Deutsch-Französischer Dialog – Is Artificial Intelligence Gender Biased? How Women Reshape AI

In the organizer's words:

The French Embassy in Germany, the Bavarian-French University Centre (BayFrance), the French Consulate General in Munich and the Institut français Munich are organizing a Franco-German dialogue on gender bias in AI.

Chat GPT, autonomous driving, DeepSeek, chatbots, deepfakes: artificial intelligence is omnipresent. But does AI produce discriminatory results? How do gender bias effects occur? How can these be prevented? What technical and political solutions exist or should be demanded?

Experts from France and Germany will answer these questions to shed light on the ethical challenges of AI and at the same time take a look into the future.

This English-language event is open to the public and offers space for questions to the speakers and for personal exchange.

Schedule of the event

17:00: Admission

17:30: Welcoming remarks

18:00-19:00: The first panel Gender Bias in Artificial Intelligence: An Overview and Ethical Challenges

This panel will be moderated by Noha Salama, Germany Chapter Director, Women in Tech Global, and the participants are:

• Auxane Boch, Research associate at the Technical University of Munich's (TUM) Institute for Ethics in AI;
• Prof. Dr. Ute Schmid, Professor of Cognitive Systems at University of Bamberg (Germany), director of the Bamberg Center of AI (BaCAI) and on the board of directors of the Bavarian Research Institute for Digital Transformation (bidt);
• Dr. Alina Gales, Head of Diversity & Inclusion at TUM, PhD in Gender Studies in Engineering & Science ;

19:15-20:15 : Panel 2: Tackling Bias and Risks for Discrimination in AI: Steps Towards a More Inclusive Future

This panel will be moderated by Dr. Niina Zuber, Research Coordinator State, Regulation, Infrastructure, Bavarian Research Institute for Digital Transformation (bidt), , and the participants are:

• Prof. Dr. Sara Bouchenak, Professor of Computer Science, INSA Lyon, Director of the Federation of Computer Science Research laboratories in Lyon - Saint Etienne;
• Pia Sombetzki, Policy & Advocacy Manager, AlgorithmWatch;
• Kathleen Ziemann, Co-Lead FAIR Forward, Artificial Intelligence for all, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit;

20:15-21:00: Networking & Get-together

Price information:

Admission: Free Registration required via the following link : https://www.events.tum.de/frontend/index.php?page_id=6574&booking_registration_action=show&booking_registration_controller=offer