BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260217T173912Z UID:11192EF4-B01A-4A81-B3C6-819C64E10D9E DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260318T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260318T233800 DESCRIPTION:Abstract:\n\nThe current era of rapid AI evolution presents bot h promising benefits and complex risks. Global conversations increasingly recognize ethics as an essential foundation for successful AI adoption\, a ffirming a humanity-centered approach for collective betterment. This talk explores what this means in practice\, reflecting on the broader implicat ions of responsible AI\, how technological trajectories can shape societie s in materially different ways\, and how these ideas connect to widely sha red global goals\, drawing on some recent examples. Participants will also be encouraged to think through some forward-looking action steps that cou ld help individuals and institutions to better adopt AI responsibly and ha rness the opportunities this moment presents. The discussion is structured to be accessible for participants across digital literacy levels.\n\n*Thi s webinar will be recorded\n\nSpeaker Bio\nHao Ji Zhu is the Founder of Zh u Consulting (a US-based strategic advisory firm)\, where she functions as a Global Strategist for Social Impact\, advising organizations worldwide to scale value-centered initiatives through system alignment strategies. R esponsible AI is among her core priorities\, with a focus on digital liter acy\, ethical stewardship\, and multistakeholder collaboration. Coming fro m the United Nations\, the public sector\, NGOs\, and the private sector\, her work spans North America\, Asia\, Europe\, Africa\, and the Middle Ea st on diverse topics including international development\, humanitarian as sistance\, conflict prevention and peacebuilding\, governance\, human righ ts\, minority rights advocacy\, education\, and youth empowerment. Her str ongest strength lies in her ability to understand system-level complexity and forge collaborations across sectors\, disciplines\, and cultures to dr ive meaningful intergenerational change.\n\nCo-sponsored by: IEEE Future N etworks INGR Committee\n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/540144 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/540144 ORGANIZER:c.polk@comsoc.org SEQUENCE:5 SUMMARY:IEEE Webinar - Humanity in the AI Era URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/540144 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 12.0p t\;"><img src="https://events.vtools.ieee.org/vtools_ui/media/display/9562 104c-5c3c-48a3-bdf7-3eb7478a32af" width="867" height="227"></p>\n<p class= "MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 6.0pt\;"><strong><span style="font-size: 16 .0pt\; font-family: Copperplate\;"><u>Abstract</u>:</span></strong>&nbsp\; </p>\n<p class="MsoNormal">The current era of rapid AI evolution presents both promising benefits and complex risks. Global conversations increasing ly recognize ethics as an essential foundation for successful AI adoption\ , affirming a humanity-centered approach for collective betterment. This t alk explores what this means in practice\, reflecting on the broader impli cations of responsible AI\, how technological trajectories can shape socie ties in materially different ways\, and how these ideas connect to widely shared global goals\, drawing on some recent examples. Participants will a lso be encouraged to think through some forward-looking action steps that could help individuals and institutions to better adopt AI responsibly and harness the opportunities this moment presents. The discussion is structu red to be accessible for participants across digital literacy levels.</p>\ n<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 6.0pt\;">&nbsp\;</p>\n<p class="M soNormal" style="margin-top: 6.0pt\;">*This webinar will be recorded</p>\n <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 6.0pt\;">&nbsp\;</p>\n<p class="Ms oNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 16.0pt\; line-height: 115%\; font -family: 'Calibri'\,sans-serif\;">Speaker Bio</span></strong><span style=" font-size: 16.0pt\; line-height: 115%\; font-family: 'Calibri'\,sans-serif \;"><br><strong>Hao Ji Zhu</strong> is the Founder of Zhu Consulting (a US -based strategic advisory firm)\, where she functions as a Global Strategi st for Social Impact\, advising organizations worldwide to scale value-cen tered initiatives through system alignment strategies. Responsible AI is a mong her core priorities\, with a focus on digital literacy\, ethical stew ardship\, and multistakeholder collaboration. Coming from the United Natio ns\, the public sector\, NGOs\, and the private sector\, her work spans No rth America\, Asia\, Europe\, Africa\, and the Middle East on diverse topi cs including international development\, humanitarian assistance\, conflic t prevention and peacebuilding\, governance\, human rights\, minority righ ts advocacy\, education\, and youth empowerment. Her strongest strength li es in her ability to understand system-level complexity and forge collabor ations across sectors\, disciplines\, and cultures to drive meaningful int ergenerational change.<br></span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin- top: 6.0pt\;">&nbsp\;</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR