Geneva Peace Week Panel: Peace in the Fourth Revolution
Following last year's success, being the most-watched panel during the 2023 event, Globethics has been selected to host a panel at Geneva Peace Week 2024. The panel, co-organised with The Institute for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence (IEAI) at Technical University of Munich (TUM), and entitled Peace in the Fourth Revolution: Unleashing the AI Political Potential, will take place at the Conference Room of the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP) on Thursday 17 October 2024 from 13:00 - 14:30 CEST.
As AI technology progresses, its impact on global peace and human rights intensifies. AI's transformative potential spans security, justice, and governance, fostering transparency and societal advancement. This discussion will delve into AI's pivotal role in upholding human rights and democratic principles, emphasizing its capacity to foster peace. By leveraging AI's analytical prowess, we can potentially anticipate and prevent conflicts, monitor human rights violations in real-time, and ensure fair resource distribution.
The focus will center on comprehending and tackling AI's nuanced challenges within the peace framework, seeking actionable measures to bolster prevention, protection and use the technology for good. This entails crafting ethical guidelines, implementing rigorous oversight mechanisms, and promoting inclusive and equitable AI practices.
International bodies, as seen in recent declarations such as the Council of Europe's Convention on Artificial Intelligence, Human Rights, Democracy, and the Rule of Law, the EU AI Act, the IPU Charter on the Ethics of Science and Technology, and others, are actively involved, recognizing that navigating AI's intricate impact on peace and human rights demands multistakeholder collaboration and multidisciplinary expertise.
The outcome of the Panel is to produce a white paper on AI and Peace, synthesizing insights from a pre-event desk-review, Panelists and audience input. This convention will establish a blueprint for responsible AI in politics, prioritizing peace and human rights preservation.
Meet the panelists
His Excellency Ambassador Professor Muhammadou M.O. Kah serves as the Ambassador of The Gambia to Switzerland and the Permanent Representative to the UN Office in Geneva, WTO, and other international organisations.
Xiao Qian is the Vice Dean of the Institute for AI International Governance (I-AIIG) and Deputy Director of the Center for International Security and Strategy (CISS) at Tsinghua University.
Dr. Alexander Kriebitz is a political scientist and a researcher at the Technical University of Munich. His work focuses on the intersection of international law, business ethics, and international relations.
Amanda Horzyk is an early-career researcher in AI Law and Regulation, Innovation, Technology and the Law. Her research focuses particularly in areas of Virtual Reality, Internet Law, Artificial Intelligence Ethics, and the modern Criminal Justice System.
Alberto Santos Ferro is a philosopher and ethicist working in the field of organisational development and integrity. He specialises in casuistic research into moral judgement regarding the use and misuse of technology.
Fadi Daou is the Executive Director of Globethics, an international organisation working for ethical leadership through higher education and global engagement. Prof. Fadi Daou is a Laureate of the Elevate Prize 2020 for Global thinkers and change-makers.
What is Geneva Peace Week?
Geneva Peace Week is a leading annual forum in the international peacebuilding calendar through which organizations in Geneva and their international partners come together to share knowledge and practice on a diverse range of topics related to peace across contexts and disciplines. The 2024 edition will mark the 11th edition of Geneva Peace Week.
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