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Algorithmic Decision Making and its Human Rights Implications

Please note: This workshop is not a public event but on invitation only.

Banner image – Algorithmic decision making and its human rights implications – a NoC event

With the alluring possibility of technology freeing us from the need to make decisions in all areas of our everyday lives, a sincere concern is arising with regard to the preservation of free will in matters as crucial as the formation of public opinion, political decision-making and activity in online communication spaces.
Algorithms, which also enter physical terrain via IoT, directly influence human behaviour both online and offline. The need for new meta-norms that can ensure an ethical process of technological innovation and acknowledge human rights when it comes to algorithmic decision-making is a pressing matter to be discussed.

AlGORITHMIC DECISION MAKING AND ITS HUMAN RIGHTS IMPLICATIONS 
hosted by the Hans-Bredow-Institute for Media Research (HBI) and
the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG)
12 to 13 October 2017 | Sirius Minds Berlin | Französische Str. 12.

These are the issues our workshop on algorithmic decision making and human rights seeks to address. Benefiting from multiple points of view brought to our discussion panels by the Network’s guests and experts of the Network, we will jointly seek to explore and exchange views on the shifts, tensions and new perspectives that innovations in the field of algorithmic decision-making bring to the status and protection of human rights. By unpacking the participants’ numerous research efforts, we will be able to shed light on this broad theme, uncover further common research interests and build upon diverse methodological backgrounds.

Agenda

Thursday, 12 October 2017
Workshop location: Sirius Minds | Französische Str. 12 | 10117 Berlin 

14:00 – 15:45Registration
Welcome and opening
Wolfgang Schulz, Hans-Bredow-Institut for Media Research,
Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society
Information on latest NoC developments
Carlos Affonso Souza, Institute for Technology and Society,
Rio de Janeiro
15:45 – 16:30Input Statement: Douglas Eck, Co-Founder of Google Brain
16:30 – 17:00Coffee break
17:00 – 18:30Panel discussion: AI innovations in the human rights discourse
Sharon Bar-Ziv, Haifa Center for Law and Technology
Kirsten Gollatz, Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society
Lorna McGregor, Human Rights Centre, University of Essex
Mariarosaria Taddeo, Oxford Internet Institute
Rolf Weber, Faculty of Law, University of Zurich
Moderation: Carlos Affonso Souza, Institute for Technology and Society,
Rio de Janeiro
18:00 – 20:00Dinner and get-together at the institute’s premises
(next to the venue, Französische Str. 9)

Friday, 13 October 2017
Workshop location: Sirius Minds | Französische Str. 12 | 10117 Berlin

9:00Arrival and coffee
 9:30 – 11:00Panel discussion: IT innovations shaping public communication
Natali Helberger, Institute for Information Law, University of Amsterdam
Ulrike Klinger, Institute for Mass Communication & Media Research,
University of Zurich
Michael Latzer, Media Change & Innovation Division, University of Zurich
Aleksandra Przegalinska, The New Research on Digital Societies (NeRDS group)
Moderation: Juan Carlos De Martin, Nexa Center for Internet and Society
11:00Coffee break
11-15 – 12:45Panel discussion: Ethics and accountability questions of artificial intelligence
Balázs Bodó, Institute for Information Law, University of Amsterdam
Christian Djeffal, Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society
Niva Elkin-Koren, Haifa Center for Law and Technology
Jędrzej Niklas, London School of Economics and Political Science
Alessandro Mantelero, Nexa Center for Internet and Society
Moderation: Jeanette Hofmann, Berlin Social Science Center & HIIG
12:45 – 14:15Wrap-up and lunch

Organisers

A workshop within the Global Network of Internet and Society Research Centers hosted by the Hans-Bredow-Institute for Media Research (HBI) and the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG).

Event date

12.10.2017 - 13.10.2017 ical | gcal
 

Location

Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society,  Französische Straße 9,  10117 Berlin

Contact

Sina Beckstein

Former Associated researcher: Innovation & Entrepreneurship

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