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Network Summit on AI

Updated: Dec 5, 2023




28 November 2023 – 1 December 2023

New Delhi, India


The Network Summit on AI is organized by the Nordic Centre in India in collaboration with OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University and the Algorithmic Governance Research Network and is supported by The Research Council of Norway. While building on existing networks and collaborations, the aim is to establish new partnerships and synergies for future projects.


This is a closed event for registered participants and invited guests only.


Day 1 28 November 2023

10:30 - 11:00

Registration and Coffee


11:00 – 11:15

Welcome to the Network Summit on AI

Tereza Østbø Kuldova, Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway

Shivangi Narayan, JNU Delhi, India


11:15 – 11:45

Keynote Speech by Tereza Østbø Kuldova


11:45 – 12:00

Q&A


12:00 – 13:00

Networking Lunch


13:00 – 14:15

Pitches: Global Governance, Morality and the Rise of AI

Jardar Østbø, Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies, Norway

Aasim Khan, IIIT Delhi, India & Claire Crawford, University of York, UK

Oleksandr Svitych, O.P. Jindal Global University, India

Syed Tahseen Raza, Aligarh Muslim University, India & S. Asim Raza, Jamia Hamdard

Audrey Millet, University of Bologna, Italy (online)


14:15 – 15:15

Roundtable Discussion moderated by Tereza Østbø Kuldova


After 15:15

Networking program for participants outside of the venue (details will be sent to participants on e-mail)


Day 2 29 November 2023

9:30 - 10:00

Coffee


10:00 – 10:15

Opening Remarks

Jardar Østbø, Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies


10:15 – 11:15

Pitches (1): Social Control in the Age of AI

Tomas Salem, University of Bergen, Norway

Ashwin Varghese, O. P. Jindal University, India

Shivangi Narayan, JNU, India

Smriti Singh, IIIT Delhi, India

Anushka Jain, Digital Futures Lab, India, Anupam Guha, IIT Bombay, India, & Avnika Nagar IIT Bombay, India


11:15 – 12:15

Roundtable Discussion moderated by Tereza Østbø Kuldova


12:15 – 13:15

Networking Lunch


13:15 – 14:15

Pitches (2): Social Control in the Age of AI

Manohar Kumar, IIIT Delhi, India

Vipul Mudgal & Radhika Jha, Common Cause India

Rahul Menon, O.P. Jindal Global University, India

Nikita Sonavane, Mrinalini R and Sanjana Meshram, CPA Project, Bhopal, India

Asvatha Babu, University of Washington, US (online)


14:15 – 15:15

Roundtable Discussion moderated by Tereza Østbø Kuldova


After 15:15

Networking program for participants outside of the venue


18:00 -

Network Summit Dinner for speakers (details sent on e-mail for registered participants)


Day 3 30 November 2023

9:30 - 10:00

Coffee


10:00 – 10:15

Opening Remarks

Tereza Østbø Kuldova, Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway


10:15 – 12:00

Pitches (1): Algorithmic Management and Platform Labour

Šarūnas Paunksnis, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania (online)

Abhinand Kishore, Mahatma Gandhi University, India (online)

Kalyan Shankar, Symbiosis School of Economics, India

Ujjwal Kango, O.P. Jindal Global University, India

Anuranjan Sethi, O.P. Jindal Global University, India

Gayatri Nair, IIIT Delhi, India

Shuaib Mohamed Haneef & Shruti Rajan, Pondicherry University, India

Shiva Singh, IIIT Delhi


12:00 – 12:30

Roundtable Discussion moderated by Tereza Østbø Kuldova


12:30 – 13:30

Networking Lunch


13:30 – 14:00

Keynote Speech by Josy Joseph


14:00 – 14:30

Discussion


14:30 – 15:30

Funding for R&D and Possibilities for Collaboration between India and Norway


After 15:30

Networking program for participants outside of the venue (details will be sent to participants on e-mail)


Day 4 1 December 2023

9:30 - 10:00

Coffee


10:00 – 10:15

Opening Remarks

Kristin Reichborn-Kjennerud, Oslo Metropolitan University

Mathew Varghese, Mahatma Gandhi University


10:15 – 11:15

Pitches (1): Urban Spaces, Smart Cities and Sustainability

Khaliq Parkar, Université Paris Cité, France

Mathew A Varghese, Center for Urban Studies, Mahatma Gandhi University, India

Sreelakshmi V, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam

Kristin Reichborn Kjennerud, Oslo Metropolitan University


11:15 – 12:15

Roundtable Discussion moderated by Mathew Varghese


12:15 – 13:15

Networking Lunch


13:15 – 14:15

Online Pitches (2) Urban Spaces, Smart Cities and Sustainability

Deepak Padmanabhan, Queen’s University, Belfast, UK

Ayona Datta, University College London, UK

Nisha Kapoor, University of Warwick, UK

Nikhil Mathew, Center for Urban Studies, Mahatma Gandhi University, India


14:15 – 15:15

Future Collaborations, Funding and Partner Agreements


The Network Summit on AI is to be conducted under Chatham House Rule: ‘When a meeting, or part thereof, is held under the Chatham House Rule, participants are free to use the information received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s), nor that of any other participant, may be revealed.’


Organizing Committee: Nordic Centre in India, Tereza Østbø Kuldova, Shivangi Narayan, Jardar Østbø, Ashwin Varghese, Mathew Varghese, Kristin Reichborn-Kjennerud


This network summit is organized with the support of the Nordic Centre in India, with the financial support of OsloMet for collaboration with India, and with the financial support of The Research Council in Norway under the following projects: project no. 313004 – Luxury, Corruption and Global Ethics: Towards a Critical Cultural Theory of the Moral Economy of Fraud (LUXCORE); project no. 313626 – Algorithmic Governance and Cultures of Policing: Comparative Perspectives from Norway, India, Brazil, Russia, and South Africa (AGOPOL); project no. 314486 – Digital Prism and the Nordic Model of Workplace Democracy under Pressure (DigiWORK). These projects are hosted at the Oslo Metropolitan University; this event is also part of the Algorithmic Governance Research Network’s activities.







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