28 November 2023 – 1 December 2023
New Delhi, India
The Network Summit on AI is organized by the Nordic Centre in India in collaboration with OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University and the Algorithmic Governance Research Network and is supported by The Research Council of Norway. While building on existing networks and collaborations, the aim is to establish new partnerships and synergies for future projects.
This is a closed event for registered participants and invited guests only.
Day 1 28 November 2023
10:30 - 11:00
Registration and Coffee
11:00 – 11:15
Welcome to the Network Summit on AI
Tereza Østbø Kuldova, Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway
Shivangi Narayan, JNU Delhi, India
11:15 – 11:45
Keynote Speech by Tereza Østbø Kuldova
11:45 – 12:00
Q&A
12:00 – 13:00
Networking Lunch
13:00 – 14:15
Pitches: Global Governance, Morality and the Rise of AI
Jardar Østbø, Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies, Norway
Aasim Khan, IIIT Delhi, India & Claire Crawford, University of York, UK
Oleksandr Svitych, O.P. Jindal Global University, India
Syed Tahseen Raza, Aligarh Muslim University, India & S. Asim Raza, Jamia Hamdard
Audrey Millet, University of Bologna, Italy (online)
14:15 – 15:15
Roundtable Discussion moderated by Tereza Østbø Kuldova
After 15:15
Networking program for participants outside of the venue (details will be sent to participants on e-mail)
Day 2 29 November 2023
9:30 - 10:00
Coffee
10:00 – 10:15
Opening Remarks
Jardar Østbø, Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies
10:15 – 11:15
Pitches (1): Social Control in the Age of AI
Tomas Salem, University of Bergen, Norway
Ashwin Varghese, O. P. Jindal University, India
Shivangi Narayan, JNU, India
Smriti Singh, IIIT Delhi, India
Anushka Jain, Digital Futures Lab, India, Anupam Guha, IIT Bombay, India, & Avnika Nagar IIT Bombay, India
11:15 – 12:15
Roundtable Discussion moderated by Tereza Østbø Kuldova
12:15 – 13:15
Networking Lunch
13:15 – 14:15
Pitches (2): Social Control in the Age of AI
Manohar Kumar, IIIT Delhi, India
Vipul Mudgal & Radhika Jha, Common Cause India
Rahul Menon, O.P. Jindal Global University, India
Nikita Sonavane, Mrinalini R and Sanjana Meshram, CPA Project, Bhopal, India
Asvatha Babu, University of Washington, US (online)
14:15 – 15:15
Roundtable Discussion moderated by Tereza Østbø Kuldova
After 15:15
Networking program for participants outside of the venue
18:00 -
Network Summit Dinner for speakers (details sent on e-mail for registered participants)
Day 3 30 November 2023
9:30 - 10:00
Coffee
10:00 – 10:15
Opening Remarks
Tereza Østbø Kuldova, Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway
10:15 – 12:00
Pitches (1): Algorithmic Management and Platform Labour
Šarūnas Paunksnis, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania (online)
Abhinand Kishore, Mahatma Gandhi University, India (online)
Kalyan Shankar, Symbiosis School of Economics, India
Ujjwal Kango, O.P. Jindal Global University, India
Anuranjan Sethi, O.P. Jindal Global University, India
Gayatri Nair, IIIT Delhi, India
Shuaib Mohamed Haneef & Shruti Rajan, Pondicherry University, India
Shiva Singh, IIIT Delhi
12:00 – 12:30
Roundtable Discussion moderated by Tereza Østbø Kuldova
12:30 – 13:30
Networking Lunch
13:30 – 14:00
Keynote Speech by Josy Joseph
14:00 – 14:30
Discussion
14:30 – 15:30
Funding for R&D and Possibilities for Collaboration between India and Norway
After 15:30
Networking program for participants outside of the venue (details will be sent to participants on e-mail)
Day 4 1 December 2023
9:30 - 10:00
Coffee
10:00 – 10:15
Opening Remarks
Kristin Reichborn-Kjennerud, Oslo Metropolitan University
Mathew Varghese, Mahatma Gandhi University
10:15 – 11:15
Pitches (1): Urban Spaces, Smart Cities and Sustainability
Khaliq Parkar, Université Paris Cité, France
Mathew A Varghese, Center for Urban Studies, Mahatma Gandhi University, India
Sreelakshmi V, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam
Kristin Reichborn Kjennerud, Oslo Metropolitan University
11:15 – 12:15
Roundtable Discussion moderated by Mathew Varghese
12:15 – 13:15
Networking Lunch
13:15 – 14:15
Online Pitches (2) Urban Spaces, Smart Cities and Sustainability
Deepak Padmanabhan, Queen’s University, Belfast, UK
Ayona Datta, University College London, UK
Nisha Kapoor, University of Warwick, UK
Nikhil Mathew, Center for Urban Studies, Mahatma Gandhi University, India
14:15 – 15:15
Future Collaborations, Funding and Partner Agreements
The Network Summit on AI is to be conducted under Chatham House Rule: ‘When a meeting, or part thereof, is held under the Chatham House Rule, participants are free to use the information received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s), nor that of any other participant, may be revealed.’
Organizing Committee: Nordic Centre in India, Tereza Østbø Kuldova, Shivangi Narayan, Jardar Østbø, Ashwin Varghese, Mathew Varghese, Kristin Reichborn-Kjennerud
This network summit is organized with the support of the Nordic Centre in India, with the financial support of OsloMet for collaboration with India, and with the financial support of The Research Council in Norway under the following projects: project no. 313004 – Luxury, Corruption and Global Ethics: Towards a Critical Cultural Theory of the Moral Economy of Fraud (LUXCORE); project no. 313626 – Algorithmic Governance and Cultures of Policing: Comparative Perspectives from Norway, India, Brazil, Russia, and South Africa (AGOPOL); project no. 314486 – Digital Prism and the Nordic Model of Workplace Democracy under Pressure (DigiWORK). These projects are hosted at the Oslo Metropolitan University; this event is also part of the Algorithmic Governance Research Network’s activities.
