And CFP for Data For Policy 2024 scheduled for 9-11 July, 2024 is open! All submissions are welcome with the deadline of 27 November, 2023.

This year Data For Policy conference, which is organized in collaboration with Imperial College London and Cambridge University Press will take place in London, UK, and will be running under the title “Decoding the Future: Trustworthy Governance with AI” – trendy, isn’t it? In this edition the conference “[we] are focusing on the future of governance and decision making with AI. Firstly, what are the emerging capabilities, use cases, and best practices enabling innovation that could contribute to improved governance with AI? Secondly, what concerns are being raised regarding these advancements in areas such as data, algorithms, privacy, security, fairness, and potential risks? For both discussions, we invite proposals that delve into the role and capacity of governance in preventing AI-related harms and explore the potential for governance to generate added value through responsible AI deployment. For a more thorough consideration of the conference theme, please read this informative blog, by Zeynep Engin and conference co-chairs.“

Data for Policy is looking forward to your submission to one of six areas of the respective Data & Policy journal, which are transformed into the tracks for this conference. In addition, this list is complemented with a rich list of 11 special tracks.

Of course, my personal recommendation is to consider Area 1 “Digital & Data-driven Transformations in Governance” (chairs: Sarah Giest, Sharique Manazir, Francesco Mureddu, Keegan McBride, Anastasija Nikiforova, Sujit Sikder). More specifically, the track seeks for contributions on topics that include but are not necessarily limited to:

• From data to decisions: knowledge generation and evidence formation;
• Process, psychology and behaviour of decision-making in digital era;
• Government operations and services;
• Government-citizen interactions; and open government;
• Democracy, public deliberation, public infrastructure, justice, media;
• Public, private and voluntary sector governance and policy-making.

Of course, do not ignore other tracks since each and every track definitely deserves your attention:

• Area 1: Digital & Data-Driven Transformations in Governance – the one I just suggested;
• Area 2: Data Technologies & Analytics for Governance;
• Area 3: Policy & Literacy for Data;
• Area 4: Ethics, Equity & Trustworthiness;
• Area 5: Algorithmic Governance;
• Area 6: Global Challenges & Dynamic Threats;
• Special Track 1: Establishing an Allied by Design AI ecosystem
• Special Track 2: Anticipating Migration for Policymaking: Data-Based Approaches to Forecasting and Foresight
• Special Track 3: AI, Ethics and Policy Governance in Africa
• Special Track 4: Social Media and Government
• Special Track 5: Data and AI: critical global perspectives on the governance of datasets used for artificial intelligence
• Special Track 6: Generative AI for Sound Decision-making: Challenges and Opportunities
• Special Track 7: Governance of Health Data for AI Innovation
• Special Track 8: Accelerating collective decision intelligence
• Special Track 9: Artificial Intelligence, Bureaucracy, and Organizations
• Special Track 10: AI and data science to strengthen official statistics
• Special Track 11: Data-driven environmental policy-making

To sum up:

🗓️ WHEN? 9-11 July, 2024 -> deadline for papers and abstracts – 27 November, 2023

WHERE? London, UK

WHY? To understand what are the emerging capabilities, use cases, and best practices enabling innovation that could contribute to improved governance with AI? what concerns are being raised regarding these advancements in areas such as data, algorithms, privacy, security, fairness, and potential risks? For a more thorough consideration of the conference theme, please read this.

Find your favorite among tracks and submit! See detail on the official website.