ghana ashesi - africa indaba

dear ashesi friends 

just relaying this event looks quite interesting     agenda  

i dont have any inside track but they may still be looking for keynote speakers

chatham house is listed as part of the osun coalition Open Society University Network

i also wanted to ask if you know the google scholar shakir mohamed who coordinates indaba out of  africa- brilliant way of making artificial intel serve future of africa 

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2007.04068.pdf

Shakir Mohamed* · Marie-Therese Png* · William Isaac* Abstract This paper explores the important role of critical science, and in particular of post-colonial and decolonial theories, in understanding and shaping the ongoing advances in artificial intelligence. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is viewed as amongst the technological advances that will reshape modern societies and their relations. Whilst the design and deployment of systems that continually adapt holds the promise of far-reaching positive change, they simultaneously pose significant risks, especially to already vulnerable peoples. Values and power are central to this discussion. Decolonial theories use historical hindsight to explain patterns of power that shape our intellectual, political, economic, and social world. By embedding a decolonial critical approach within its technical practice, AI communities can develop foresight and tactics that can better align research and technology development with established ethical principles, centring vulnerable peoples who continue to bear the brunt of negative impacts of innovation and scientific progress. We highlight problematic applications that are instances of coloniality, and using a decolonial lens, submit three tactics that can form a decolonial field of artificial intelligence: creating a critical technical practice of AI, seeking reverse tutelage and reverse pedagogies, and the renewal of affective and political communities. The years ahead will usher in a wave of new scientific breakthroughs and technologies driven by AI research, making it incumbent upon AI communities to strengthen the social contract through ethical foresight and the multiplicity of intellectual perspectives available to us; ultimately supporting future technologies that enable greater well-being, with the goal of beneficence and justice for all. Keywords decolonisation · coloniality · sociotechnical foresight · intercultural ethics · critical technical practice · artificial intelligence · affective community Shakir Mohamed DeepMind, London E-mail: shakir@deepmind.com Marie-Therese Png University of Oxford E-mail: marie-therese.png@oii.ox.ac.uk William Isaac DeepMind, London E-mail: williamis@deepmind.com 

cheers chris macrae

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Event notification View in browser | Manage your preferences Africa and the EU: Cooperation for a Sustainable Future TUESDAY 10 NOVEMBER 2020  08.00 – 12.00 (London, GMT) | 09.00 – 13.00 (Ljubljana, CET) LIVESTREAM Register Interest > Read the agenda > Speakers include: HE Dr Anže Logar, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Slovenia HE Professor Victor Harison, Commissioner for Economic Affairs, African Union Commission Jutta Urpilainen, Commissioner for International Partnerships, European Commission Dorothy Ng’ambi Tembo, Deputy Executive Director, International Trade Centre Astrid Schomaker, Director for Global Sustainable Development, European Commission Directorate General for Environment Oureratou Ouedraogo, Deputy Executive Coordinator, African Youth Initiative on Climate Change (AYICC) Matjaž Šinkovec, Ambassador and National Coordinator for Africa, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Slovenia Alice Munyua, Public Policy Adviser, Mozilla Dr. Sonja Kreibich, Head of Sub-Saharan Africa Division, Federal Foreign Office, Germany Luís Leandro da Silva, Director, Department for Sub-Saharan Africa, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Portugal Ernest Boakai, Key Account Manager, Security Printing Solutions, CETIS Liberia Roman Žnidarič, Executive Director for Security Printing Solutions, CETIS, Slovenia Dušan Olaj, CEO, Duol, Slovenia Chairs: Ambassador Igor Jukič, Head, Department for Bilateral Economic Cooperation II, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Slovenia Elizabeth Donnelly, Deputy Director and Research Fellow, Africa Programme, Chatham House Natalia Al Mansour, Head, Department for Africa and the Middle East, Ministry Of Foreign Affairs, Slovenia Bob Dewar CMG, Associate Fellow, Africa Programme, Chatham House The Republic of Slovenia’s 9th Africa Day conference is co-organised with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Slovenia, the Chatham House Africa Programme and the European Commission. Slovenia’s annual high-level Africa event seeks to improve policy outcomes for citizens in Europe and Africa as a result of mutual understanding and strengthened cooperation between the two regions. Expert discussions at this online conference will examine the role of collaborative links between Africa and Europe in accelerating progress on green transition and climate policy initiatives, and in seizing opportunities for long-term economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. This event will also be broadcast live on the Africa Programme Facebook page. Register Interest > Read the agenda > Event Contact Fergus Kell Projects Assistant, Africa Programme fkell@chathamhouse.org Connect with Chatham House Unsubscribe Update your preferences This email is sent by Chatham House (The Royal Institute of International Affairs), registered charity (no. 208223). 10 St James Square London SW1Y 4LE.

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