AI for SDGs - Achieving Decent Work & Future Ready Skills in the Age of AI

In December 2020 our programme on 'AI for SDGs' was launched in partnership with Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy, Graduate Institute Geneva. As part of the programme, we aim to address each of the 17 SDGs to develop a detailed roadmap along the year and the first event on this series was held on SDG 5 - Gender Equality on 5th March 2021. Event recording is available at www.aipolicylabs.org

The event titled 'Achieving Decent Work and Future Ready Skills in the Age of AI' is the second in the series and will be held on 6th May 2021, 11.00am - 1.00pm BST, London.

This event will bring together leaders, diplomats, scholars, entrepreneurs, and broader public private communities in the field of AI, Emerging Technologies and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to discuss:

• The fundamental barriers to equality embedded in the design and purpose of AI technologies.
• Understand the existing and emerging policies related to AI such as those surrounding privacy and design which will have an impact on equal employment.
• Deliberate on the future job market.
• Identify emerging needs and opportunities for re-skilling and up-skilling of workforce in countries.

We are delighted to be joined by global experts in this field :

1. Juan Miguel de Joya, Digital Strategy & Project Officer, AI for Good, International Telecommunications Union

2. Dr Maria Mexi, Visiting research fellow at the United Nations Institute for Social Development | Special Advisor to the President of Greece, Katerina Sakellaropoulou | Co-editor of the book Protecting Workers in the Gig Economy: A Comparative Empirical Analysis

3. Gianluca Misuraca, Senior Research Associate at the Department of Design of Politecnico di Milano and Special Advisor and Member of the Task Force on Democracy in the Digital Age of Re-Imagine Europa (RIE)

4. Sobins Kuriakose, Head – State Government & Citizen Engagement (South) at National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) India

Welcome Remarks by

Uday Nagaraju, Founder & Director, AI Policy Labs

ModeratorsSwati Agarwal, Head - Programmes and Partnerships, AI Policy Labs | Member - Government Blockchain Association

Dr Jerome Dubbery, Lecturer Graduate Institute Geneva & Unige | Lead Researcher AI & Democracy | Author Environmental Governance in Digital Age

Link: https://zoom.us/j/99280451064?pwd=SFp4QjdBQlJYcXNkb0Q3QVhDNkdNdz09

Meeting ID: 992 8045 1064

Passcode: 628070

Looking forward to welcoming you to the event.