BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20261104T040800EST-0323nMn9z7@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20261104T090800Z DESCRIPTION:Annual Business Ethics Conference: Ethics and Artificial Intell igence\n\nOrganized by the Laidley Centre for Business Ethics and Equity ( LCBEE).\n\nThis full-day conference will examine the role of ethics in the creation\, dissemination\, and implementation of artificial intelligence. \n\nThe proliferation of AI models in recent years has had far reaching im pacts in almost every domain\, including education\, art\, and\, important ly\, management. Paired with optimistic possibilities and environmental an d social concerns\, AI’s proliferation has reignited discussions about the human as a category\, the yawning gap of the privilege divide\, and the r oles human beings will play in the global economic landscape in the coming years. \n\nEvent date: Friday\, November 13st\n Time: 8:45 a.m. - 5:00 p.m .\n Location: McGill Faculty Club\, Ballroom\n Deadline to register: Registe r by 11:59 p.m. (EST) on November 9\, 2026\n\nRegister by 11:59 p.m. EST o n November 9\, 2026\n\nExplore event agenda and panels\n\n\n \n Agenda\n\n 8: 45 - 9:15 – Check-in/Refreshments/Light Breakfast\n 9:15 - 9:25 - Opening R emarks\n 9:30 – 11:00 – Panel 1\n 11:00 – 11:15 – Break\n 11:15 - 12:45 –Pane l 2\n 12:45 – 13:45 – Lunch\n 13:45 – 15:15 – Panel 3\n 15:15 – 15:25 – Closi ng Remarks\n 15:25 – 17:00 – Reception\n\n \n Panel 1 - Sustainability and AI : The Environmental Cost of Intelligence\n\n According to its supporters\, AI offers the prospect of dramatically extending human capabilities whilee nabling new forms of organizational and economic growth. Its critics\, how ever\, raise concerns about the practical implications of growth on an unp recedented scale: how can virtually infinite growth be sustained in a worl d of finite resources? Moreover\, electricity\, water\, and critical miner al and metal usage in the service of AI enhancement and computation are ho t topics\, particularly in light of concerns about water scarcity and clim ate change. Indeed\, as environmental concerns continue to dominate public discourse with respect to the sustainability of economies\, organizations \, and communities\, the Janusfaced nature of AI proliferation looms large : AI can help uncover scientific solutions to the implications of climate change even as its use exacerbates the very problem it is deployed to solv e. Panelists will explore the broader implications of AI for the health of the planet\, analyzing the costs of resource depletion in light of the en vironmental solutions to which AI can contribute. Intrinsic to these discu ssions are questions about our relationship to natural systems and the rol e that decision-making plays in shaping a sustainable future.\n\n Speakers \n\n Dr. Sarah Jordaan: Associate Professor of Industrial Ecology Life Cycl e Assessment\, Department of Civil Engineering and the Trottier Institute for Sustainability in Engineering and Design\, McGill University  \n\n Mr. Nicolas Parker: Founder\, Clean AI Initiative\, Parker Impact\, and the Cl eantech Group  \n\n Dr. Phil De Luna: Co-Founder and Chief Technology Offic er\, CURA \n\n Dr. Elsa Vasseur: Associate Professor\, Department of Animal Science\, McGill University\; Innovation Chair in Animal Welfare and Arti ficial Intelligence (WELL-E) \n\n Moderator: Dr. Matissa Hollister\, Associ ate Professor\, Organizational Behavior\; Social Initiative Coordinator\, Desautels Faculty of Management McGill University \n\n Panel 2 - Equity and AI: Data\, Bias\, and the Struggle for Algorithmic Inclusivity\n\n AI is o nly as good as the data on which it is trained. Hundreds of AI-generated i mages have replicated human biases with alarming accuracy\, and\, at their worst\, AI models have been used as tools to exploit vulnerable groups. A I\, moreover\, widens the privilege gap at an exponential rate. On the one hand\, for instance\, AI enables privileged members of the global scholar ly and economic spheres to enhance their knowledge and activities in ways few had dreamed possible\, creating in mere hours bodies of knowledge and business-related technologies that previously would have taken weeks\, mon ths\, or even years to develop. On the other hand\, members of that same g lobal economic community who lack the foundational knowledge