Barcelona leads the adoption of technological humanism to address the challenges of digitisation
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BARCELONA, Spain, Nov. 12, 2021 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --
Digital Future Society [ https://digitalfuturesociety.com/es/ ] and the City
Council of Barcelona jointly organize the event "Humanism in the digital age:
the urban contribution" this 15th of November in Barcelona; where experts and
opinion leaders will assess the impact of the current digital transformation in
an urban environment, and discuss how to build a more sustainable, equitable
and inclusive digital transition that strengthens human rights in the digital
age, placing people at the centre of the technological deployment.
The various sessions of the day will explore and analyse some of the main
challenges arising from the digital transformation in cities, with a special
emphasis on two thematic blocks: ethics and Artificial Intelligence (AI) and
digital rights. The program will host highly recognized international voices.
Likewise, the role of public administrations in front of the digital divides
will be a highlighted topic during the day. Digital exclusion will be addressed
and will explore projects, initiatives, and community approaches with the CTOs
of Barcelona, Michael Donaldson, New York, John Paul Farmer, and the UNU-EGOV
advisor, Morten Meyerhoff.
It will also seek to explore solutions about the fundamental challenges
associated with AI. For example, this technology, increasingly used by public
and private actors, cannot be adopted without considering the consequences of
gender or race discrimination that it may perpetuate. To do so, the panel
formed by Werner Stengg of the European Commission and Renata Ávila, CEO of the
Open Knowledge Foundation, will consider its use in an ethical manner and
explore how to guide it towards an effective regulation. In this area, the
keynote with Sonia Jorge, Executive Director of World Wide Web Foundation, is
also highlighted.
Within digital rights, the role of cities to approach an inclusive, secure, and
responsible digital transformation, will gain relevance with a panel moderated
by Barcelona's Deputy mayor, Laia Bonet, and joined by representatives of
municipal administrations such as Delphine Jamet (Bordeus); Roos Vermeij
(Rotterdam) and Arnaud Ngatcha (Paris). And lastly, facial recognition
technologies and the responsibility that their use entails will be another
spotlight of the sessions of this block, moderated by Melissa Heikkil, from
Politico Europe, with the presence of Sarah Chander, senior policy advisor of
European Digital Rights Initiative; Amos Toh, Senior researcher on AI at Human
Rights Watch, and Brando Benifei, European Parliament (MEP), Rapporteur on the
AI Act.
Contact: Emily Henley - ehenley@tinkle.es - + 34 (0) 661 267 495
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Source: Digital Future Society
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