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Understanding the Future of Work. Artificial Intelligence: Avoiding or Fostering Gender Stereotypes?

Conferencia | English

March 09 OF 2020 from 07:00 PM to 08:30 PM

The Esade Alumni Barcelona International Chapter and the Esade Alumni WE Club invite you to join this co-organised event on the occasion of International Women’s Day.

Many of us already interact with artificial intelligence (AI) in our daily lives, and organisations have introduced AI into many work processes, especially recruiting and talent-management functions. However, while AI has the potential to make human processes and decisions more efficient and less biased, acting as a true equaliser, a growing body of evidence suggests that humans are programming their own biases – including around gender and race – into the algorithms behind AI. When AI inherits – or even amplifies – the biases of its creators, existing gaps in hiring and promoting women and people of colour can widen.

At this event, we will analyse what happens when algorithms rely on biased input to make predictions, what can be done to prevent these biases in AI in workplaces, and how AI can actually serve as an equaliser.


Programme:

Welcome:
Alessio Cusin (EMMV ‘16), member of the Executive Board of the Esade Alumni Barcelona International Chapter, Academic Assistant at Esade and co-founder of PurposeBrands

Lecture: 
Stella Mally (LIS ‘17), co-founder and Director for Spain of Women’s Economy Europe

Panel discussion: 
Albert Capdevila, Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services
Cristina Estavillo, Digital Technologies and DesignJet Lab Director at HP
Laura Fernández, co-founder and CEO of AllWomen
Oscar Sala (MBA ‘05), The Collider Director at Mobile World Capital Barcelona
Anna Berga, Chair of the Women in Science Committee of the Catalan Inter-University Council and General Secretary of Ramon Llull University

Moderator:
Eugenia Bieto (Lic&MBA ‘73 / PhD ‘08), President of the Esade Alumni WE Club, Associate Professor in the Department of Strategy and General Management and former Director General of Esade

Closing remarks: 
Eugenia Bieto (Lic&MBA ‘73 / PhD ‘08), President of the Esade Alumni WE Club, Associate Professor in the Department of Strategy and General Management and former Director General of Esade


*Esade Alumni members, current students and Esade BAN investors may bring a guest.

To join the WE Club, please click HERE
To join the Barcelona International Chapter, please click HERE.