for Action on Social Change)
2) Kieran McCorry, National Technology Officer, Microsoft
3) Susan Leavy, Assistant Professor,University College Dublin
4) Matthew O’Neill, European Movement
5) John Gilliland, Professor of Practice, Queen’s University Belfast
6) Don Andrea Ciucci, Holy See, Fondazione Renaissance
Comments from the floor.
Roundtables
There will be six round tables, each with a facilitator. Round tables will consider in turn (i) their allocated area of focus, (ii) other challenges, and (iii) the potential contribution of churches, faith communities, and philosophical organisations.
Round Table 1: area of focus, AI and education (facilitator: Martin Hawkes,
Burren College of Art)
Round Table 2: area of focus, AI and education (facilitator: Damian Jackson, ICC)
Round Table 3: area of focus, AI and the world of work (facilitator: Damian
Thomas, NESC)
Round Table 4: area of focus, AI and the world of work (facilitator: Fearghas O Béara, Secretariat of the European Parliament)
Round Table 5: area of focus, AI and the information environment, political and social (facilitator: Gary Carville, Commission for Social Issues & International Affairs)
Round Table 6: area of focus, AI and the information environment, political and social (facilitator: Patrick O’Donnell, Onesto Consulting)
Afternoon tea
Final session
Co-Chairs: Philip McDonagh, Centre for Religion, Human Values, and
International Relations, and Ashwini Mathur, Onesto Consulting
Brief reports from the round tables
Further real-time feedback from participants (Chris Chapman, using an app)
Media opportunities in the drawing room
Reception
Photos
