(Replay) AI in global development: Help us set the agenda for the playbook

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  • Date
    28 October 2024
    Timeframe
    16:00 - 17:30 CET Geneva
    Duration
    90 minutes
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    In this hands-on workshop we’ll be giving participants a chance to inform the AI in Global Development Playbook currently being written by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the U.S. Department of State. We’re hoping to capture AI for Good attendees’ views on the opportunities, risks, and barriers of AI; the enabling environment for responsible AI; and AI policy, protections, and public participation.

  • Senior Data Scientist
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    USAID Innovation, Technology, and Research Hub
    Craig is a Data Scientist at USAID’s Innovation, Technology, and Research Hub in the Bureau for Inclusive Growth, Partnerships, and Innovation. As part of USAID's Emerging Technologies team, he's working to integrate AI technologies throughout USAID's work and promote the responsible, effective adoption of AI at USAID. Previous projects have focused on the development potential of emerging technologies including machine learning, blockchain technologies, biometrics, and quantum computing. For the last three years, he's been leading the development of the Digital Ecosystem Country Assessment (DECA), which aims to help USAID Missions understand their digital operating environment and focuses on issues around digital infrastructure, access, governance, finance, and trade. Prior to coming to USAID in 2014, he studied mathematical models of biological rhythms at RIKEN in Kobe, Japan, and he received a PhD in Physics from Arizona State University.
    Emerging Tech Advisor
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    USAID Innovation, Technology, and Research Hub
    Stefanie M. Falconi, Ph.D. is on the Technology Division’s Emerging Technologies Team. She joined USAID as an AAAS Science & Tech Policy Fellow in 2022. With 15 plus years of experience working in frontier and emerging markets, she has led projects in Water and Climate Change issues in rural and megacities alike. She’s worked at the intersection of climate and technology highlighting the potential and limitations of technology in solving socio-economic problems. Stefanie is an alum to the Faculty for the Future Fellowship, the Google sponsored Global Solutions Program Fellow, and World Economic Forum Global Futures Council. She holds a Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from Johns Hopkins University. Originally from Ecuador, she always seeks to engage in immersive work in diverse settings.
    USAID Chief Digital Development Officer and Director, Technology Division 
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    USAID Innovation, Technology, and Research Hub
    <span data-contrast="none">Christopher Burns is the Chief Digital Development Officer (CDDO) for USAID and the Director for the Technology Division within the Innovation, Technology, and Research (ITR) Hub.</span> <span data-contrast="none">In the CDDO role, he coordinates and tracks programmatic Digital Development investments across the Agency; represents USAID's programmatic digital technology work across the interagency and with external stakeholders and partners; and guides the adaptation of the Agency's programs as the digital landscape evolves. He also chairs the Digital Sector Council that meets monthly with representatives from across USAID’s bureaus and independent offices to discuss and coordinate on Digital Development programming.</span> <span data-contrast="none">In the role of Director for Technology, Christopher leads technical teams focused on Digital Finance, Development Informatics, Digital Inclusion, Emerging Technology such as Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity and advanced data and geospatial analysis, and the role they play in driving an inclusive digital economy. In his more than twelve years with USAID, he has spearheaded and served as technical lead for a number of public-private partnerships, including the Digital Impact Alliance, the GSMA Connected Women Program and the Alliance for Affordable Internet. He also spearheaded USAID’s first-ever Digital Strategy released in April 2020.</span> <span data-contrast="none">Prior to USAID, Christopher spent nearly ten years with the Peace Corps, as Program and Training Officer for Peace Corps/Niger, Country Desk Officer for Central Asia, and Agroforestry Advisor in Ghana. He has supervisory and management experience and technical background in digital technology, natural resources management, agroforestry, food security, gender equality, and solar power design/installation. All told, he has 25 years of international development experience, primarily in sub-Saharan Africa, including 6.5 years living on the continent.</span> <span data-contrast="none">Christopher holds a Bachelor of Arts in International Development and Environmental Management from St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York and a Master of Science in Development Management from American University in Washington, DC.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span> <span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":278}"> </span>
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