What is AI and What it Can Do for Us ?
The first panel discussion will establish the platform for discussion of the many facets of AI. Firstly, What is AI and What it Can Do for Us? It will highlight the foundations of AI, how it is transforming the industry and leading to innovation and how it is driving the economy towards exponential growth. IGPP strives to contribute to the domain of policy-making where decision-makers need to know how these AI based systems actually work so that they are able to take informed decisions.
Panellists
Prof. Balaraman Ravindran
Head, Robert Bosch Centre for Data Science and AI and Head, Centre for Responsible AI (CeRAI)
Prof. Arpan Kumar Kar
Professor and Joint Faculty, Yardi ScAI, IIT Delhi
Dr. Abhinav Dhall
Head, Centre for Applied Research in Data Sciences, IIT Ropar
Prof. Deepak Garg
Director, Leadingindia.ai and Vice Chancellor SR University
Dr. Manish Tiwari
Director, IGPP (Moderator)
Emerging Threats : AI-Generated Harms
The second-in-series panel discussion on ‘Emerging Threats: AI-Generated Harms’ will be around the threats that have been emerging in the field of AI and other emerging technologies. It will involve experts from various fields who will discuss the threats related to data misuse, misinformation, disinformation, and deepfakes propagated by AI as a nascent technology, and explore preventive measures.
Panellists
Mr. Jibu Elias
Mozilla Responsible Computing Fellow (India)
Adv. N. S. Nappinai
Advocate, Supreme Court and Founder-Cyber Saathi
Prof. Pushpak Bhattacharyya
Bhagat Singh Rekhi Chair Professor, IIT Bombay
Mr. Sri ram
Founder PrimeFort and Cybersecurity Researcher
Dr. Manish Tiwari
Director, IGPP (Moderator)
AI Across Borders: A Global Perspective on Artificial Intelligence
Panellists
Ms. Aprajita Rana
Partner, AZB & Partners and Independent Affiliate, Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University
Mr. John C. Havens
Executive Director, The IEEE Global Initiative on Ethics of Autonomous and Intelligent Systems
Dr Chiranjiv Roy
VP/Global Head of Data Sciences & Applied AI, Course5i
Dr. Avik Sarkar
Senior Research Consultant & Visiting Faculty, Indian School of Business and Member, Indian Datasets for Artificial Intelligence
Mr. Ashish Jaiman
Director of Product, Microsoft
Dr. Manish Tiwari
Director, IGPP (Moderator)
Exploring India’s AI Path: Present Pioneers, Future Frontiers
The Fourth Panel Discussion titled ‘Exploring India’s AI Path: Present Pioneers, Future Frontiers’ will shed light on the current approaches of the Indian government to deal with AI and AI-generated harms. It will also discuss the approach of government to maintain a balance between innovation and security. Panellists will discuss the issue of industry and their perspective on how the government should go about AI regulation, also the issue of data access for startups or small companies. Is there a need for regulation and if required, what kind of regulation should be in place will be one of the key discussion points of this panel. It will also discuss whether policymakers have the necessary knowledge to regulate this new tech field and how ill-informed decisions could do more harm than good. This panel would also brainstorm on how AI can be one of the biggest contributors in the realisation of India’s vision of 2047 and achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Panellists
Dr. Alpan Raval
Chief Scientist, AI/ML, Wadhwani AI
Dr. Avik Sarkar
Senior Research Consultant & Visiting Faculty, Indian School of Business and Member, Indian Datasets for Artificial Intelligence
Mr. Rakesh Kaul Punjabi
Leader, AI-Activation, Ernst & Young
Mr. Gaurav Aggarwal
Co-founder, Ananas Labs and Anchor Volunteer, iSPIRT Foundation
Dr. Manish Tiwari
Director, IGPP (Moderator)