Leading the Future of AI and Public Archives
When: Wednesday–Thursday, November 16th-17th, 2022, 1 PM–4:00 PM EST
Where: Zoom link provided via email
Agenda: November 2022
Day 1: Wednesday, November 16th
Ice Breaker and Introduction: 1:00-1:10PM
Plenary: Proposed Frameworks and Stepping Toward Creating an Institutional AI Ethics Statement (Library of Congress and Smithsonian; 1:10-1:55PM)
Break: 5 minutes
Plenary: Scenarios for operationalizing AI in LAMs - Framing Breakout Activity (5 minutes)
Breakout: Scenarios for operationalizing AI in LAMs (2:05-2:35PM)
Plenary: Discussion (2:35-2:55PM)
Break: 5 minutes
Breakout: Beginning to Outline the Ethics Framework (3:00-3:40PM)
Day 2: Thursday, November 17th
Ice Breaker and Introduction: 1:00-1:10PM
Plenary: Procurement and AI Ethics in Practice (Afua Bruce, ANB Advisory Group LLC 1:10-2:25PM)
Break: 5 minutes
Plenary: Wikidata AI Ethics Research (Isaac Johnson, Senior Research Scientist, Wikimedia Foundation and National Archives; 2:30-2:55PM)
Breakout: Drafting the Framework I (2:55-3:15PM)
Break: 5 minutes
Breakout: Drafting the Framework II (3:20-3:40PM)
Plenary: Framing future group work (Virginia Tech; 3:40-4:00PM)
Past Workshop Information
Agenda
Friday May 6th, 2022 (10am-noon EDT)
Topic: Learning about AI in libraries
Plenary
10:00 Welcome note and intro (10 min) by Sylvester Johnson (VT) & Jill Reilly (NARA)
10:10 Review pre-workshop survey results
10:20 Agencies highlight some of their current AI work/activities
- Smithsonian Institution
- Library of Congress
- National Archives and Records Administration
- Virginia Tech
Breakout
10:50 Define breakout activity
- Breakout Room #1: Leadership roundtable—discuss organizational (resourcing, staffing, modernization, build v. buy) needs and strategies, individual reflections
- Breakout Room #2: Lessons learned; Share a problem, share a solution?
- Breakout Room #3: Defining the Problem Space
- Breakout Room #4: Action Priority Matrix Activity
10:55 Break
11:00 Breakout room discussions
Plenary
11:40 Plenary conversation – reporting out from breakouts
Noon Close
Friday May 13th, 2022 (10am-noon EDT)
Topic: Ethical AI: Mitigating risks in AI
Plenary
10:00 Welcome and reflection on last workshop
10:05 Keynote speaker: Elham Tabassi (Chief of Staff, Information Technology Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology)
10:25 Q&A
Breakout
10:45 Define breakout activity
10:55 Break
11:00 Breakout room discussions: Balancing Benefits and Risks
Plenary
11:40 Conclusion
12:00 Workshop End