Innovation and Civil Rights: The Risks and Benefits of Emerging Technologies

Date: January 16, 2025

Time: 2 – 3:15 ET

Advanced technologies have the potential to reduce discrimination. But these same technologies, when not used responsibly, can also amplify discrimination in ways that are hard to detect. Join DCR and national experts in algorithmic fairness for a discussion on this important topic. Learn about DCR’s efforts to address the risk of algorithmic discrimination and to leverage new technology to combat discrimination through its Civil Rights and Technology Initiative.

Introductory Remarks:

New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin

Director Sundeep Iyer, New Jersey Division on Civil Rights

Moderator:

Emily Armbruster, Policy Legal Specialist, New Jersey Division on Civil Rights

Panelists:

Michael Akinwumi, Chief AI Officer, National Fair Housing Alliance; Eagleton Fellow, Rutgers University

Elizabeth Laird, Director, Equity in Civic Technology, Center for Democracy & Technology

Deborah Raji, Mozilla fellow