Developing an AI Assurance and Accountability Ecosystem to Advance the Development and Deployment of Open Models

DATE

Feb. 6, 2025

TIME

5:30pm – 9:00pm CET

LOCATION

Paris

Overview

As AI increasingly drives transformative changes, ensuring its development aligns with the public good requires a robust, multistakeholder ecosystem for AI assurance and accountability. The France AI Action Summit in Paris in February 2025 offers a pivotal moment to catalyze international, multidisciplinary collaboration and commitment toward building this ecosystem.

Alongside our collaborators, PAI’s Side Event will explore the core components of this ecosystem—including documentation, risk assessments, technical standards, and certifications— and provide a platform for stakeholders to collaborate on the practical steps needed to build it, particularly as we work towards advancing open and accountable AI models.

Ahead of the AI Summit, we will identify shared priorities and potential interventions for stakeholders to drive forward during Summit events while bridging fragmented efforts across policy, research, advocacy, and industry.

Speakers

Agenda

Time \| CET	Session
16:30	Registration and Networking
17:30	Welcome Speakers Rebecca Finlay, Partnership on AI
17:35	Opening Remarks on the Importance of AI Assurance Speakers Laurie-anne Ancenys, A&O Shearman
17:40	Keynote Speakers Anne Bouverot, Special Envoy for the AI Action Summit
17:50	Panel Session 1: Towards an AI Assurance and Accountability Ecosystem to Advance Open Models Speakers Francesca Rossi, IBM Rumman Chowdhury, Humane Intelligence Wan Sie Lee, Infocomm Media Development Authority, Singapore Government Alex Givens, Center for Democracy and Technology Moderator Stephanie Ifayemi, Partnership on AI
18:35	Keynote Lightning Talk Speakers Vidushi Marda, AI Collaborative
18:40	Fireside Chat: AI and Labor in the Corporate AI Risk Assessment Framework and Disclosure Recommendations Speakers Benjamin Parton, UNI Global Sonam Jindal, Partnership on AI Stefano Scarpetta, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
19:00	Panel Session 2: AI Audits for Open Models Speakers Max Gahntz, Mozilla Irene Solaiman, Hugging Face Gaia Marcus or Andrew Strait, Ada Lovelace Institute Moderator Deb Raji, UC Berkeley
19:40	Closing Keynote
20:00	Reception and Networking Session

Developing an AI Assurance and Accountability Ecosystem to Advance the Development and Deployment of Open Models

Overview

Speakers

Laurie-anne Ancenys

Anne Bouverot

Rumman Chowdhury

Rebecca Finlay

Maximilian Gahntz

Sonam Jindal

Wan Sie Lee

Vidushi Marda

Benjamin Parton

Deb Raji

Alex Reeves Givens

Francesca Rossi

Stefano Scarpetta

Irene Solaiman

Andrew Strait

Agenda

16:30

Registration and Networking

17:30

Welcome

17:35

Opening Remarks on the Importance of AI Assurance

17:40

Keynote

17:50

Panel Session 1: Towards an AI Assurance and Accountability Ecosystem to Advance Open Models

18:35

Keynote Lightning Talk

18:40

Fireside Chat: AI and Labor in the Corporate AI Risk Assessment Framework and Disclosure Recommendations

19:00

Panel Session 2: AI Audits for Open Models

19:40

Closing Keynote

20:00

Reception and Networking Session