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NextGen Network: Mexico City, October 2018

Note: This is a past event, additional resources may be available below.

Thu Oct 18, 2018
Mexico City, Mexico

Date

Thu Oct 18, 2018
2:00pm – 6:00pm EDT

Location

Mexico City, Mexico
Aspen Mexico

Contact

Hosts

  1. NextGen Network

Today, technology presents enormous opportunities but definite challenges. As contemporary society faces a reality of machine learning and quantum computing; it is critical to address several opportunities and challenges of AI. How can we manage societal disruptions to the world of work? How do we deliver ethical AI in society, and leverage AI to address societal challenges?

This invitation-only workshop was the first in a global series across the Aspen Institute network of International Partners to bring together 15-20 future leaders across technology, business, policy, journalism and civil society in Mexico to discuss the NextGen perspective on the impact of technology on society hosted by Aspen Mexico. Read more about the NextGen Network members here.

Read the key takeaways from the workshop here.

The NextGen Network series, entitled Building the Future: Addressing the opportunities and challenges of an AI-enabled world, serve as active workshops to create a feedback mechanism for the informed perspectives of millennials on how societies should prepare themselves to respond to new technologies and inform policy discussions at the local and international level.Today, technology presents enormous opportunities but definite challenges. As contemporary society faces a reality of machine learning and quantum computing; it is critical to address several opportunities and challenges of AI. How can we manage societal disruptions to the world of work? How do we deliver ethical AI in society, and leverage AI to address societal challenges?

This invitation-only workshop was the first in a global series across the Aspen Institute network of International Partners to bring together 15-20 future leaders across technology, business, policy, journalism and civil society in Mexico to discuss the NextGen perspective on the impact of technology on society hosted by Aspen Mexico. Read more about the NextGen Network members here.

Read the key takeaways from the workshop here.

The NextGen Network series, entitled Building the Future: Addressing the opportunities and challenges of an AI-enabled world, serve as active workshops to create a feedback mechanism for the informed perspectives of millennials on how societies should prepare themselves to respond to new technologies and inform policy discussions at the local and international level.

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NextGen Network: Transatlantic Initiative Digital Session 1

25 young leaders from Europe and the United States discussed the challenges and strengths of transatlantic relations to better understand political discourses in the United States and Europe.
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NextGen Network: Transatlantic Initiative Digital Session 2

NextGen Network: Transatlantic Initiative Report Launch & Panel Discussion

How Artificial Intelligence Can Work for Humanity: Ideas from the NextGen Network

To launch the NextGen Report, on September 24, 2020, Vivian Schiller, Executive Director of Aspen Digital, moderated a conversation with Vice President Věra Jourová, Vice President of the European Commission for Values and Transparency, and Sarah Bird, Principal Program Manager, Emerging Technology and Research Strategy Lead, Responsible AI Lead at Microsoft Azure AI, and the NextGen Network.

NextGen Network Webinar – International AI with Christopher Kirchhoff

The first in the NextGen Network series, this webinar will feature Christopher Kirchhoff to discuss AI and international cooperation, and how to use technology to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.

NextGen Network: Aspen Initiative UK, September 2019

This invitation-only workshop is the sixth in a global series across the Aspen Institute network of International Partners to bring together future leaders to address the impact of technology on society, hosted by Aspen Initiative UK.

NextGen Network: Aspen France, July 2019

This invitation-only workshop is the fifth in a global series across the Aspen Institute network of International Partners to bring together future leaders to address the impact of technology on society, hosted by Aspen France.

NextGen Network: Ananta Aspen Centre (India), March 2019

This invitation-only workshop is the fourth in a global series across the Aspen Institute network of International Partners to bring together future leaders to address the impact of technology on society, hosted by Ananta Aspen Centre.

NextGen Network: Aspen Central Europe, January 2019

This invitation-only workshop is the third in a global series across the Aspen Institute network of International Partners to bring together future leaders to address the impact of technology on society, hosted by Aspen Institute Central Europe.

NextGen Network: Berlin, December 2018

This invitation-only workshop is the second in a global series across the Aspen Institute network of International Partners to bring together future leaders to address the impact of technology on society, hosted by Aspen Germany.