AI and biometrics are at the heart of policy debates on the emergence of big data and related governance tools, and India has been both at the forefront of innovation in these areas and the recipient of substantial critiques. With this event, we plan to bring together a mix of area- and subject-matter experts from both academia and the public sector to engage in thoughtful and creative conversations on the complexities of utilizing advanced technologies in democracies.
This conference will also serve as the inaugural India Policy Forum and a primary launch event for Berkeley’s newly created Center on Contemporary India.
DATE: Fri, September 23, 2022
TIME: 10:15 am Berkeley
VENUE: David Brower Center, 2150 Allston Way, Suite 100, Berkeley CA
AGENDA
10:15 – 10:45 – Venue opens
10:45 - 11:00 – Welcome and Introduction to the Center on Contemporary India
11:00 – 12:30 – Panel 1: Technology & Health: Responsibility, Ethics, & Opportunities
- Radhika Radhakrishnan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Isha Ray, Energy and Resources Group, UC Berkeley
- Stuart Russell, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, UC Berkeley
- Ramya Chandrasekhar, Berkeley Centre for Law and Technology
- Moderator: Geeta Anand, UC Berkeley School of Journalism
12:30 – 1:30 – Break
1:30 – 3:00 – Panel 2: Biometrics and Service Delivery: The Aadhaar Experience
- Sumnesh Joshi, Unique Identification Authority of India, Government of India
- Lawrence Cohen, Anthropology, UC Berkeley
- Rajesh Veeraraghaven, Science, Tech & International Affairs, Georgetown
- Solomon Darwin, Haas Business School, UC Berkeley
- Moderator: Jennifer Bussell, Political Science, UC Berkeley
3:00 – 3:15 – Break
3:15 – 4:45 – Panel 3: International Relations, Human Rights, and Cybersecurity
- Andrew Reddie, School of Information, UC Berkeley
- Chris Jay Hoofnagle, School of Law, UC Berkeley
- Anshu Chatterjee, Naval Postgraduate School
- Deirdre Mulligan, School of Information, UC Berkeley
- Moderator: Camille Crittenden, Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society, UC Berkeley
4:45 – 5:00 – Concluding Remarks
