Artificial Intelligence (AI) with Purpose Summit: Full Schedule

9:00am EDT

Artificial Intelligence with Purpose Summit - morning session

Thursday September 19, 2024 9:00am - 12:30pm EDT

0900 – 0930 Welcome Remarks
- Luis Neves, Chief Executive Officer, GeSI.org
- Declan Kirrane, Chair, UN Science Summit
- Dame Wendy Hall, Regius Professor of Computer Science at the University of Southampton

0930 – 1030 Our Vision for an AI with Purpose
- Dame Wendy Hall (Moderator), Regius Professor of Computer Science at the University of Southampton
- Mary de Wysocki – Chief Sustainability Officer, Cisco
- Haksoo Ko - Chairman of the Republic of Korea’s Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC)
- Daisy McGregor - Deputy Director, International AI Strategy at the UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Gary Marcus – Founder and Executive Chairman of Robust.AI, Author and Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Neural Science at NYU

1030 – 1100 International Collaboration – Opportunities and Challenges
- Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Secretary-General, International Telecommunications Union (ITU)
- Jim Gowen, SVP Procurement & Supply Chain and Chief Sustainability Officer, Verizon and GeSI Board Chairman

1100 – 1130 Tea and Coffee Break

1130 – 1215 Capacity Building: Research, Education and Skills Development
- Nizar Kammourie (Moderator) – President, Sawaco
- Magdalena Skipper – Editor-in-Chief, Nature and Author of Special Feature in UNAIAB Report
- Chris White – President, NEC Labs Americas
- Noshir Contractor - Jane S. & William J. White Professor of Behavioral
Sciences at Northwestern University
- Dimitris Metaxas - Board of Governors Professor in the Dept. of

1215 – 1300 Capacity Building: Digital Infrastructure Modernization
- Kevin Thompson (Moderator) – Chief Operating Officer, GeSI.org
- Jonathan Spalter – President and CEO, US Telecom
- Faith Taylor – Chief Sustainability Officer, Kyndryl
- Lukas Lhotsky – President, FX Innovation
- Elena Morettini – Global Head of Sustainable Business, Globant

Speakers

Yannis Ioannidis

President of the Association for Computing Machinery

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Magdalena Skipper

Editor-in-Chief, Nature and Chief Editorial Advisor for Nature Research

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Luis Neves

GeSI CEO

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Nizar Kammourie

President, Sawaco

https://www.linkedin.com/in/nizar-kammourie-6614066/

Kevin Thompson

COO, GeSI

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Jonathan Spalter

President and CEO,, US Telecom

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanspalter/

Faith Taylor

Chief Sustainability Officer, Kyndryl, Kyndryl

https://www.linkedin.com/in/faithlouisetaylor

Chris White

President, NEC Labs Americas, NEC Labs Americas

https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-white-0986421/

James Gowen

SVP Procurement & Supply Chain and Chief Sustainability Officer, Verizon, Verizon

https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-gowen-6b4619143

Dame Wendy Hall

Professor of Computer Science at the University of Southampton

https://www.linkedin.com/in/wendy-hall2652655

Doreen Bogdan-Martin

Secretary General, International Telecommunications Union (ITU)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/doreentbogdan/

Mary de Wysocki

Chief Sustainability Officer, Cisco, Cisco

https://www.linkedin.com/in/marydewysocki/In 2022, Mary de Wysocki was named the first-ever Chief Sustainability Officer of Cisco. In this role, she leads the company’s sustainability strategy; oversees its progress toward public environmental goals; and helps Cisco drive long-term... Read More →

Haksoo Ko

Chairman of the Republic of Korea’s Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC)

linkedin.com/in/haksoo-ko-2a125452

Lukas Lhotsky

President, FX Innovation

linkedin.com/in/lukas-lhotsky-2186962

Declan Kirrane

Managing Director, UN’s Science Summit

Declan Kirrane is the Founder and Managing Director of ISC Intelligence in Science, the chairman and managing director of the science Summit at the United Nations General assembly, and co-founder of Medicines for Future (MAF). He has over 25 years of experience as a global senior... Read More →

Thursday September 19, 2024 9:00am - 12:30pm EDT
CURE - Science Summit at UNGA79

Morning session