International Trends in AI Governance: How do we go from AI principles to practice?

As of 2023, the state of governance over the development, operation, and use of artificial intelligence (AI) is the subject of various discussions among multi-stakeholder groups in industry, academia, government, and the private sector. In particular, in the trend from principles to practice, various organizations and countries, including international organizations, private companies, and civil society groups, are discussing the need to establish AI governance.

There has also been much discussion in recent years about the new possibilities and risks posed by generative AI. What is the future of AI governance in terms of organizational structure, AI development, operation, and utilization? The event will feature discussions on international AI governance trends with invited experts on AI governance from abroad.

Gregory C. Allen: Director of AI governance project, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Rebecca Finlay: CEO at Partnership on AI
David Leslie: Director of Ethics and Responsible Innovation Research at The Alan Turing Institute and Professor of Ethics, Technology and Society, Queen Mary University of London
Karine Perset: Head of AI Unit and OECD.AI, OECD Digital Economy Policy Division – OECD

Bio of speakers

Gregory C. Allen is the director of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Governance Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). He is also the Executive Director of the CSIS AI Council, a group comprised of 17 distinguished global leaders working to provide vital insights on translating AI principles into practice, establishing common standards for AI safety and security measures, and accelerating global regulatory interoperability and coherence. Prior to joining CSIS, he was the director of strategy and policy at the Department of Defense (DOD) Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, where he oversaw development and implementation of the DOD’s AI Strategy, drove developed mechanisms for AI governance and ethics, and led frequent diplomatic engagements with governments in Europe and the Indo-Pacific regions, including China.

Rebecca Finlay is the CEO at Partnership on AI overseeing the organization’s mission and strategy. At PAI Rebecca ensures that our global community of Partners work together so that developments in AI advance positive outcomes for people and society. Most recently, she was VP, Engagement and Public Policy at CIFAR where she founded the Institute’s global knowledge mobilization practice, bringing together experts in industry, civil society, and government to accelerate the societal impact of CIFAR’s research programs.

David Leslie is the Director of Ethics and Responsible Innovation Research at The Alan Turing Institute and Professor of Ethics, Technology and Society at Queen Mary University of London. He was a 2017-2018 Mellon-Sawyer Fellow in Technology and the Humanities at Boston University and has previously taught at Princeton’s University Center for Human Values (UCHV), where he also participated in the UCHV’s 2017-2018 research collaboration with Princeton’s Center for Information Technology Policy on “Technology Ethics, Political Philosophy and Human Values: Ethical Dilemmas in AI Governance.” Prior to teaching at Princeton, David held academic appointments at Yale’s programme in Ethics, Politics and Economics and at Harvard’s Committee on Degrees in Social Studies, where he received over a dozen teaching awards including the 2014 Stanley Hoffman Prize for Teaching Excellence.

Karine Perset heads the AI Unit of the OECD Division for Digital Economy Policy in Paris, France. She is in charge of the OECD.AI Policy Observatory and the OECD.AI Network of Experts (ONE AI). She focuses on trendsin development and diffusion of AI and on opportunities and challenges that AI raises for public policy. Other recent research focused on Internet intermediaries and Internet governance. She was previously Advisor to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers’ (ICANN) Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) and yet before was the Counsellor of the OECD’s Science, Technology, and Industry (STI) Directors. Karine Perset holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Westminster, and two Master’s degrees in ICT & Telecommunications and International Economics from Université Paris Dauphine.

AI Governance Project
Institute for Future Initiatives, The University of Tokyo

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