January 30th (Online) / February 8th (Paris) 2025
An independent symposium taking place online and person organised to coincide with the Paris AI Action Summit (10th - 11th Feb 2025) as a space to present research and case studies on the state of the art in participatory development and governance of AI, and to build stronger connections across the field.
The Paris Artificial Intelligence Action Summit, in its focus on the public interest, trust, and governance, acknowledges that trust in AI depends on an effective feedback loop among AI developers, regulators and the broad public: necessitating more participatory approaches to AI development and governance. Scholars and policymakers have emphasised the importance of integrating diverse voices, particularly from marginalised and underrepresented communities, into AI decision-making processes to mitigate the bias, inequality, and ethical blind spots. A shift towards a participatory model challenges traditional, top-down and expert-driven approaches to AI governance and raises important questions about power, agency, representation, and accountability. Amid this incipient “participatory turn” in both the development and governance of AI our goal is to showcase work that demonstrates what it looks like, how and why to do it, as well as what can go wrong.
For more information and to respond to the call for papers (abstracts by 8 December!) visit the Participatory AI Research & Practice Symposium site.