Artificial Intelligence (AI), widely recognized as a transformative technology poised to revolutionize various facets of society and our daily routines, faces a significant challenge: the AI gender gap within its research and development, deployment, adoption, governance, and usage. The absence of women in defining, producing, and utilizing this critical technology poses a risk of perpetuating societal inequalities and incompleteness, thereby diminishing the potential of important technology that will shape the future of society. This exclusion leads to biased algorithms, unequal economic impacts, and a loss of innovation, effectively eroding the technology's utility for half the global population.
The objective of this panel discussion is to explore novel socio-cultural, historical, and geo-strategic perspectives to comprehend the root cause of the problem in African and Caribbean societies. Current Western models of the AI gender gap often fail to comprehend or anticipate gender dynamics in non-Western AI landscapes such as China, Japan, Africa, the Caribbean, and parts of the Middle East. The latter assumes that universal "parity" (equal, interchangeable representation) is the sole valid indicator of progress. This approach frequently resulted in the tokenization of women's presence in corporate settings, classrooms, academia, and discussion rooms solely to achieve gender parity without implementing genuine mechanisms that address the underlying causes of the problems and the corresponding eradication of the problem across generations.
You are cordially invited to participate in this stimulating panel discussion as a panelist or discussion contributor. Each panelist will deliver a concise presentation on one of the following topics:
a) Women in Ancient African society and early Caribbean society
b) Contemporary Western models of the AI gender gap
c) Gender Gap in family and early STEM education
d) Role of men in resolving STEM and AI gender gap
e) Motherhood penalty in addressing STEM gender Gap
f) Beyond DEI: Long-term AI gender gap
g) Role of Government, Education, Corporations, and Society in Addressing the AI Gender Gap
Other planned activities during the conference to address the AI gender gap include the Best Paper Presentation by a Female Paper Author and the Best Female-Authored Paper on AI Application in African or Caribbean Problems. Additionally, limited partial funding is available to female authors whose scientific paper has been peer-reviewed and selected for publication, based on their needs and subject to available funds.
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Contact information: Thomas Dousseu. Email: general-chair@paaiss.com, Charmaine Delisser, Email: charmsdelisser@gmail.com
The objective of this panel discussion is to explore novel socio-cultural, historical, and geo-strategic perspectives to comprehend the root cause of the problem in African and Caribbean societies. Current Western models of the AI gender gap often fail to comprehend or anticipate gender dynamics in non-Western AI landscapes such as China, Japan, Africa, the Caribbean, and parts of the Middle East. The latter assumes that universal "parity" (equal, interchangeable representation) is the sole valid indicator of progress. This approach frequently resulted in the tokenization of women's presence in corporate settings, classrooms, academia, and discussion rooms solely to achieve gender parity without implementing genuine mechanisms that address the underlying causes of the problems and the corresponding eradication of the problem across generations.
You are cordially invited to participate in this stimulating panel discussion as a panelist or discussion contributor. Each panelist will deliver a concise presentation on one of the following topics:
a) Women in Ancient African society and early Caribbean society
b) Contemporary Western models of the AI gender gap
c) Gender Gap in family and early STEM education
d) Role of men in resolving STEM and AI gender gap
e) Motherhood penalty in addressing STEM gender Gap
f) Beyond DEI: Long-term AI gender gap
g) Role of Government, Education, Corporations, and Society in Addressing the AI Gender Gap
Other planned activities during the conference to address the AI gender gap include the Best Paper Presentation by a Female Paper Author and the Best Female-Authored Paper on AI Application in African or Caribbean Problems. Additionally, limited partial funding is available to female authors whose scientific paper has been peer-reviewed and selected for publication, based on their needs and subject to available funds.
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Contact information: Thomas Dousseu. Email: general-chair@paaiss.com, Charmaine Delisser, Email: charmsdelisser@gmail.com
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