Responsible AI
SMASH session
Responsible AI
Scheduled: 26. 09. 2025
As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes integral to scientific research and discovery as well as decision making, its development raises urgent ethical and moral, environmental, and social challenges. This session examines key concerns including algorithmic bias, the environmental and social justice impact of large-scale computation, and the underrepresentation of women and marginalised groups in AI development. It explores how ethical and sustainable AI practices can uphold scientific integrity while fostering public trust as autonomous systems assume greater decision-making roles. Emphasising transparency, reproducibility, robustness, but also fairness, and sustainability, the session combines invited talks with guided discussions to help the community anticipate risks and co-design AI tools that are not only powerful and innovative, but also equitable, accountable, and aligned with inclusive scientific and evolving societal values. The event will take place on September 26, 2025.
Accompanying Programme
The session will feature lightning talks followed by a panel discussion.
11.00 - 11.20 - Prof. Caterina Doglioni, PhD (University of Manchester), FAIR and environmental sustainability aspects of AI
11.20 - 11.40 - Sebastian Scher, PhD (University of Graz), Establishing and Evaluating Trustworthy AI
11.40 - 12.00 - Aida Kamišalić Latifić, PhD (State Secretary at the Ministry of Digital Transformation), Regulating AI - the Slovene approach
12.00 - 13.00 - Panel discussion
Moderator of the event: Prof. Jana Javornik, PhD (Institute of Contemporary History, Ljubljana)
The session is open to public.
Program Chairs