What’s Next for SHERPA?
This Spring
March 4 – Project Coordinator, Bernd Stahl participated in a panel discussion entitled ‘Towards a Human-Centred Ethical AI?’ in Paris. The panel took place in the context of the  ‘Principles for AI: Towards a Humanistic Approach’ conference hosted by UNESCO.
April 10 – SHERPA will hold its first webinar At 11 AM CEST (10 AM UK time). This first webinar of the series will showcase a general overview of the project including what we have accomplished in the first year and what is coming next.
Presented by Professor Bernd Carsten Stahl, the format will follow a 20 minute presentation and a 30 minute Q & A. This is the perfect time to learn more about the project and to get real-time feedback to your questions. Subscribe to the Webinar here.
May 6 – 7 – Laurence Brooks, Professor of Technology and Social Responsibility at De Montford University, will present the SHERPA project at the European Business Summit on May 7. Join the Summit and Meet the Expert to learn more about the project: http://ebsummit.eu/
May 13-14 – The next SHERPA General Assembly will be held in London, UK and will provide an opportunity for partners to come together to discuss project objectives, collaborate and move forward.
May 14 – On 14th May the second SHERPA Stakeholder Board Meeting is going to take place in London. 16 experts from the board are going to discuss with the work package leaders of the SHERPA consortium the first results of the project and give input to the status quo and the further proceeding of the SHERPA project. We are looking forward to a lively discussion on the ethical and human rights issues of SIS and the possible and desired options of actions.
Summer
July 3-4 – SHERPA Ethical Guidelines Workshops will be held in Brussels. The workshops will focus on the development of two sets of draft ethical guidelines for Smart information Systems (SIS): one set for the development of SIS (July 3rd) and another for their use by and in organisations (July 4th). Are you working in this field? If yes, and you are interested in attending please contact Mark Ryan to confirm your attendance for one or both days of the workshop.
We hope that you can join us at one of our workshops or webinars!
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