From Inequality to Justice: Law and Ethics of AI & Technology

How should we approach the ethics of AI and technology? In the current digital landscape, what are the leading questions we need to address to ensure that technology is developed and created with privacy, safety, and ethics in mind? How do we address these issues through code, law, and policy?

This two-day, multi-disciplinary conference hosted by the Law & Technology Institute at Dalhousie University brings together leading scholars working in the areas of technology, artificial intelligence and bias, privacy, data and surveillance, and online harm. The conference’s primary focus is on the impacts of technology on equality-seeking communities who are disproportionately negatively affected by the harmful aspects of new technologies.

Keynote Speakers include:

• Teresa Scassa: Dr. Teresa Scassa is the Canada Research Chair in Information Law and Policy at the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law. She is a member of the Centre for Law, Technology and Society at the University of Ottawa. Teresa has served on a number national and provincial advisory panels on law and technology related issues. She has written widely in the area of privacy law, data governance, intellectual property law, law and technology, artificial intelligence, and smart cities. She is a co-editor of the books AI and the Law in Canada (2021), Law and the Sharing Economy (2017), and The Future of Open Data (2022). She is co-author of Digital Commerce in Canada (2020) and Canadian Intellectual Property Law (2013, 2018 and 2022).

• Kristen Thomasen: Kristen is an Assistant Professor at the Peter A. Allard School of Law at the University of British Columbia. Her research focuses on the legal, social, and ethical implications of robotic technologies and artificial intelligence. She’s especially interested in the role that law and regulation play in how automated technologies impact shared and public spaces. Kristen teaches courses on Law, Robotics, & Society and Tort Law. Kristen previously clerked for the Honourable Madam Justice Rosalie Abella at the Supreme Court of Canada (2013-2014) and for the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench (2012-2013). Kristen is a member of the Law Society of Alberta.

Full schedule and speaker details to follow. Note that attendees are welcome to attend any session over Zoom by registering for a "virtual only" ticket.

Rooms are available at a discounted rate for conference attendees at the Lord Nelson Hotel. Please contact (902) 423-6331 for booking information and mention the name of our confernece, space is limited.

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