to recognize errors in AI outputs\, or who have not had access to AI literacy education crucial to understanding the risks and drawbacks of LLMs\, are vulnerable to misinformation\, cognitive decline\, and even unemployment. Thus\, whi le AI holds out the promise of social and class mobility through widesprea d access to knowledge (the promise that Thomas L. Friedman’s 2005 The Worl d Is Flat suggested the internet offered)\, it entails the inverse threat of increasing disparity between persons able to exploit AI for their benef it and persons AI will be used to exploit. Panelists will examine the who\ , what\, where\, and how of AI: who is being represented\; who is being ex cluded\; who benefits economically from these technologies\; what values a nd assumptions are being embedded in these technologies\; where their true social impact is being felt\; and how AI can be used as a tool to reduce (or reignite) divisions. Ultimately\, they will ask whether AI can be used to promote fairness and reduce inequities and\, if so\, how.\n\n Speakers \n\n Dr. Ife Adebara: Assistant Professor\, Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies\, University of Alberta\; Fellow\, Alberta Machine In telligence Institute (Amii)\; Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of E qualyzAI \n\n Mr. Renjie Butalid: Co-Founder and Director\, Montreal AI Eth ics Institute \n\n Ms. Kate Arthur: Founder\, Literacy & AI\; Lecturer\, Mc Gill University\; Author\, Am I Literate? Redefining Literacy in the Age o f Artificial Intelligence. \n\n Dr. Sara Grimes: Professor\, Department of Art History and Communication Studies\; Wolfe Chair in Scientific and Tech nological Literacy\, McGill University \n\n Moderator: Dr. Warut Khern-am-n uai: Associate Professor\, Information Systems\, Desautels Faculty of Mana gement\; FRQ-IVADO Chair in Economics and Ethics of Artificial Intelligenc e\, McGill University \n\n Panel 3 - Defining 'Responsible AI' in Managemen t: Leadership and Accountability with Machine Intelligence\n\n Since its em ergence\, AI has been promoted as a transformative tool for managers and o rganizations\, promising greater efficiency\, improved decision-making\, a nd enhanced productivity. Yet the adoption of AI also raises important eth ical and governance questions. When should managers rely on AI\, and when should human judgment prevail? Who is accountable when AI-informed decisio ns cause harm or produce unintended consequences? What policies\, safeguar ds\, and oversight mechanisms are needed to ensure AI is used responsibly? Perhaps most importantly\, how can such safeguards be established at a pa ce commensurate with that of AI enhancements\, and how realistic are those safeguards anyway? This panel will examine the role of leadership in an A I-enabled world\, exploring how organizations can balance innovation and e fficiency with accountability\, transparency\, and ethical decision-making . Panelists will consider what responsible management looks like when incr easingly influential decisions are supported—or even made—by artificial in telligence.\n\n Speakers\n\n Dr. Stefania Pecore: Director of AI Development in the Private Sector\, AI Expert Without Borders for UNESCO \n\n Dr. Joel le Pineau: Chief AI Officer\, Cohere\; Professor\, School of Computer Scie nce\, McGill University \n\n Dr. Eric Kolaczyk: Professor and Director\, Co mputational & Data Systems Institute\, McGill University \n\n Mr. John Weig elt: National Technology Officer\, Microsoft Canada \n\n Moderator: Dr. Lin dsay Holmgren: Director\, Laidley Centre for Business Ethics and Equity\; Associate Professor\, Strategy & Organization\, Desautels Faculty of Manag ement\; University AI Advisory Committee\, McGill University\n\n \n We are p roud to announce that our event has been awarded Gold Sustainable Event ce rtification by the McGill Sustainable Events program run by the McGill Off ice of Sustainability. \n\n DTSTART:20261113T134500Z DTEND:20261113T220000Z LOCATION:Faculty Club Ballroom\, Faculty Club\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 0E 5\, 3450 rue McTavish SUMMARY:LCBEE Business Ethics Conference: Ethics and Artificial Intelligenc e URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/desautels/channels/event/lcbee-business-ethics-co nference-ethics-and-artificial-intelligence-373737 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR