How can Information Systems and the Media Landscape work for Business, Consumers and Democracy?
Reliable information is vital for a prosperous economy and democracy. Business leaders, public officials and voters all require reliable information on which to base their decisions. Venerated news organizations and trusted local outlets have lost subscribers and viewers to a panoply of platforms and influencers peddling misinformation, disinformation, fringe ideology, and conspiracy.
Artificial Intelligence-driven tools such as generative AI promise powerful new efficiency gains but also pose new threats when in the hands of bad actors.
Influence is Profitable
Our every movement online is being commodified. The lines between fact and fiction are blurring and, in many cases, being intentionally blurred for profit. Marketeers harvest likes and dislikes to target us with tailored messaging. On the growing stage of online influencers, ambitious individuals increase their following through extreme, unfounded positions while others aim to misinform and manipulate for nefarious purposes.
But what about the Foundations for Prosperity?
History reveals that societies thrive in periods of peace, and peace tends to persist between democracies engaged in commercial and cultural exchange. Vibrant economies rely on the rule of law, the free flow of ideas, and broad-based access to essential public services.
What are the solutions – and business models – for lifting trustworthy information above the mire of disinformation?
Please see the list of speakers below.
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Agenda
6:00 PM – 6:30 PM Registration & Networking6:30 PM – 8:00 PM Program 8:00 PM – 8:30 PM More Networking & End of Event
Biographies
Nolwenn Godard – Software executive with experience in the private and public sectors (from Sofi, PayPal, and Ubisoft to the California State). While Director of the California Office of Data and Innovation, she had the opportunity to develop Governor Newsom’s Executive Order N-12-23 on Generative Artificial Intelligence (gen AI) and the State of California Benefits and Risks of Generative Artificial Intelligence Report, as well as to implement the Equity Executive Order N-16-22. She has served as Co-President for the Alliance for Inclusive Artificial Intelligence at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, which believes that the future of relevant, unbiased, innovative, and ethical analytics will be built with diversity and inclusion. She earned a Master of Business Administration degree from ESSEC Business School.
Florence G’sell – Professor of private law, University of Lorraine, leads the Digital, Governance and Sovereignty Chair, Sciences Po, and currently visiting professor at Stanford’s Cyber Policy Center’s program on the Governance of Emerging Technologies. With a background in tort law, judicial systems and comparative law, Florence focuses on digital law and issues related to the regulation of online platforms, the way law can address new technologies (Blockchain, Metaverse), the notion of digital sovereignty and, more generally, digital policies in the EU and the US. She has edited and published several books on digital issues, including Le Big Data et le Droit (Dalloz, 2021) and Justice Numérique (Dalloz, 2022). Recently, she published “Les réseaux sociaux, entre encadrement et auto-régulation” (Sciences Po, Digital, Governance and Sovereignty Chair, 2021), “AI Judges” (in Larry A. Dimatteo, Cristina Poncibo, Michel Cannarsa (edit. ), The Cambridge Handbook of Artificial Intelligence, Global Perspectives on Law and Ethics, Cambridge University Press, 2022), and “The Digital Services Act: a General Assessment” (in Antje von Ungern-Sternberg (ed.), Content Regulation in the European Union – The Digital Services Act, Institute for Digital Law (IRDT), Trier April 2023). She has also co-authored the Council of Europe report entitled “The Impact of Blockchains for Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law” (with Florian Martin-Bariteau, 2022). G’sell graduated from Sciences Po and is admitted to the Paris Bar. She obtained her PhD in private law from the University of Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne and holds the French “agrégation de droit privé et sciences criminelles”.
Sally Lehrmann – Founder and CEO of the Trust Project, a nonprofit, nonpartisan consortium that works with news organizations, distribution platforms and others around the world to amplify journalism’s commitment to transparency, accuracy, inclusion and fairness through the 8 Trust Indicators®, so that the public can make informed news choices. An internationally recognized expert and speaker on building a more trustworthy press, Lehrman was awarded a Gold Globee Award as Female Achiever/Communicator of the Year (2023) and also named one of MediaShift's Top 20 Digital Innovators (2018). Previously a reporter on medicine, science and business across magazines, newspapers and public radio, her honors include a Peabody Award, duPont-Columbia and the John S. Knight Fellowship, with bylines in Scientific American, Nature, Health, and The DNA Files, distributed by NPR, among others. Her book, “News in a New America,” argues for an inclusive U.S. news media, and her co-edited volume with Venise Wagner, “Reporting Inequality: Tools and Methods for Covering Race and Ethnicity,” offers practical solutions. She is Science and Justice Professor at the UC-Santa Cruz Center for Science and Justice.
Alexander Schäfer – Vice President of Engineering – Artificial Intelligence at SAP, and Head of the SAP Innovation Center North America. He leads a team with the mission to build relevant, reliable, and responsible Business AI and to closely collaborate with the AI ecosystem in the Silicon Valley, both with universities and startups. He has a background in software engineering and throughout his career worked on a variety of innovation topics, including in-memory database technology, distributed ledger technology, AI/ML applications, reinforcement learning, and generative AI. He holds a Master’s degree in Computer Science from the Hasso Plattner Institute, University of Potsdam.
Tracey Grose – Founding Principal, Next Curve Strategy and Vice Chair, GABA Board of Directors. Tracey helps leaders concretize strategic vision into actionable comprehensive and sustainable initiatives. She works with CEOs of mid-size companies and nonprofit organizations as well as public sector leaders in the US and Europe. She helps energize teams to boost innovation and prepare for growth. Tracey also assists European companies in gaining foothold in Silicon Valley through the development of partnerships or the search, due diligence, closing, and integration of a US-based company. Tracey holds a Master’s Degree from the Goethe University Frankfurt in Political Science with minors in Economics and Sociology.
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This event is a cooperation with EuroCham, the Association of American European Chambers of Commerce and Business Associations (AAECCBC).
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