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Isabel Pedersen

Speaker: Isabel Pedersen, ​​Director of Digital Life Institute

Presentation: “AI ethics, ethically-aligned design, and sustainability”

Bio: Dr. Isabel Pedersen is the founding Director of the Digital Life Institute, an international research network of multidisciplinary scholars studying the social implications of emergent digital technologies, where she also leads the AI and Social Implications cluster. She is a Professor of Communication Studies at Ontario Tech University and researches the cultural, ethical, and political challenges posed by technological change through design, adoption and adaptation, concentrating on emergent digital devices.