Rotterdam Circle is set to launch at the same time as summer 🌞
Join us for an exciting kick-off event featuring two accomplished women who will share their strategies and success stories in navigating AI and data, followed by the significant challenges they encounter. That’s when we’ll open the floor for discussion - this is your chance to engage and drive progress on the challenges!
Anita de Waard, Vice President of Research Collaborations at Elsevier, will delve into the practical application of AI within a publishing company. A sneak peek - you might get insights about using AI responsibly to detect AI generated text in scientific publishing 🤫.
Piek Knijff, a philosopher and director of Filosofie in actie, is deemed the pioneer of data ethics in the country. She will inform us about her approach to ethics when advising organisations on their use of technology. What do you anticipate might be the primary challenge in her line of work?
Come and connect with fellow women in AI in Rotterdam! Those from non-tech backgrounds are also encouraged to attend—the format is designed to enable everyone to contribute.
Agenda
17:30 – 18:00 Walk-in
18:00 – 18:05 Introduction to WAI
18:05 – 18:25 Anita de Waard, VP Research Collaborations at Elsevier
18:25 – 18:45 Piek Knijff, philosopher and data-ethicist, director of Filosofie in actie
18:45 – 19:15 Discussion for the whole room
19:15 – 20:30 Networking & drinks
About the speakers
Piek Knijff, philosopher and data-ethicist, director of Filosofie in actie
Filosofie in actie has been practicing ethics in the use of technology, data, and algorithms in organizations since 2013 in various ways, such as conducting research, giving advice, and with training and education. Piek is seen as a pioneer of data ethics in the Netherlands, and is a sought-after keynote speaker and moderator.
Anita de Waard, Vice President Research Collaborations, Elsevier
Anita de Waard (she/her) is VP of Research Collaborations at Elsevier. Her work focuses on working with academic and industry partners on projects pertaining to progressing models and frameworks for scholarly communication. Since 1997, she has worked on bridging the gap between science publishing and computational and information technologies. Her efforts include working on a semantic model for research papers, co-founding the interdisciplinary member organization Force11, and supporting models for research data management in cross-stakeholder alliances such as the Research Data Alliance and the NIST Research Data Framework, and through a series of workshops on Scholarly Document Processing. Her current work focuses on developing collaborations to improve trust, reproducibility and research integrity in scholarly communications. Anita has a degree in low-temperature physics from Leiden and worked in Moscow before joining Elsevier as a physics publisher in 1988.
Hosts
This event is hosted by Rotterdam Circle Leads, Goda & Maya. Goda is an AI Project Lead at Erasmus University Rotterdam and Responsible AI consultant. Maya works as a Business Analyst at Make-A-Wish Foundation. This event is done in partnership with CIC Rotterdam.
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