Recent Talks & Panels

 

2024

October 7, 2024 | How AI was Used in the Indian Elections in 2024 and Looking to the Future | ElecTech 2024: AI, Disinformation and Future of Electoral Integrity | I joined a panel with Indian Parliamentarians on the use and regulation of AI in Indian elections.

September 27, 2024 | The Indian State as User and Regulator of AI | Annual Workshop of CDAIS, Ashoka University | I spoke about the limitations of risk regulation and state of AI regulation in India.

August 27, 2024 | UnPanel Future of AI and Privacy | Privacy Supreme 2024 | I delivered a speech on the history of digital regulation in India and what lies ahead for AI and privacy.

2023

June 21, 2023 | AI and Transparency Workshop | MozFest House Amsterdam 2023 | With Jesse McCrosky and Ramak Molavi, I co-ran a workshop on the what meaingful AI transparency looks like.

March 23, 2023 | Fighting AI Bias and Data Colonialism on Social Media | Social Media Convention 2023 | I joined a panel discussion on AI bias and data colonialism in Africa.

March 21, 2023 | Regulating Recommendation Engines | MozFest 2023 | I facilitated and led a discussion on regulation of recommendation engine systems.

March 20, 2023 | Reframing Algorithmic Transparency | MozFest 2023 | In this lightning talk, I examine the transparency ideal, look at the fetishisation of transparency, and highlight the complexity posed by machine learning algorithms and AI technologies.

January 12, 2023 | Workshop on 'Trends in Data Governance in India and the EU' | I participated in a workshop on data governance trends in India and EU.

2022

December 6, 2022 | Knowing without Seeing | REAL ML 2022 | I presented my ongoing project, Knowing without Seeing, which explores meaningful transparency solutions for opaque algorithms, and privileges comprehension over mere access to information.

December 1, 2022 | Human rights-centered technology in emergency responses | IGF 2022 | In this workshop, I spoke on the data and technological responses to Covid19 surveillance in India, and their pitfalls.

November 30, 2022 | Afro-feminist AI governance; challenges and lessons | IGF 2022 | In this workshop, we discussed what an Afro-feminist version of AI means and how this vision can be realised.

October 11, 2022 | Roundtable on the role of stakeholder engagement in implementing Human-Centred AI | In this discussion organised by Open Loop and Dialogue, I highlighted the opacity challenges in effective stakeholder engagement.

September 23, 2022 | Panel Discussion on “Data: New Oil and Privacy Rights | In this panel discussion for the IIC Diamond Jubilee, I spoke on the politics of India’s data protection lawmaking process and where it is going.

September 20, 2022 | Interview for the New Books Network | In an hour long freewheeling podcast interview, I spoke to Sarayu Natarajan and Alok Prasanna Kumar about my book, The Networked Public. We discuss democratic backsliding, algorithmic manipulation, and platform accountability.

February 10, 2022 | Roundtable on Beneficial Interests and “data sovereignty” | At this event organised by the Centre for Internet and Society and IT for Change, along with Arindrajit Basu. I led the discussion about Digital Sovereignty.

January 21, 2022 | The Morning Brief Podcast Interview | I spoke to Anirban Chowdhary about the competition law actions pending against Google.

January 20, 2022 | Decoding India’s Data Protection Bill: User Rights and the Data Protection Law | I joined Vrinda Bhandari, Lalit Panda and Prasanna in a conversation chaired by Manish to discuss user rights in the data protection bill.

2021

December 17, 2021 | AISS 2021 Plenary Session: PDPB Enabling Personal Liberty, Digitization and Innovation | I joined Dr. Ralf Sauer and Shinjini Kumar on discussion on the data protection.

December 15, 2021 | Operationalising the DPA and its role in the transitional phase of India’s data governance framework | I joined Gaurav Gogoi, Ashish Aggarwal, Amrita Chaudhary, Swati Punia and Shefali Mehta in a roundtable discussion.

December 7, 2021 | Ethical Challenges and Opportunities with the use of AI and Health and role of civil society | In this workshop co-hosted by PI and WHO, I spoke about the about the risks & challenges of the use of AI in healthcare.

December 6, 2021 | IGF 2021: Digital Policymaking from below | I joined a roundtable discussion on a new approach to digital policy development that the Just Net Coalition is pioneering.

October 6, 2021 | PrivacyNama 2021: Bodies and Data Protection Panel.

September 20, 2021 | SideEvent at #UNHRC48: The Rising Threat of Government Hacking.

August 9, 2021 | Speaker at Summer School on Investigating the Influence Industry by Tactical Tech Collective.

July 22, 2021 | Speaker at Digital Transactions in India: Platforms, Market, Users.

July 11, 2021 |  Discussant at roundtable on Unsocial Media: Inclusion, Representation and Safety of Women

June 23, 2021 |  Speaker at Stanford FSI Event on Assessing National Digital Identity Systems: The Risks And Rewards

May 26, 2021 | ID4Africa Livecast: Identity for democracy

May 25, 2021 | MozFest Dialogues and Debates: BigTech and Germany’s Election