The University of Amsterdam, the Vrije Universiteit, the City of Amsterdam and the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations will hold a festive online kick-off event for the new joint ICAI research lab on artificial intelligence for public values, the Civic AI Lab, on Thursday, 10 December 2020.
The event, which will be streamed live streamed from the A’DAM Toren, is an opportunity to learn more about the lab’s research and its societal objectives for the city of Amsterdam and beyond.
Programme
The programme features an academic keynote by Ruha Benjamin from Princeton University, a reflection by Sigrid Johannisse from The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the US, an overview of the Civic AI Lab, and the official opening by Touria Meliani (Deputy Mayor, City of Amsterdam), Marieke van Wallenburg (Director-General for Public Administration, Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations), Vinod Subramariam (Rector Magnificus, VU), Geert ten Dam (President, Executive Board, UvA).