A crash course in how to innovate more safely.

In today's technological landscape, we are gaining bewildering new capabilities at an incredible rate. It is therefore increasingly important to consider not just whether we can do something, but whether we dare to, or even should at all.

This keynote will explore the ethical considerations facing our personal and professional lives, from issues of transparency, bias, and privacy, to accountability, healthy epistemics, and responsible innovation. This thought-provoking discussion outlines how we can ensure that technology serves the greater good, for individuals and society alike.

A crash course in how to innovate more safely.

In today's technological landscape, we are gaining bewildering new capabilities at an incredible rate. It is therefore increasingly important to consider not just whether we can do something, but whether we dare to, or even should at all.

This keynote will explore the ethical considerations facing our personal and professional lives, from issues of transparency, bias, and privacy, to accountability, healthy epistemics, and responsible innovation. This thought-provoking discussion outlines how we can ensure that technology serves the greater good, for individuals and society alike.

Eleanor ‘Nell’ Watson, a trailblazer in emerging technologies such as machine vision and A.I. ethics, dedicates her work to protecting human rights and infusing ethics, safety, and values that elevate the human spirit into technologies like Artificial Intelligence.

As Chair & Vice-Chair of the IEEE’s ECPAIS Transparency Experts Focus Group, and P7001 Transparency of Autonomous Systems committee on A.I. Ethics & Safety, Nell is engineering mechanisms into A.I. to help safeguard algorithmic trust.

She also leads several prominent organizations such as EthicsNet.org, teaching machines prosocial behaviors, CulturalPeace.org, crafting Geneva Conventions-style rules for cultural conflict, Endohazard.org, a hazard symbol project for informing consumers of endocrine disruptors, and Pacha.org, connecting a network of service providers to help enable the automated accounting of externalities (shifted costs) such as pollution.

Nell holds the position of Executive Consultant on philosophical matters for Apple, as well as the President of EURAIO, the European Responsible Artificial Intelligence Office. She serves as Senior Scientific Advisor to The Future Society, and Senior Fellow to The Atlantic Council. In addition, she holds fellowships with the British Computing Society and Royal Statistical Society, among others.

Through her public speaking, Nell has inspired audiences to work towards a brighter future at venues such as The World Bank, The United Nations General Assembly, and The Royal Society. Join her in her quest to shape a responsible and ethical future for AI.