[kictanet] UN IGF Best Practice Forum on IoT, Big Data and AI - Virtual Meeting Today 15 April 12:00 UTC

[Barrack Otieno]

Dear Alex,

Many thanks for the invitation. Very interesting agenda.

Regards

On Mon, Apr 15, 2019 at 3:34 AM Alex Comninos via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> I would like to urge you all to take part in the Internet Governance Forum
> IoT, Big Data, and AI Virtual Meeting (webinar) today the 15th of April at
> 12:00 UTC.
>
> The Virtual Meeting link is here:
> https://intgovforum.webex.com/intgovforum/j.php?MTID=m8018d13f801dfcb5ef0ce3eb64d18ef9
>
> We would love to multistakeholderise participation from diverse
> communities outside of the traditional IGF community.
>
> If you have no ideas what a BPF is or what the IGF is - thats completely
> understandable, and we aim to rectify that!
>
> More info can be found here
> https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/bpf-internet-of-things-iot-big-data-and-artificial-intelligence-ai
>
> The 2019 edition of the Best Practice Forum on IoT, Big Data and AI will
> focus on trust in these concepts and their utilization for addressing
> identified societal challenges.
> Within the IGF’s remit, the BPF intends to continue to limit its scope to
> the growing area where IoT, Big Data and AI meet in an Internet context.
> Building on this BPF’s 2018 work as a starting point, the BPF proposes for
> 2019 to:
> * Challenge and review the identified best practices and complete the
> report with concrete and practical examples. (e.g. in the field of
> healthcare, environmental protection, e-commerce, public safety,
> cybersecurity, and infrastructure;
> * Identify existing and new ways to enhance trust in IoT, Big Data, AI
> applications and technologies in an Internet context;
> * Identify how AI can affect outcomes both in terms of social justice and
> in terms of the allocation of societal resources;
> * Identify how AI can complement or pose challenges to privacy and data
> protection as well as transparency and good governance;
> * Identify how IoT, Big Data, AI can contribute to achieving the UN SDGs
> and
> * Identify the impact on policies and regulations, including policy making
> processes of the application of IoT, Big Data, AI applications.
>
> The Virtual Meeting will require WebEX software which can be downloaded at
> https://www.webex.com/downloads.html. It should work on all Desktops
> (Mac, Windows, and Linux with some luck) as well as on mobile phones. One
> should also be able to phone into the meeting with a phone and the info
> provided here:
> https://intgovforum.webex.com/intgovforum/j.php?MTID=m8018d13f801dfcb5ef0ce3eb64d18ef9
> .
>
> If any of you have any questions about what the IGF is, what BPFs are, or
> how to use WebEx, please do not hesitate to contact me.
>
> Best,
> Alex
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