Anja Kaspersen

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Anja Kaspersen
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Anja Kaspersen, AI for GOOD Global Summit 2017
NationalityNorwegian
Education IMD Business School, London School of Economics
Employer(s)Senior Fellow at Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, former Director at United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs

Anja Kaspersen is a director for Global Markets Development, New Frontiers and Emerging Spaces at IEEE, the world's largest technical professional organisation. Kaspersen is also a senior fellow at Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs where she co-directs the Artificial Intelligence Equality Initiative with Wendell Wallach. [1] [2] [3] [4] With scholars and thinkers in the field of technology governance, supported by Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs and IEEE, Kaspersen and Wallach provided a Proposal for International governance of AI. [5]

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Anja Kaspersen is the former Director of the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs in Geneva and Deputy Secretary General of the Conference on Disarmament (UNODA). [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] Previously, she held the role as the head of strategic engagement and new technologies at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). [12] Prior to joining the ICRC she served as a senior director for geopolitics and international security and a member of the executive committee at the World Economic Forum. [13] [14]

Kaspersen has also worked in business and has had a rich diplomatic and academic career. She is a published author, podcast host and a global public speaker and commentator on matters relating to geopolitics, international security, [15] peacekeeping, [16] arms control, [17] multilateral diplomacy, [18] emerging technology ethics, AI, cyber conflict, digital resilience [19] and oceans security. [20] [21] She is a strong believer in multilateralism and in the power of science and technology diplomacy to ensure adaptive arms control, responsible innovation and applications. [22]

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AI for Good Global Summit 2018 (42082657332)

Anja Kaspersen is an alumni International Gender Champion, [23] a member of the International Telecommunication Union, AI for Good Global Summit's Programme Committee, [24] a member of the IEEE Council on Extended Intelligence and Industry Activities on Ethics in Action in Autonomous and Intelligence Systems, [25] [26] Well-Being Initiative, Life Science Innovation and AI [27] and member of the Council of the International Military Council on Climate and Security [28] and the advisory board of ThinkTech. [29]

Kaspersen was selected for several consecutive years as one of the leading female Voices in the field of AI and ethics and recognised among peers as a fierce advocate for women, diversity and interdisciplinarity. In 2019 she was included in the "100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics list". [30] [31]

In addition to raise international and multilateral efforts to establish a dialogue on the impact of new technologies and AI, Kaspersen has supported several other initiatives aimed at deepening public-private understanding and cooperation. She was selected in 2020 as one of the top innovators by the World Summit AI and Inspired Minds for her work among top 50 Innovators. [32]

Education and career

Kaspersen attended The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and earned her Master of Science degree. In 2017 she entered the Executive Programme at IMD Business School. [33]

Publications

Anja Kaspersen, Wendell Wallach, "A Framework for the International Governance of AI", Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, Artificial Intelligence & Equality Initiative (AIEI). [34]

Anja Kaspersen, Wendell Wallach, "Now is the Moment for a Systemic Reset of AI and Technology Governance", AI Governance Framework, Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, Artificial Intelligence & Equality Initiative (AIEI). [35]

Anja Kaspesen, "Ethics and Fairness in AI: Who Makes the Rules", Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, Artificial Intelligence & Equality Initiative (AIEI). [36]

Anja Kaspersen, Wendell Wallach, "We’re failing at the ethics of AI. Here’s how we make real impact". World Economic Forum. [37]

Anja Kaspersen, Kobi Leins, "Seven Myths of Using the Term “Human on the Loop”: “Just What Do You Think You Are Doing, Dave?” Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, Artificial Intelligence & Equality Initiative (AIEI). [36]

Anja Kaspersen, "Transition Management", «Challenges to Collective Security» Working Papers from NUPI's UN Programme. [38]

Anja Kaspersen and Ole Jacob Sending, "The United Nations and Civilian Crisis Management", Working Papers from NUPI's UN Programme. [39]

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