Enabling accountability for trustworthy AI: A joint seminar by the OECD and Slovenia as 2021 President of the Council of the EU
A webinar featuring leading AI experts discussing how to ensure and enable accountability for trustworthy AI.
Background
The OECD and the Republic of Slovenia, in the context of the 2021 Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, organised the online discussion, “Enabling accountability for trustworthy AI”. The session took place on 2 November 2021, at 15:00 – 17:00 CET.
At this virtual conference, speakers shared experiences and perspectives on how best to ensure accountability for trustworthy AI. The event included two panels:
- Panelists first presented existing efforts they are undertaking to build the evidence base to enable accountability for AI.
- Panelists then discussed ways to assess and mitigate risks in AI systems with a focus on how best to ensure global interoperability.
The two panels were moderated by Peter Ješovnik, Slovenia’s ambassador to the OECD.
👀 Watch the recording of the conference below!
Programme
- Introductory remarks [15 min]
- Boštjan Koritnik, Minister of Public Administration, Slovenia
- Ulrik Knudsen, Deputy Secretary-General, OECD
- Panel 1: Building the evidence base to enable accountability towards trustworthy AI [40 min + 10 min Q&A]
- Andrew Wyckoff, Director of the Science, Technology and Innovation directorate, OECD
- Carlos Torrecilla Salinas, Head of Digital Economy Unit at the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission
- Michael Schoenstein, Head of Strategic Foresight and Analysis, German Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
- Alberto Merchante, Technical Advisor at the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation of Spain
- Marinka Žitnik, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard University
- Panel 2: Ensuring global interoperability in assessing and mitigating risks in AI [40 min + 10 min Q&A]
- Karine Perset, Head of the AI unit, OECD
- Tatjana Evas, Artificial Intelligence Policy Development and Coordination, European Commission
- Cristina Pombo, Principal Advisor and Head of the Digital and Data Cluster, Inter-American Development Bank
- Gregor Strojin, Chair of the Ad Hoc Committee on Artificial Intelligence at the Council of Europe (CAHAI)
- Marko Grobelnik, AI Researcher and Digital Champion, AI Lab of Slovenia’s Jozef Stefan Institute
- Closing remarks [5 min]
- Peter Ješovnik, Slovenia’s ambassador to the OECD
