Ethics by design – Moving from ethical principles to practical solutions – PL 05 2019

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Consolidated programme 2019 overview

Title: Ethics by design – Moving from ethical principles to practical solutions

Proposals assigned to this session: ID 3, 21, 22, 24, 29, 38, 88, 119, 145, 153, 155, 164 – list of all proposals as pdf

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Session teaser

Ethics by design: Moving from ethical principles to practical solutions

Data ethics is at the top of the global tech agenda - in recent years a lot of time and energy has been poured into developing guidelines, codes and principles for the responsible use of data, AI, robotics etc. Now it is time to move on to the next phase: translating data ethics principles into data ethics solutions.

Session description

Several recent scandals (most prominently Facebook-Cambridge Analytica) have increased the average citizens awareness of the risks of data abuse in the new data economy. A number of intergovernmental institutions are working on developing guidelines and principles for the responsible use of data and data ethics – most prominently the EU and OECD. Also some countries have attempted to spearhead the development on how to operationalize data ethics and make it into a competitive advantage for businesses - but there remains a range of unresolved questions and dilemmas that this session will seek to answer: How do we promote data-driven business models without eroding citizens’ trust in businesses and society? How do we empower tech-workers to handle ethical questions when they arise? And most importantly: How do we transform data ethics into practical solutions and turn the responsible use of data into a competitive advantage? If we are to reap all the benefits of the digital transformation, we need to find new solutions to ensure that the consumers’ trust in the data economy stays strong. A strong focus on data ethics and the responsible use of AI could be one mean towards this end.

Format

We have 90 min. for the session – therefore it is suggested to divide the session into smaller but interconnected parts:

Speaker to set the scene

Short introduction by moderator

Short presentations by panelists working with developing data ethics principles and/or working with concrete data ethical solutions

Panel discussion

Q&A with questions from audience

Conclusions – lessons learned/practical solutions to bring back home

Further reading

Links to relevant websites, declarations, books, documents. Please note we cannot offer web space, so only links to external resources are possible. Example for an external link: Website of EuroDIG

People

Moderator
  • Aimee van Wynsberghe, Assistant Professor in Ethics and Technology at TU Delft in the Netherlands. Aimee is also co-founder and co-director of the Foundation for Responsible Robotics and on the board of the Institute for Accountability in a Digital Age. She also serves as a member of the European Commission's High-Level Expert Group on AI and is a founding board member of the Netherlands AI Alliance. https://aimeevanwynsberghe.com/
Speakers/panelists

• Elettra Ronchi, Head of Unit, Senior Policy analyst, OECD o Elettra has been leading the work on enhanced access and sharing of data (EASD) and a the review of the OECD privacy guidelines as chair of the SPDE-working group in the OECD. o Able to give input on both the OECD AI principles (still under development) and ethical accountability (accountability 2.0) and how to translate these into concrete policy

• Meeri Haataja, CEO of Saidot.ai and Chair of the Ethics certification Programme for Autonomous and Intelligent Systems (ECPAIS) o Saidot is a company in Finland that is developing a service to help organizations (e.g. Finnish government services like taxes and social services) provide transparency about the data they use. https://www.saidot.ai/ o ECPAIS is an IEEE-SA backed programme in collaboration with industry and public service providers for developing criteria and process for a Certifications on Transparency, Accountability and Algorithmic Bias. https://standards.ieee.org/industry-connections/ecpais.html

• Andreas Hauptmann, Director for EU and International, incl. Data Ethics and AI, Danish Business Authority (DBA) o Data ethics is high on the agenda in DK and in 2018 a set of recommendations was developed to strengthen Danish businesses in the responsible use of data e.g. by empowering tech-workers to handle ethical questions when they arise. The recommendations focus on how to make the responsible use of data a competitive advantage for businesses. The DBA is taking this work to the next stage and looking into transforming the recommendations into practical solutions, including establishing a data ethics seal and a requirement for the biggest companies to incorporate an outline of their data ethics policies in their management reviews as part of their annual financial statement. You can read the recommendations here: https://eng.em.dk/media/12209/dataethics-v2.pdf

[Not confirmed yet] - Lucilla Sioli, Director, Artificial Intelligence and Digital Industry at DG CNECT, European Commission.

Focal Point

  • Lars Rugholm Nielsen, Danish Business Authority
  • Julia Katja Wolman, Danish Business Authority

Organising Team (Org Team)

  • Zoey Barthelemy
  • Marit Brademann
  • Amali De Silva-Mitchell
  • Ansgar Koene, University of Nottingham
  • Artemia-Dimitra Korovesi
  • Charalampos Kyritsis, YouthDIG Organiser
  • Jana Misic, Wilfried Martens Centre for EU Studies
  • Michelle van Min
  • Ben Wallis, Microsoft

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Reporter

  • Jana Misic, Wilfried Martens Centre for EU Studies

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