EAC-Goma staff member (MEAL Officer).
This session is co-organised with Dutch Relief Alliance.
As Artificial intelligence (AI) continues to expand its influence, humanitarian actors cannot afford to ignore its potential and implications. At the same time, there is a recognition that AI should not be adopted uncritically. This session will explore the role of AI in humanitarian action. It aims to examine how national and international organisations are currently using AI, better understand its capabilities and limitations, and foster a critical discussion on the ethical, operational, and strategic implications of its adoption.
Humanitarian actors operate in increasingly complex environments. At the same time, they are expected to deliver effective, accountable, and evidence-based programming. Often with constrained resources. Operational efficiency and enhanced data analysis are key to supporting the quality and timeliness of humanitarian responses. Could AI support organisations by improving decision-making, streamlining administrative tasks, and generating insights from large and complex datasets? A share of organisations is hesitant due to concerns about reliability, data protection and internal capacity constraints. Questions remain regarding the quality and accuracy of AI-generated outputs and the environmental costs associated with AI use. Also, how can AI complement, rather than replace, contextual understanding, local knowledge, and principled decision-making.
This workshop is co-organised by the Dutch Relief Alliance and KUNO. It will bring together practitioners and academics to engage with the opportunities and challenges presented by AI. Participants will learn from experts and with each other, through interactive methods. It presents an opportunity to explore the potential of AI, and to reflect on how humanitarian actors can harness these technologies in a way that enhances impact, safeguards humanitarian principles, and keeps affected people at the centre of decision-making.
- An academic speaker on the ethics of AI (tbc)
- Laith Alsarahin, Founder & AI Solutions Architect, IkigaiAI
- Two speakers from national humanitarian organisations (tbc)
This session will be moderated by Corinne Lamain, Coordinator, KUNO
Please register via this webform.
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