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Keynote talk on “Responsible AI Practices in the Public Sector: Piloting AI Regulatory Sandboxes” presented at an AI event jointly organized by 3 of Finland’s most innovative public sector agencies Kela, DVV and Vero. The event in Finnish/English was aimed at decision-makers and service developers interested in digitization, participation and customer experience.

Creative, mindless, out of control or dangerous?
New possibilities of an artificially intelligent society

Friday 1 September 2023 from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Kela’s headquarters, Nordenskiöldinkatu 12, Helsinki

Event Program:
9:00 a.m. Welcome
* Opening of the event, director Nina Nissilä, Kela

9:10 a.m. Creative, mindless, out of control or dangerous? The possibilities of artificial intelligence in public administration
* Cognitive scientist, Anna-Mari Wallenberg (formerly Rusanen), Ministry of Finance and University of Helsinki

9:30 a.m. Responsible AI Practices in the Public Sector: Piloting AI Regulatory Sandboxes
* Professor of Practice, Nitin Sawhney, Aalto University

9:50 The Swedish National mission is promoting AI in public sector
* Senior Advisor David Magård, Bolagsverket (Swedish Companies Registration Office)

10:30 Demo – The future of a returnee 2030
* Development manager Riikka Lindroos-Järvitalo, Kela

10.45 AI not or not? – Towards the media of the future, the post-truth era and a new kind of working life.
* Tove Mylläri, Head of Experiments and Cooperation Projects, Yle News Lab

11:05 a.m. Final discussion – What thoughts arose?

Event info. and YouTube livestream online: https://videonet.fi/kela/20230901/

YouTube recording: (my talk is 30 mins into the event along with a panel discussion at the end)

Keynote Presentation Slides: