BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251007T050525EDT-3604wbI4TS@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20251007T090525Z DESCRIPTION:(Virtual/ Online Event with Professional Live Captions)\n\nFund ing AI: The role of public investments in Canada with Ana Brandusescu\n\nY ou need to register for the free event on Evenbrite. The event will also b e recorded and shared on our website after the event.\n\nThe opacity of ar tificial intelligence (AI) is not only found in the technology but also in its funding networks. Billions of taxpayers money goes into AI. The talk will examine how government funding is building the innovation economy und er AI\, and its political and socio-economic implications.\n\nAna Branduse scu collaborates with ɬÀ﷬’s Centre for Interdisciplinary Res earch on Montreal (CRIEM) as the resident Professor of Practice for 2019-2 020\, and will be an OpenNorth Fellow. As a Professor of Practice and Open North Fellow\, she will design and implement a research agenda on artifici al intelligence (AI)\, its transformative effects on institutions\, and th e engagement potentialities afforded\, and not afforded\, by its implement ation. Taking a critical theory approach to technology and its implementat ion\, Ana will examine shifting power dynamics vis-à-vis technology\, to a sk how people can better participate in digitally-informed decisions that are driven by opaque and potentially unaccountable technologies. Her resea rch will build relationships across sectors amongst implementers of AI and researchers examining its socio-technical implications. Ana’s expertise l ies in participation via civic tech\, open government data\, and digital r ights. As an independent researcher\, advisor and facilitator\, she has wo rked on open contracting reform\, open access for UN agencies\, closing th e gender gap\, and developing courses on AI for OpenNorth’s One-to-One Adv isory Service. During her time at the World Wide Web Foundation she led re search on the Open Data Barometer\, co-chaired the Measurement and Account ability Group of the Open Data Charter\, and led gender equality research advocacy with Women's Rights Online. She is on the advisory board of Learn ing from Small Cities\, and is a member of @OpenHeroines.\n\nThis event is part of the 2nd Season of the Feminist and Accessible Publishing and Comm unications Technologies Speaker and Workshop Series (https://www.feminista ndaccessiblepublishingandtechnology.com)\, organized by Dr. Alex Ketchum. This series was made possible thanks to our sponsors: SSHRC (and the Initi ative for Digital Citizen Research)\, the Institute for Gender\, Sexuality \, and Feminist Studies (IGSF)\, Milieux\, Initiative for Indigenous Futur es\, Algorithmic Media Observatory\, MILA\, Cinema Politics\, ɬÀ﷬’s Dep artment of History and Classical Studies\, Black Feminist Futures Working Group\, the Sustainability Projects Fund\, Moving Image Research Laborator y\, The ɬÀï·¬ Writing Centre\, MUTEK IMG\, the Intersectionality Research Hub\, and Machine Agencies.\n\n\n There is no fee required to attend this event. We will provide captions. The event will be recorded and the video will be made available on our website within a few days of the event.\n DTSTART:20210225T000000Z DTEND:20210225T013000Z SUMMARY:Funding AI: The Role of Public Investments in Canada with Ana Brand usescu URL:/igsf/channels/event/funding-ai-role-public-invest ments-canada-ana-brandusescu-327064 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR