BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Vienna BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240331T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:CEST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231029T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=10 TZNAME:CET END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240112T131844Z UID:3DB1162E-11F4-4476-B48B-4737DB826E92 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20240109T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20240109T210000 DESCRIPTION:We are pleased to invite you to our next talk in our Lecture Se ries:\n\nTuesday\, January 9\, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. (17:00) Central European Time (UTC+1)\n\nTopic: “Global Governance of AI – on the Interim Repor t of the UN AI Advisory Body”\n(scroll down for abstract and CV)\n\nSpea ker: Virginia Dignum (Umeå University)\nModerator: George Metakides (Digi tal Enlightenment Forum)\n\nTo participate in the talks via Zoom go to: [h ttps://tuwien.zoom.us/j/96389928143?pwd=UU5YRkNuRmdoWHV4MFBwMWRCcUErdz09]( https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fxuxss.mjt .lu%2Flnk%2FAUUAADJ-P30AAAAkF9wAAFNIx9MAAAAARcEAADJzABG7CQBlm84FjXXPhmyTSG GwpDrw55jmKgARx9M%2F1%2FBQn09wgmjXxkQM243darpw%2FaHR0cHM6Ly90dXdpZW4uem9vb S51cy9qLzk2Mzg5OTI4MTQzP3B3ZD1VVTVZUmtOdVJtZG9XSFY0TUZCd01XUkNjVUVyZHowOQ& data=05%7C02%7Cmichael.heiss%40siemens.com%7C59d20559ed9849b788f008dc10346 402%7C38ae3bcd95794fd4addab42e1495d55a%7C1%7C0%7C638403064422389473%7CUnkn own%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJX VCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=qSazVWT%2BHP9HilP%2BP9AIFw6I2gwazqICwci9G HdBhF8%3D&reserved=0)\n(Password: 0dzqxqiy)\n\nThe talk will be live strea med and recorded on our YouTube channel: [https://www.youtube.com/digitalh umanism](https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2F xuxss.mjt.lu%2Flnk%2FAUUAADJ-P30AAAAkF9wAAFNIx9MAAAAARcEAADJzABG7CQBlm84Fj XXPhmyTSGGwpDrw55jmKgARx9M%2F2%2FDXhnHA1L94HrsUul10qolg%2FaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cu eW91dHViZS5jb20vZGlnaXRhbGh1bWFuaXNt&data=05%7C02%7Cmichael.heiss%40siemen s.com%7C59d20559ed9849b788f008dc10346402%7C38ae3bcd95794fd4addab42e1495d55 a%7C1%7C0%7C638403064422389473%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDA iLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=c9nq LcqO0TASyfQLMljh1i8HkNeRiRBm8UfxWCGB75g%3D&reserved=0)\n\nFor further anno uncements and information about the speakers in the Lecture Series\, see [ https://dighum.org/#latest-news](https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outloo k.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fxuxss.mjt.lu%2Flnk%2FAUUAADJ-P30AAAAkF9wAAFNIx9MAA AAARcEAADJzABG7CQBlm84FjXXPhmyTSGGwpDrw55jmKgARx9M%2F3%2F8jwCXz8tl2y1CJxrA PdvJA%2FaHR0cHM6Ly9kaWdodW0ub3JnLyNsYXRlc3QtbmV3cw%23latest-news&data=05%7 C02%7Cmichael.heiss%40siemens.com%7C59d20559ed9849b788f008dc10346402%7C38a e3bcd95794fd4addab42e1495d55a%7C1%7C0%7C638403064422389473%7CUnknown%7CTWF pbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3 D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=M9FCiGNlhyl%2BREuZqPoeSK8PKxQ%2Bp%2BYtwG6NzRCMOls% 3D&reserved=0). Please note that you can access the slides and recordings of our past events via that link.\n\nIn case you missed the last event you can watch the recording of [“The EU AI Act: A Success Story”](https:/ /eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fxuxss.mjt.lu%2Fl nk%2FAUUAADJ-P30AAAAkF9wAAFNIx9MAAAAARcEAADJzABG7CQBlm84FjXXPhmyTSGGwpDrw5 5jmKgARx9M%2F4%2FYKPE80WdWwmnpklcLDQVtg%2FaHR0cHM6Ly95b3V0dS5iZS9NenlvVDV2 bnFrSQ&data=05%7C02%7Cmichael.heiss%40siemens.com%7C59d20559ed9849b788f008 dc10346402%7C38ae3bcd95794fd4addab42e1495d55a%7C1%7C0%7C638403064422389473 %7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1ha WwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=fSQl0qOkSoLPhn8XXNmeYn4Xh5BrbeBc0a DtH7w4sTM%3D&reserved=0) panel with Kai Zenner and George Metakides.\n\nWe are looking forward to seeing you and wish a Happy New Year!\n\nHannes We rthner\n-----\nSign the Vienna Manifesto: [https://dighum.ec.tuwien.ac.at] (https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdighum. ec.tuwien.ac.at%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cmichael.heiss%40siemens.com%7C59d20559ed 9849b788f008dc10346402%7C38ae3bcd95794fd4addab42e1495d55a%7C1%7C0%7C638403 064422389473%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiL CJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=BBG7JjyEhwByX48Hq1kx4K QpdJZME7oc7bAyt5QSeL0%3D&reserved=0)\nFollow us on Twitter [@DigHumTUWien] (https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter .com%2Fdighumtuwien&data=05%7C02%7Cmichael.heiss%40siemens.com%7C59d20559e d9849b788f008dc10346402%7C38ae3bcd95794fd4addab42e1495d55a%7C1%7C0%7C63840 3064422389473%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIi LCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=zaT%2BUshqCu6qteqc2T4 Yqj%2FQ0VB7D6Bv1i%2BKUkkh1GI%3D&reserved=0)\n-----\n\nABSTRACT “Global G overnance of AI – on the Interim Report of the UN AI Advisory Body”:\n \nVirginia Dignum - as a member of this board - will talk about the interi m report of the UN Advisory Board on AI – called “Governing AI for Hum anity”. It was released on Dec 21\, 2023. The report can be seen as an i mportant for a really world-wide governance. The central piece of the repo rt is a proposal to strengthen international governance of AI by carrying out critical functions such as scanning for risks or supporting internatio nal collaboration. It also includes recommendations to enhance accountabil ity and ensure an equitable voice for all countries.scussion will be both\ , technical details of the final outcome and also the political process th at led to this result. The report should also be seen in the context of th e EU AI Act and a possible Brussels effect w.r.t. regulation.\n\nShort Bio of Virginia Dignum:\n\nShe is a professor in Responsible Artificial Intel ligence and the Director of the AI Policy Lab at the University of Umea\, Sweden. In addition to the UN Advisory group she is a member of GPAI\, the Global Partnership on AI\, Dutch AI Alliance (ALLAI-NL)\, the World Econo mic Forum Council on AI\, and the High-Level Expert Group on the Implement ation of the UNESCO AI Ethics Recommendation. Previously she was member of European Commission High Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence\, the IEEE Global Initiative on Ethically Aligned Design of Autonomous and I ntelligent Systems\, the Delft Design for Values Institute\, the European Global Forum on AI (AI4People)\, the Responsible Robotics Foundation\, Her research focuses on Responsible artificial intelligence and the analyzis and formalization of social interaction.\n\nShort Bio of George Metakides: \n\nGeorge Metakides is visiting professor at the University of Southampto n\, Adjunct Professor at the European University of Cyprus\, President of the Digital Enlightenment Forum\, and Advisor to several international org anizations. He is involved in the analysis of the economic\, political and social impact of digitization\, related cybersecurity\, data protection a nd regulatory issues and the promotion of international cooperation toward s a digital ecosystem respecting shared human values. He has held senior p ositions with responsibility for Research & Development policy\, funding a nd international co-operation in European institutions including the Direc torship of the ESPRIT program and has contributed to the establishment of international institutions (including the launch of the World Wide Web con sortium in 1993)\, has received a number of awards and honorary degrees an d is a corresponding member of several National Academies.