Brussels Privacy Symposium
AI Ethics: The Privacy Challenge
6 November, 2017 • Vrije University Brussel
Rome and Lisbon Conference Room
Institute of European Studies, Pleinlaan 5, 1050, Brussel, Belgium
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9:30 – 10:00
Registration
10:00 – 10:15
Welcome & Introductions
- Christopher Kuner, Co-Director, Brussels Privacy Hub
- Jules Polonetsky, CEO, Future of Privacy Forum
- Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi, TU Darmstadt, and Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Security & Privacy Magazine
10:15– 11:00
Keynote Session
- Mireille Hildebrandt, Research Professor Interfacing Law and Technology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- Nozha Boujemaa, Research Director, Inria, and Director of DATAIA Institute
11:00– 12:00
Frameworks for Algorithmic Accountability
- Rosamunde van Brakel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Moderator)
- Martin Abrams, Information Accountability Foundation: Ethics and Enhanced Data Stewardship
- Micah Altman, MIT and Alexandra Wood, Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University: Reduction Framework for Algorithmic Accountability over Personal Information
- Norberto Andrade, Facebook, Inc.: Operationalizing Data Ethics within Corporate Frameworks
12:00 – 13:00
Lunch Break
13:00– 13:30
Afternoon Keynote Session
Julie Brill, Corporate Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Microsoft
13:30– 14:30
The Limits of Privacy Norms
- Paul De Hert, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Moderator)
- Elizabeth Edenberg, Kennedy Institute of Ethics and Ellen Kaufman, Georgetown University: AI and the Ethics of Automating Consent
- Aurelie Pols, Mind Your Privacy and co-chair to IEEE’s P7002 on Personal Data Privacy
- Robert H. Sloan, University of Illinois at Chicago and Richard Warner Chicago-Kent College of Law: When Is an Algorithm Transparent?: Predictive Analytics, Privacy, and Public Policy
14:30 – 14:45
Coffee Break
14:45 – 15:45
Defining Fairness and Harms
- Anna Buchta, European Data Protection Supervisor (Moderator)
- Reuben Binns, University of Oxford: Fairer Decisions with Machine Learning: Lessons from Political Philosophy
- Frederik Zuiderveen Borgesius, IViR Institute for Information Law (Amsterdam): When are Algorithmic Decisions Fair, and How Should they be Regulated?
- Lilian Edwards, University of Strathclyde and Michael Veale, University College London: Enslaving the Algorithm: From a ‘right to an explanation’ to a ‘right to better decisions’?
- Douwe Korff, University of Oxford, The Dangers Inherent in Data Mining and Profiling
15:45 – 16:00
Coffee Break
16:00– 17:00
Test Cases: Real World Application
- Corinna Schulze, Director, EU government relations, SAP (Moderator)
- Dipayan Ghosh, Harvard University: Proactively Protecting Against the Singularity: Toward a Model for Ethical Decision-Making in AI Applications in Social Media
- Stelios C. A. Thomopoulos, NCSR “Demokritos”: Risk Based Security and Automated Decision Making in Airport Checkpoints: Bias Detection towards Smarter Security and Fairness
- Riccardo Masucci, Intel Corporation: Automated Driving as the Testbed for Privacy in
the Artificial Intelligence World - Bernd Stahl, Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility, De Montfort University: Proactive Engagement with Ethics and Privacy of AI and Big Data
17:00 – 17:30
Closing Remarks
- Omer Tene, International Association of Privacy Professionals
17:30 – 18:00
Closing Reception
The Brussels Privacy Symposium would not be possible without the generous support of our sponsors:
The Brussels Privacy Symposium is supported by a grant from the
and additional support from
Crossing, a collaborative project with the German Research Foundation
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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- Speaker Bios
- Scientific Advisory Committee
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