In a complex, changing and interconnected world, digital twins and avatars are set to become a norm for decision-making in policy, ecology and the economy. Currently, several initiatives plan digital avatars and digital twins on the scale of individuals (in precision medicine), local municipalities (digital urban twins for city management) and the planet (climate forecasting, epidemic control). Sensor webs enable real-time synchronization of such twins and avatars with the physical world. Building trust between the science and diplomacy communities in this area is urgently needed.
- What challenges will these pose to data privacy, transparency of algorithms, accountability, and ownership?
- Who decides what a digital models should and should not do, and to whom are developers accountable?
- How can we empower citizens and other stakeholders in their design and use?
Join this session to hear developer and user perspectives and to understand what widespread use of digital tools for decision-making in all sectors of society will mean. Participants in this session are invited to discuss new approaches for advancing and governing digital models, manage risks, develop ethics-based standards, and avoid dual use.
Moderated by:
• Sean Cleary, Executive Vice-Chair, FutureWorld Foundation, South Africa
With:
• Jérôme Chenal, Senior Scientist, Urban and Regional Planning Community, EPF Lausanne; Academic Director, Excellence in Africa, Switzerland
• Neil Davies, Executive Director, Richard B. Gump South Pacific Research Station; Research Affiliate, Berkeley Institute for Data Science, USA
• Soledad Garcia Ferrari, Professor, Global Urbanism and Resilience; Dean, International College of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Uruguay
• Dirk Helbing, Professor for Computational Social Science, ETH Zurich, Germany
• Sami Kanaan, Administrative Councillor, City of Geneva; President of the Board, Geneva Cities Hub; Former Mayor of Geneva, Switzerland
• Christian Kirchsteiger, Former Responsible, Strategy Development of EU Policies for Smart Infrastructures, EC Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG CNECT), Germany
• Mami Mizutori, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Disaster Risk Reduction, UNDRR, Japan
• Huang Zhongwen, Director, Smart City Projects Office, Smart Nation
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