Dear Colleagues,

You might have heard about or be working on Digital Humanism and are curious about how ethical considerations regarding AI can be addressed in practice. Our upcoming event, co-organized with the Institute for Information Systems & Society (WU Wien), might be of great interest to you.

Participation is free of charge. Due to limited capacity, we kindly ask that you register as soon as possible (by June 23, 2024) at the following link:

Title:

Digital humanism in practice — How is AI implemented ethically?

Abstract:

AI poses enormous challenges for our society. How can our organizations benefit from AI, but at the same time introduce IT systems in a more human-centric, participatory and democratic way than has been the case in the past 20 years? In other words: How can we really build technology FOR humanity? Value-based engineering was standardized in 2022 in the first globally ratified standard for ethical system design (ISO/IEEE 24748-7000). Now this can be the way to realize digital humanism in practice. We would like to invite you to find out what is happening here in Vienna, in Austria, in organizations that use AI. And how can you become part of this movement yourself? This event will inform you.

When? Where?

Thursday, June 27th 2024, 17:00 – 19:00

Room: Hörsaal D3.0.225,

Building D3

WU Wien

Welthandelsplatz 1

A-1020, Vienna

Map: https://campus.wu.ac.at/?q=D3.0.225

Agenda:

17:00, Welcome, Sarah Spiekermann, WU Vienna

17:15, Value-based Engineering at the City of Vienna, RightmindedAI (CEO Mario Tokarz) & Martin Giesswein

17:30, Value-based Engineering for AI at ibis acam, MSG Plaut (Svenja Schröder, Florian Wurzer)

17:45, Value-based dialogue analysis for the AMS Berufsinformat, Aschauer IT (CEO Lukas Rohm & Sarah Spiekermann)

18:00, Value-based Engineering for Data Hub Tirol, Sophisticated Simplicity GmbH (CEO Sabine Singer)

18:15, The new person certification scheme of Austrian Standards, The “VBE Ambassador” (Gisela Krenn, Austrian Standards)

18:30, Farewell and announcements

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Director
Sustainable Computing Lab
https://www.sustainablecomputing.eu

Institute for Information Management and Control
Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Wien)

Lecturer of Human-centric Digital Sciences
University of Vienna

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