Motivation
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.
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. We are taking a different approach.
Join us for a stimulating panel discussion as we reimagine what closing the AI gender gap could mean for Africa and the Caribbean.
Key Discussion Focus Areas:
In addition to the panel discussion, other planned activities during the conference to address the AI gender gap include:
Contact info:
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. We are taking a different approach.
Join us for a stimulating panel discussion as we reimagine what closing the AI gender gap could mean for Africa and the Caribbean.
Key Discussion Focus Areas:
- The Reality Check: Why Traditional Efforts to Close the AI Gender Gap Fall Short
- Challenges & Opportunities: Realities Facing African and Caribbean Women in the AI Era.
- A Cultural & Historical Lens: How Local Values, Spirituality, Cosmology and History Offer a Fresh Framework for Addressing the AI Gender Gap.
- A Shared Blueprint: Concrete Steps Academia, Governments and Industry Must Take to Expand Opportunity and Build Generational Gender Parity
In addition to the panel discussion, other planned activities during the conference to address the AI gender gap include:
- Best Paper Presentation by a Female Paper Author
- Best Female-Authored Paper on AI Application in African or Caribbean Problems
- Limited partial funding for female authors whose scientific paper has been peer-reviewed and selected for publication, based on their needs and subject to available funds.
Contact info:
- Dr. Lisa Facey-Shaw, University of Technology, Jamaica. Email: Lshaw@utech.edu.jm
- Dr. Thomas Dousseu. Conference General Chair. Email: general-chair@paaiss.com
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