\n\nCo-sponsored by: DIGHUM\n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/399581 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/399581 ORGANIZER:m.heiss@ieee.org SEQUENCE:8 SUMMARY:IEEE TEMS: “Global Governance of AI – on the Interim Report of the UN AI Advisory Body” (DigHum-Series) URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/399581 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>We are pleased to invite you to our next t alk in our Lecture Series:</p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday\, January 9\, 2024 at 5 :00 p.m.</strong> (17:00) Central European Time (UTC+1)</p>\n<p>Topic: <st rong>&ldquo\;Global Governance of AI &ndash\; on the Interim Report of the UN AI Advisory Body&rdquo\;</strong><br />(scroll down for abstract and C V)</p>\n<p>Speaker: <strong>Virginia Dignum</strong> (Ume&aring\; Universi ty)<br />Moderator: <strong>George Metakides</strong> (Digital Enlightenme nt Forum)</p>\n<p>To participate in the talks via <strong>Zoom</strong> go to: <a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A% 2F%2Fxuxss.mjt.lu%2Flnk%2FAUUAADJ-P30AAAAkF9wAAFNIx9MAAAAARcEAADJzABG7CQBl m84FjXXPhmyTSGGwpDrw55jmKgARx9M%2F1%2FBQn09wgmjXxkQM243darpw%2FaHR0cHM6Ly9 0dXdpZW4uem9vbS51cy9qLzk2Mzg5OTI4MTQzP3B3ZD1VVTVZUmtOdVJtZG9XSFY0TUZCd01XU kNjVUVyZHowOQ&amp\;data=05%7C02%7Cmichael.heiss%40siemens.com%7C59d20559ed 9849b788f008dc10346402%7C38ae3bcd95794fd4addab42e1495d55a%7C1%7C0%7C638403 064422389473%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiL CJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp\;sdata=qSazVWT%2BHP9HilP %2BP9AIFw6I2gwazqICwci9GHdBhF8%3D&amp\;reserved=0">https://tuwien.zoom.us/ j/96389928143?pwd=UU5YRkNuRmdoWHV4MFBwMWRCcUErdz09</a> <br />(Password: 0d zqxqiy)</p>\n<p>The talk will be live streamed and recorded on our <strong >YouTube</strong> channel: <a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.out look.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fxuxss.mjt.lu%2Flnk%2FAUUAADJ-P30AAAAkF9wAAFNIx9 MAAAAARcEAADJzABG7CQBlm84FjXXPhmyTSGGwpDrw55jmKgARx9M%2F2%2FDXhnHA1L94HrsU ul10qolg%2FaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cueW91dHViZS5jb20vZGlnaXRhbGh1bWFuaXNt&amp\;data= 05%7C02%7Cmichael.heiss%40siemens.com%7C59d20559ed9849b788f008dc10346402%7 C38ae3bcd95794fd4addab42e1495d55a%7C1%7C0%7C638403064422389473%7CUnknown%7 CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6M n0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp\;sdata=c9nqLcqO0TASyfQLMljh1i8HkNeRiRBm8UfxWCGB7 5g%3D&amp\;reserved=0">https://www.youtube.com/digitalhumanism</a></p>\n<p >For further announcements and information about the speakers in the Lectu re Series\, see <a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?u rl=http%3A%2F%2Fxuxss.mjt.lu%2Flnk%2FAUUAADJ-P30AAAAkF9wAAFNIx9MAAAAARcEAA DJzABG7CQBlm84FjXXPhmyTSGGwpDrw55jmKgARx9M%2F3%2F8jwCXz8tl2y1CJxrAPdvJA%2F aHR0cHM6Ly9kaWdodW0ub3JnLyNsYXRlc3QtbmV3cw%23latest-news&amp\;data=05%7C02 %7Cmichael.heiss%40siemens.com%7C59d20559ed9849b788f008dc10346402%7C38ae3b cd95794fd4addab42e1495d55a%7C1%7C0%7C638403064422389473%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbG Zsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7 C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp\;sdata=M9FCiGNlhyl%2BREuZqPoeSK8PKxQ%2Bp%2BYtwG6NzRCMOl s%3D&amp\;reserved=0">https://dighum.org/#latest-news</a>. Please note tha t you can access the slides and recordings of our past events via that lin k.<br /><br />In case you missed the last event you can watch the recordin g of <a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A% 2F%2Fxuxss.mjt.lu%2Flnk%2FAUUAADJ-P30AAAAkF9wAAFNIx9MAAAAARcEAADJzABG7CQBl m84FjXXPhmyTSGGwpDrw55jmKgARx9M%2F4%2FYKPE80WdWwmnpklcLDQVtg%2FaHR0cHM6Ly9 5b3V0dS5iZS9NenlvVDV2bnFrSQ&amp\;data=05%7C02%7Cmichael.heiss%40siemens.co m%7C59d20559ed9849b788f008dc10346402%7C38ae3bcd95794fd4addab42e1495d55a%7C 1%7C0%7C638403064422389473%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJ QIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp\;sdata=fSQ l0qOkSoLPhn8XXNmeYn4Xh5BrbeBc0aDtH7w4sTM%3D&amp\;reserved=0"><strong>&ldqu o\;The EU AI Act: A Success Story&rdquo\;</strong></a> panel with Kai Zenn er and George Metakides.</p>\n<p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt\;">We are lo oking forward to seeing you and wish a Happy New Year!</p>\n<p>Hannes Wert hner<br />-----<br />Sign the Vienna Manifesto: <a href="https://eur01.saf elinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdighum.ec.tuwien.ac.at%2F &amp\;data=05%7C02%7Cmichael.heiss%40siemens.com%7C59d20559ed9849b788f008d c10346402%7C38ae3bcd95794fd4addab42e1495d55a%7C1%7C0%7C638403064422389473% 7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haW wiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp\;sdata=BBG7JjyEhwByX48Hq1kx4KQpdJZME7 oc7bAyt5QSeL0%3D&amp\;reserved=0">https://dighum.ec.tuwien.ac.at</a> <br / >Follow us on Twitter <a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook. com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fdighumtuwien&amp\;data=05%7C02%7Cmich ael.heiss%40siemens.com%7C59d20559ed9849b788f008dc10346402%7C38ae3bcd95794 fd4addab42e1495d55a%7C1%7C0%7C638403064422389473%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8e yJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7 C%7C%7C&amp\;sdata=zaT%2BUshqCu6qteqc2T4Yqj%2FQ0VB7D6Bv1i%2BKUkkh1GI%3D&am p\;reserved=0">@DigHumTUWien</a><br />-----</p>\n<p><strong>ABSTRACT &ldqu o\;Global Governance of AI &ndash\; on the Interim Report of the UN AI Adv isory Body&rdquo\;:</strong></p>\n<p>Virginia Dignum - as a member of this board - will talk about the interim report of the UN Advisory Board on AI &ndash\; called &ldquo\;Governing AI for Humanity&rdquo\;. It was release d on Dec 21\, 2023. The report can be seen as an important for a really wo rld-wide governance. The central piece of the report is a proposal to stre ngthen international governance of AI by carrying out critical functions s uch as scanning for risks or supporting international collaboration. It al so includes recommendations to enhance accountability and ensure an equita ble voice for all countries.scussion will be both\, technical details of t he final outcome and also the political process that led to this result. T he report should also be seen in the context of the EU AI Act and a possib le Brussels effect w.r.t. regulation.</p>\n<p><strong>Short Bio of Virgini a Dignum:</strong></p>\n<p>She is a professor in Responsible Artificial In telligence and the Director of the AI Policy Lab at the University of Umea \, Sweden. In addition to the UN Advisory group she is a member of GPAI\, the Global Partnership on AI\, Dutch AI Alliance (ALLAI-NL)\, the World Ec onomic Forum Council on AI\, and the High-Level Expert Group on the Implem entation of the UNESCO AI Ethics Recommendation. Previously she was member of European Commission High Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence \, the IEEE Global Initiative on Ethically Aligned Design of Autonomous an d Intelligent Systems\, the Delft Design for Values Institute\, the Europe an Global Forum on AI (AI4People)\, the Responsible Robotics Foundation\, Her research focuses on Responsible artificial intelligence and the analyz is and formalization of social interaction.</p>\n<p><strong>Short Bio of G eorge Metakides:</strong></p>\n<p>George Metakides is visiting professor a t the University of Southampton\, Adjunct Professor at the European Univer sity of Cyprus\, President of the Digital Enlightenment Forum\, and Adviso r to several international organizations. He is involved in the analysis o f the economic\, political and social impact of digitization\, related cyb ersecurity\, data protection and regulatory issues and the promotion of in ternational cooperation towards a digital ecosystem respecting shared huma n values. He has held senior positions with responsibility for Research &a mp\; Development policy\, funding and international co-operation in Europe an institutions including the Directorship of the ESPRIT program and has c ontributed to the establishment of international institutions (including t he launch of the World Wide Web consortium in 1993)\, has received a numbe r of awards and honorary degrees and is a corresponding member of several National Academies.</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR