2024
Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Time, Technology, and Capitalism. Privatization in public governance of AI. Concordia University. Mar 22. Montreal
Laidley Centre for Business Ethics. AI ethics and regulations. Analytics, AI, and Advanced Digital Technologies Initiative. McGill University. Mar 12. Montreal
McGill Policy Association & McGill Women in Leadership. Women in policy. McGill University. Jan 31. Montreal
2023
Standing Committee on Industry and Technology (INDU) Meeting. Bill C-27, An Act to enact the Consumer Privacy Protection Act, the Personal Information and Data Protection Tribunal Act and the Artificial Intelligence and Data Act and to make consequential and related amendments to other Acts. House of Commons of Canada. Dec 7. Ottawa
McGill University. Location-based surveillance, tracking and data brokers. Guest lecture. NeoGeoWeb (Dr. Renée Sieber). Nov 7. Montreal
Dais. Joint multi-stakeholder roundtable on AIDA. Toronto Metropolitan University. Oct 10. Toronto
Canadian Urban Libraries Council. AI. AI futures – The promises and perils of artificial intelligence for public libraries Oct 4. Online
McGill University. Mashups and digital earths. Guest Lecture. NeoGeoWeb (Dr. Renée Sieber). Sep. 12 & 14. Montreal
Project Ploughshares. Emerging technologies and the next great power competition. Chatham House Workshop. Jun 27. Ottawa
RightsCon Summit. Funding patterns in nonprofits – autonomy, independence & resilience. Jun 6. Costa Rica/Online
National Endowment for Democracy – International Forum for Democratic Studies. Closing knowledge gaps, fostering participatory AI governance: The role of civil society. Chatham House Workshop. May 11-12. Buenos Aires/Online
Go Open Data Association Conference. Closing panel – Open futures. May 5. Online
Geography According to ChatGPT. Generative AI and the scale of public sector governance. Center for Spatial Studies. UC Santa Barbara. May 4. Online
AI in Municipalities Communities of Practice. How will Chat GPT, GPT-4 and other
generative AI tools affect municipalities? Mar 22. Online
Mila – Quebec AI Institute. Psychological impacts and harms of AI systems. Chatham House Workshop. Mar 21. Montreal
Queen’s University. Light-touch ethics: Responsible AI’s role in government. Social, Ethical, and Legal Issues in Computing Lecture Series (Dr. Jordan Loewen-Colón). Mar 17. Online
Open North & Canadian Civil Liberties Association. Policing and technology. Chatham House Workshop. Feb 9. Online
2022
4S / ESOCITE 2nd Joint Annual Meeting. With great responsibility comes great power: Responsible AI and algorithmic impact assessments. Dec 10. Cholula/Online
Walter Gordon Symposium: AI, Public Policy and Accountability. Citizens holding cities accountable. Massey College. Sep 24. Toronto
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat. Canada’s Multi-stakeholder Forum on Open Government Meeting. Jun 29. Ottawa
RightsCon Summit. Funding patterns in nonprofits: Discussing challenges, formats and strategies. Jun 10. Online
IEEE Working Group, P3119 AI Procurement Standard. Canada and AI procurement. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. May 19. Online
Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (ETHI) Meeting. The use and impact of facial recognition technology. House of Commons of Canada. Mar 21. Online
University of Virginia. AI policy, funding, and governance. Guest Lecture. Ethics of Big Data (Dr. Jess Reia). Mar 15. Online
Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies on Montreal. AI in the City Symposium. Feb 10. Online
ICTC Horizon 2022 Digital Future Summit. AI fairness: How is AI best governed? Feb 2. Online
2021
Open Government Partnership Global Summit. What’s next for algorithmic transparency and accountability? | Making open government accessible. Dec 14-16. Online
Toronto Public Library. What is the future of AI? Dec 8. Online
“Application Denied”: A global coalition-building workshop series to expose and resist discrimination in automated decisions. Nov 12. Online
Université de Montréal. Socio-political implications of AI. Oct 6. Online
Mila – Quebec AI Institute. Watching the watchers: Public and private governance of AI. Sep 28. Online
AI in Municipal Government Community of Practice. AI investments in Canada and the role of municipalities. Sep 22. Online
NewCities Foundation AI4HealthyCities. Funding the AI ecosystem in Canada. Aug 31. Online
Canada Revenue Agency. What is happening with AI policy, funding and regulation in Canada? Jun 22. Online
Future Intelligence 2021. AI for risk and crisis prevention. Jun 2. Online
