8:30 – 9:00 | Breakfast and Registration |
9:00 – 9:15 | Welcome |
9:15 – 10:15 | Setting the Stage: Taking a Multistakeholder Approach to Responsible AI - Moderator: Jean-François Gagné (Canada), CEO – Element AI
- Speakers:
- Verity Harding (UK), Co-Lead – DeepMind Ethics & Society
- Fanny Hidvegi (EU), European Policy Manager – Access Now
- Edward Santow (Australia), Australian Human Rights Commissioner
- Stefan Schnorr (Germany), Director General of Digital and Innovation Policy – Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy
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10:15 – 10:30 | Health Break |
10:30 – 11:45 | Breakout Sessions |
Theme 1: | AI for Society – Inclusion in AI Development and Deployment - Country Leads: Canada and the United Kingdom
- Moderators:
- Marie-Josée Hébert (Canada), Vice-Rector for Research, Discovery, Creation and Innovation – University of Montréal
- Adrian Weller (UK), Programme Director for AI – The Alan Turing Institute
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Theme 2: | Unleashing Innovation – Reducing Barriers to Innovation/Enhancing Market Confidence - Country Leads: European Union, Germany, and the United States
- Moderators:
- Finch Fulton (US), Deputy Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy – United States Department of Transportation
- Lucilla Sioli (EU), Director for AI and Digital Industry – DG CNECT
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Theme 3: | Accountability in AI – Promoting Greater Societal Trust - Country Leads: Canada and Japan
- Moderators:
- Jason Millar (Canada), Professor – University of Ottawa, and Koichi Hori (Japan), Professor – University of Tokyo
- Ian Kerr (Canada), Chair – CIFAR AI & Society Council, Professor – University of Ottawa, and Kentaro Kotsuki (Japan), Director of Policy Research Department – Institute for Information and Communications Policy, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
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Theme 4: | The Future of Work – Skills for the Modern Economy |
11:45 – 12:15 | Transfer to Plenary and Lunch |
12:15 – 13:10 | Lunchtime Panel: Where Does AI Go From Here? - Moderator: The Honourable Navdeep Bains (Canada), Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development
- Foteini Agrafioti (Canada), Head – Borealis AI, and Chief Science Officer – Royal Bank of Canada
- Yoshua Bengio (Canada), Scientific Director – Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms
- Geoffrey Hinton (Canada), Chief Science Advisor – Vector Institute, and Vice President and Engineering Fellow – Google
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13:10 – 13:45 | Announcement - The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau (Canada), Prime Minister
- The Honourable Navdeep Bains (Canada), Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development
- Mounir Mahjoubi (France), Minister of State for the Digital Sector, attached to the Minister of Economy and Finance and the Minister of Public Action and Accounts
- Pierre Fitzgibbon (Canada), Minister of the Economy and Innovation of the Government of Quebec
- Read the News Release
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13:45 – 14:00 | Health Break |
14:00 – 15:00 | Plenary Session - Moderator: Mona Nemer, Canada's Chief Science Advisor
- Theme Leads:
- Theme 1: AI for Society – Marie-Josée Hébert (Canada), Vice-Rector for Research, Discovery, Creation and Innovation – University of Montréal
- Theme 2: Unleashing Innovation: Michael May, (Germany) Head of Company Core Technology, Data Analytics & AI – Siemens
- Theme 3: AI for Society: Ian Kerr (Canada), Chair – CIFAR AI & Society Council, Professor – University of Ottawa
- Theme 4: The Future of Work – Giorgio Metta (Italy), Vice Scientific Director – Instituto Italiano di technologica
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15:00 – 15:15 | Health Break |
15:15 – 16:15 | Panel Discussion: From Research to Commercialization - Moderator: James Kurose (US), Assistant Director for Computer and Information Science and Engineering – National Science Foundation
- Speakers:
- Andrew Greenshaw (Canada), Scientific Director – APEC Digital Hub for Mental Health at University of British Columbia
- Lucilla Sioli (EU), Director for AI and Digital Industry – DG CNECT
- Geneviève Tanguay (Canada), Vice-President, Emerging Technologies – National Research Council of Canada
- Michael Zeller (Germany), Senior Vice President of AI Strategy & Innovation – Software AG
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16:30 – 16:45 | Closing Remarks - The Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development (Canada)
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16:45 – 18:30 | Networking Reception / AI Showcases |