Stephanie O'Donnell
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WILDLABS
Fauna & Flora
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has significant potential to transform the work of international development and humanitarian organisations, enabling them to achieve greater impact through their programmes and in response to humanitarian crises. While many INGOs are already using AI tools across various operational tasks, including content creation, grant management, data collection, they also face significant risks such as bias, cyber threats, and concerns about job displacement. With individuals utilising it for everything from streamlining content creation to sorting data or creating images, how can you tell? And if you can’t tell, how can you govern it?
Taking a leadership role in determining how AI could and should be used to improve the running of the organisation and its activities is often daunting for Boards of Trustees, however, it is essential for the good governance of the organisation, especially as use of AI becomes more prevalent. Understanding AI's potential within the context of the organisation's mission and values is essential for embedding appropriate principles and policies throughout its operations.
Speakers:
- Guy Marshall, Fuza
- Guy is a fractional CTO, scale-up and tech advisor. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from University of Manchester, an MSc in Theoretical Physics from Kings College London, an MA in Mathematics from University of Cambridge, and is a Chartered Mathematician. He has over 10 years experience in managing people and delivery of software systems, especially data-centric and machine learning systems. Guy does things he finds interesting, which usually involve data, systems thinking, and people. He speaks regularly to C-level about AI, culture, governance and data-driven decisions. Where research is beneficial to support decisions, he often uses mixed methods, gathering quantitative and qualitative data to gain unusual insights. A good example of this is his involvement in creating better AI diagrams and in his broader diagram research, as a way to communicate between different thinking patterns.. Based in Manchester (UK), he has lived in Poland, India and Iceland, and collaborated with teams located internationally. He is married with two boys, and can often be found in mountainous environments.
- Hugh Swainson, Senior Audit ManagerBuzzacott
- Hugh joined Buzzacott in 2003 and specialises in the Charity and Education sectors including international NGOs, social enterprises, academy trusts, further education colleges and higher education institutions. Hugh leads on the delivery of a range of services to these sectors including: External audit, Internal audit and Due diligence. He is a keen advocate of the practical benefits of measuring social impact, the way in which charities record their social value creation (or impact), including SROI methodologies, and linking social value creation to social finance. Additionally, Hugh is actively involved in our provision of sector informational updates including benchmarking reports, governance best practice and reserves planning. He also speaks at several of our events on topics such as governance, impact measurement and financial reporting.
This webinar will:
• Level the AI playing field for trustees
• Discuss what AI is and the context for INGOs
• Share the opportunities and risks and where to begin
• Provide practical tips and advice for AI usage and governance
Trustees of INGOs should join this webinar to:
• Learn more about AI and its potential to benefit their organisation
• Progress thinking on good digital governance around AI, understanding what is relevant to your organisation.
• Build their confidence to return to their executive team to discuss their organisational approach to AI, advising on the strategic questions they need to ask and how to prioritise it on their board agenda.
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