Québec Day at Princeton – Artificial Intelligence, Ethics and Public Policy: Challenges and Perspectives

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Artificial Intelligence is transforming our society at an unprecedented rate. What are the ethical implications? How can public policy regulate innovation while protecting the public interest?

Join a panel of experts and researchers for an in-depth conversation on the issues that will shape AI governance in the years to come.

Speaker Bios

Joé T. Martineau is Associate Professor of Organizational Ethics in the Department of Management and holds the Chair in Organizational Ethics and AI Governance at HEC Montréal. She is co-leader of the strategic research Regroupement 5 on Ethics, Inclusion and Indigenous Engagement in AI of the IVADO IAR³ program. Her research, teaching and organizational interventions focus on ethics and governance issues affecting private, public and healthcare organizations. In particular, her work has led her to reflect on the composition and effectiveness of ethics programs and the diversity of ethics management practices in organizations, on the various factors that influence ethical judgment, decision-making and behavior of organizational actors, and the ethical issues associated with the digital transition and the development and deployment of artificial intelligence in organizations. 

Joé T. Martineau  also holds an adjunct professorship at the St-Jean Campus of the University of Alberta, and she is a regular member of the International observatory on the societal impacts of AI and digital technologies (OBVIA), an associate member of the Pragmatic Health Ethics Research Unit at the Clinical Research Institute of Montréal (IRCM), a regular member of the Applied Ethics Institute (IDÉA) at Université Laval, and a co-researcher at the Ethics Research Center (CRÉ) at Université de Montréal.

Jonathan Barry is a leader in AI policy and governance, currently serving as the Director of Policy to Professor Yoshua Bengio at Mila – Québec Artificial Intelligence Institute. In this role, he focuses on the critical intersection of policy and AI safety, working to ensure that humanity benefits from the adoption of safe AI.

His expertise has shaped international AI initiatives at organizations including the UN, OECD, and the World Economic Forum, and he was a contributor to the International AI Safety Report.

Jonathan brings this AI focus to a deep background as a seasoned policy strategist. He has extensive experience at the highest levels of government in both Canada and the United States, having served as a trusted advisor to two Canadian Prime Ministers and two Ministers of National Defence. He has also managed over 20 political campaigns across North America. Jonathan holds a Master in Public Affairs from Princeton University.