Keynote speakers
John Danaher
NUI Galway
Danaher’s research focuses on the ethical, legal, and social implications of emerging technologies and the future of human society. He is the author of Automation and Utopia: Human Flourishing in a World Without Work (Harvard University Press, 2019) and the coeditor of Robot Sex: Social and Ethical Implications (MIT Press 2017). He has published over fifty papers on different topics, including the risks of advanced AI, the ethics of social robotics, meaning of life and the future of work, and the ethics of human enhancement, His work has appeared in The Atlantic, VICE: Motherboard, The Guardian, The Irish Times, The Sunday Times, Aeon, and The Philosophers’ Magazine. Danaher also maintains a blog called Philosophical Disquisitions, produces a podcast with the same title, and writes for the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies.
Anna Metsäranta
Head of Sustainable AI at Solita
Anna Metsäranta leads Solita’s work on practical approaches to responsible use of AI. Drawing from her background in Economics, Operations Research, and Computer Science, combined with her passion for the human aspects of sociotechnical systems, she drives an interdisciplinary approach to managing the complex impacts of AI. She works with senior leaders in high risk domains to help organisations harness the power of AI responsibly and sustainably. Anna is a member of the Nordic Ethical AI Expert Group and a participant in NATO von Karman Horizon Scanning on AI.
Programme with information about the venue and rooms will be published here later.