Université de Montréal. Rethinking AI governance and the innovation economy. Guest Lecture. Digital transformation in human resources (Dr. Pamela Lirio). Jun 1. Online
Institut national de la recherche scientifique. Shaping AI. AI policy and funding in Canada: Public investments, private interests. May 14. Online
Go Open Data (GOOD) Conference. Ethical AI panel. May 7. Online
Urban AI. Data governance roundtable. May 6. Online
Canada Revenue Agency. AI ethics high-level panel. Apr 26. Online
Toronto Public Library. The role of funding in AI governance. Apr 22. Online
Association of American Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting. Understanding Canada’s geo-political economy of AI. Apr 9. Online
Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Montreal. AI policy and funding in Canada. Mar 18. Online
Mozilla Festival. Open data standards design behind closed doors? Mar 15. Online
ACM Fairness, Accountability and Transparency (FAccT) Conference. Civic empowerment in the development and deployment of AI systems. Critiquing and Rethinking Accountability, Fairness and Transparency (CRAFT) Workshop. Mar 5. Online
Feminist and Accessible Publishing, Communications, and Technologies Practices Speaker and Workshop Series. Funding AI in Canada: Public investments, private interests. Feb 24. Online
Agirre Lehendakaria Center. The ethical implications of digital listening. Feb 5. Online
2020
DataFest Tbilisi. Towards public accountability in AI funding. Dec 15. Online
Government of Canada’s School of Public Service Annual Digital Open Government Forum. Building transparency, accountability and integrity in AI. Nov 24. Online
OpenGovHub. Book launch Situating open data: Global trends in local contexts. Nov 17. Online
Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM). Tech ethics and private regulation. Guest lecture. (Dr. Paulina Bustos Arellano). Nov 13. Online
CIRM Seminar Series. De la ville intelligente à la ville intelligible. Oct 29. Online
CIRM. Montreal en commun III: Governance & technologies. Oct 22 | II: Inter-organizational governance. Sep 11 | I: An introduction to data governance. Jun 11. Online
Canadian AI Municipalities Community of Practice. AI definitions. Jul 28. Online
Université de Montréal. Rethinking AI governance and the innovation economy. Guest lecture. Digital transformation in human resources (Dr. Pamela Lirio). Jun 22. Online
Hivos. Open contracting and inclusion. Jun 11. Online
SEARCH. Trust for Sustainable Education and Action in Architecture. Inclusive technology. May 23. Online
McGill University. Tech ethics, corporate opacity, and the role of government. Guest lecture. Cities, data & rights (Dr. Jess Reia). Apr 2. Online
Concordia University. AI: What impacts on our democracy? Guest lecture. School of Community & Public Affairs. Feb 18. Montreal
Open North. An introduction to AI. Jan 22. Online
2019
McGill University. Innovating government data. Guest lecture. Advanced GIS (Dr. Renée Sieber). Oct 7. Montreal
Concordia University. AI: Definitions, issues, debates. Guest lecture. Social Debates and Issues in Public Affairs and Public Policy (Jason Prince). Oct 1. Montreal
Open Government Partnership Global Summit 2019. Open washing | Gender mainstreaming. May 30-31. Ottawa
Feminist Open Government Day. Closing the gender pay gap. Open Data Charter & Center for Global Development. May 29. Ottawa
UK Government Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. How can open government help with accelerating gender equality and closing critical gaps in information, access and participation? Open Government Week. Mar 12. London
360Giving. The launch of 360Insights for open grantmaking. Mar 4. London
McGill University. KMLs (Keyhole Markup Language) and mashups: A journey. Guest lecture. NeoGeoWeb (Dr. Renée Sieber). Jan 15. Online
2018
MozFest. Designing consent from the ground up | Let’s discuss: Challenges and opportunities women face in ‘open’ spaces. Mozilla Foundation. Oct 28. London
Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI). 2nd Africa Summit on Women and Girls in Technology. Oct 9-11. Accra
5th International Open Data Conference. Data ethics and AI: Intersecting for digital equality | Is open data working for women? | Putting open data measurement tools to use | Open washing | State of open data. Sep 27-28. Buenos Aires
Open Data Research Symposium. Open data governance. Sep 25. Buenos Aires
King’s College London. Big Data and Urban Governance on the Margins of the City. The state of open data in India. Aug 2. London
UNESCO & World Bank IGO Meeting: Open access and open data. Jul 11-13. Paris, France | Washington, DC | Online
Geothink & Learn. Rural and international open data, and data sovereignty. Jun 26. Online
Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN) Action Capacity Building Working Group. The gender and open data intersection. May 17. Online
Open Government Partnership. How to publish with purpose. A focus on gender and measurement. May 11. Online
Aspilos Foundation. Girls in ICT Day 2018. Apr 27. Abuja
Paradigm Initiative. Internet Freedom Forum. AI and challenges for digital inclusion | Bridging the online knowledge gap. Apr 25-26. Abuja
Wikimedia Foundation. WikiIndaba Gender Gap meetup. Mar 16-18. Tunis
University of Cambridge. Impacts of Open Intellectual Property Models of Emerging Technologies. Open data measurement and impact. Mar 14. Cambridge
King’s College London. Digital infrastructure and (un) Safe Cities. Women’s rights online. Feb 21. London
Computers, Privacy and Data Protection. 11th International conference. Women’s rights online and gendered data bodies. Jan 25. Brussels
2017
Oxfam UK. Safe to Speak Out. Women’s rights online, internet access, use, and gender-based violence. Dec 4. London
Nordic Open Data Forum. Open data: Where do we go from here? (keynote) | Open data measurement. Nov 20-21. Stockholm
UNDP. 1st Sustainable Development Goals data dive camp in the Arab region. Open data for social change. Oct 19. Beirut
Open Data Institute. Open Data Leaders Network. Measuring impact of open data: Latest thinking and approaches. Oct 13. London
Chatham House, Future Advocacy, Center for Global Development & Web Foundation. Artificial intelligence: economic, social, and political impacts in low & middle-income countries. Sep 13. London
University of Oxford, Blavatnik School of Governance. A High-Level Conversation on Civil Service Reform: International Civil Service Effectiveness (InCiSE) Index. Sep 4. Oxford
World Bank & Open Data Lab Jakarta/Web Foundation. Open Contracting and Governance in Asia. An introduction to the Open Contracting Data Standard. Aug 21-24. Jakarta
Open North. The Open Data Barometer report and the state of open data in Canada. Jun 22. Online
Regional School of Public Administration (ReSPA) – Danube Strategy Point (DSP). A High-Level Open Data Conference. Panel – Importance of open government, open data and the OGP. Jun 14. Brussels
The Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs. Open Data Barometer & The Netherlands. Jun 8. The Hague
POINT 6.0 – Political Accountability for New Technologies. The international and local impact of the Romanian protests. May 25. Sarajevo
Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting. Local participation in crowdmapping chronic disasters. Apr 6. Boston
Red Cross. Data literacy: Data Curious to Data Ready Discussion. Mar 15. Online
2016
Open Government Partnership Global Summit 2016. Open gender monologues | Women’s rights online and access to information | Open data regional differences and challenges. Dec. Paris
Open Contracting Partnership. Open contracting scoping study. Nov 24. Abidjan
4th International Open Data Conference. Measuring open data together | Measuring and increasing impact | Open Data Charter: Moving from principle to impact. Oct 6-8. Madrid
Open Cities Summit. Adopting the Open Data Charter. Oct 5. Madrid
GODAN Summit. Effective open data: User-centered, joined-up & interoperable | Setting priorities: The most important open data for agriculture. Sept 15. NYC
International Food Policy Research Institute. Going the Last Mile. Ensuring informed policy using open data. Jun 14. Brussels
Annual Bond Conference. Four things to do with open data. Feb 29. London
GODAN. 3rd Workshop: Creating impact with open data. Feb 13-15. The Hague
GFIA. Rebooting agriculture. Feb 16. Abu Dhabi
2015
Global Forum for Innovations in Agriculture (GFIA) Africa. Open data for agricultural innovation. Dec 4. Durban
GODAN. 2nd workshop: Creating impact with open data. Nov 10-11. The Hague
Open Government Partnership Global Summit 2015. Open government in agriculture and nutrition. Oct 29. Mexico City
Open Data Conference. Highlights of open data @ work in agriculture. Sep 5. Dar es Salaam
3rd International Open Data Conference. GODAN partner meeting & panel. May 27-28. Ottawa
2014
British Computer Society. From participatory mapping to the AgTech revolution. Nov 27. Douglas
World Parks Congress. Voices and choices: The risks and values of geo-referencing traditional and local knowledge. Nov 17. Sydney
Open Knowledge Festival. Open contracting. Jul 16. Berlin
Community Web Meeting: Exploring civil society contract monitoring for open contracting data. May 31. Online
PyCon. Open Contracting Data Standard. Mar 11. Montreal
Open Data for Development Challenge. Crowdmapping international aid. Jan 29. Montreal