Introducing the International Forum for Democratic Studies for a discussion examining challenges and opportunities for deepening democratic engagement in AI governance. Elizabeth Kerley (Forum) will share key findings from a forthcoming International Forum report, Setting Democratic Ground Rules for AI: Reflections from Civil Society, which emerged from a workshop bringing together Latin American and global researchers and civil society practitioners. Natalia Carfi (Open Data Charter) will provide comments and share further insights on opportunities for promoting democratic approaches to AI. Ryan Heath (Axios Global Technology Correspondent) will moderate the discussion. The National Endowment for Democracy is a private, nonprofit foundation dedicated to the growth and strengthening of democratic institutions around the world. Each year, NED makes more than 2,000 grants to support the projects of non-governmental groups abroad who are working for democratic goals in more than 100 countries. Learn more at https://www.ned.org/
Ryan Heath is Axios’ Global Technology Correspondent and co-author of the Axios AI+ newsletter. Previously, Ryan moderated the first presidential debate of the 2019 EU election, and between 2015 and 2023 wrote POLITICO’s Brussels Playbook, Davos Playbook and Global Insider newsletters and hosted podcasts. He’s the author of two books on politics and worked for the European Commission in Brussels as a presidential speechwriter and later as the Commission’s tech spokesperson.
Beth Kerley is a program officer managing the International Forum for Democratic Studies’ emerging technologies portfolio, which covers the challenges and opportunities for democracy as technological advances supply new tools of politics and governance. She was previously associate editor of the Journal of Democracy and holds a PhD in History from Harvard University and a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service from Georgetown University.
Natalia Carfi is the Executive Director of the Open Data Charter. She is the former Open Government Director for the Undersecretary of Public Innovation and Open Government of Argentina where she coordinated the co-creation of the 3rd Open Government National Action Plan. She was also Open Government coordinator for the Digital Division of the Government of Chile and for the City of Buenos Aires. She is part of the Open Data Leaders Network and the Academic Committee of the International Open Data Conference.
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