<div dir="ltr"><div><span id="m_6682851695631384172gmail-docs-internal-guid-da0b5c59-7fff-2d1a-5347-f88185811910"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Hi Everyone,<p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:arial,sans-serif"> <p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:arial,sans-serif">I am reaching out regarding a Call for Papers that we are co-organising. Details of this are below: <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:arial,sans-serif"> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Call for Papers (CFP): Paris <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Participatory AI Governance - Research & Practice Symposium 2025<font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Symposium Dates: 30 January, 2025 ONLINE and 8 February, 2025 IN-PERSON<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Deadline for submissions: 8 December, 2024<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:arial,sans-serif"> <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Location: Virtually and at Science Politique, Paris, France<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Link to website: <a href="https://pairs25.notion.site/Participatory-AI-Research-Practice-Symposium-131260e24e1a80148d79f8cc8f3c3971" style="text-decoration-line:none;font-family:arial,sans-serif" target="_blank"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">https://pairs25.notion.site/</a><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><a href="https://pairs25.notion.site/" style="text-decoration-line:none;font-family:arial,sans-serif" target="_blank"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">This symposium</a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:arial,sans-serif"> is being organised to take place at the fringe of the <a href="https://www.elysee.fr/en/sommet-pour-l-action-sur-l-ia" style="text-decoration-line:none;font-family:arial,sans-serif" target="_blank"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Paris Artificial Intelligence Action Summit</a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:arial,sans-serif">.

 The Summit’s focus on the public interest, trust, and governance 

acknowledges the importance of an effective feedback loop among AI 

developers, regulators and the broader public: necessitating more 

participatory approaches to AI development and governance. Scholars and 

policymakers have emphasised the importance of integrating diverse 

voices, particularly from marginalised and underrepresented communities,

 into AI decision-making processes to mitigate the bias, inequality, and

 ethical blind spots. A shift towards a participatory model challenges 

traditional, top-down and expert-driven approaches to AI governance and 

raises important questions about power, agency, representation, and 

accountability. Amid this incipient “participatory turn” in both the 

development and governance of AI </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:arial,sans-serif">our goal is to showcase work that demonstrates what it looks like, how and why to do it, as well as what can go wrong.</span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:arial,sans-serif">We

 invite short papers, posters, presentations, reports, and other formats

 for interactive presentation and discussions to take place on 8th 

February 2025 ahead of the 2025 AI Action Summit (Paris, Feb 

10th/11th). </span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeaQxdVm56YBd0D1bwuJW3JqrOflMwekm4uiX2B76pg7n3wQQ/viewform" style="text-decoration-line:none;font-family:arial,sans-serif" target="_blank"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Abstract submissions</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:arial,sans-serif"> should respond to three key themes:</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br><br></span></font></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Participatory AI development</span></font></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Participatory AI governance</span></font></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Participation, power and resistance </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br><br></span></font></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Submissions

 are also encouraged to consider one or more cross-cutting themes of (a)

 embedding practice (beyond pilots), (b) evaluation, evidence and 

impacts and/or (c) learning for policy and practice. </span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:arial,sans-serif">We 

 will  convene researchers and practitioners of participatory methods in

 AI for the purpose of international community-building. Interested 

policy-makers, advocates, and civil society organisations are also 

invited. Through showcasing the state of current work and critique of 

participatory AI, this gathering will build a stronger international 

community of practice. It will also begin the work of formulating a 

shared vision for policy action.</span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Submissions

 will be reviewed by an interdisciplinary panel. Selected applicants 

will be invited to present in-person in Paris on February 8 during 

symposium panels (short talks of 5-10 minutes, poster presentation, or 

roundtable contributions). Invited speakers who are unable to travel 

will be invited to speak at the online-only symposium on 31 January, 

2025. The submission portal offers the option to indicate the submission

 should solely be considered for online presentation.  </span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:arial,sans-serif">We are open to submissions in a range of formats, aiming to bring together both academic and applied work. </span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Call

 to close on 8 December, 2025, and notifications for in-person papers to

 be released on 13 December. Online-only acceptance notifications will 

be complete by 30 December.</span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Please

 be advised, this event is being organised without access to funds to 

support travel: no funding, nor visa support is available, aside from a 

letter of invitation. </span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Please submit </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeaQxdVm56YBd0D1bwuJW3JqrOflMwekm4uiX2B76pg7n3wQQ/viewform" style="text-decoration-line:none;font-family:arial,sans-serif" target="_blank"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">abstracts or proposed contributions through this form</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:arial,sans-serif">.</span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Questions? P</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:arial,sans-serif">lease contact </span><a href="mailto:pairs@connectedbydata.org" style="text-decoration-line:none;font-family:arial,sans-serif" target="_blank"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">pairs@connectedbydata.org</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:arial,sans-serif"> or <a href="mailto:vinay@aapti.in">vinay@aapti.in</a>.</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></font></p></span><div class="gmail-yj6qo"></div><div class="gmail-adL"><br></div><div class="gmail-adL">Warmly,<br></div></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><font color="#888888"><div><span style="color:rgb(11,83,148)">Vinay Narayan </span><font color="#888888"><span style="color:rgb(11,83,148)">(He/Him)</span></font></div><div><span style="color:rgb(11,83,148)">Senior Manager, Policy </span></div><div><a href="https://us5.campaign-archive.com/home/?u=9c311c3f27b7d466563c19608&id=8e36f58bee" target="_blank">Check out Aapti's Newsletter</a></div><div><span style="color:rgb(153,153,153)">While I may be sending this email outside my normal office hours, I have no expectation to receive a reply outside yours.<br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(11,83,148)"><font color="#888888"><span style="color:rgb(11,83,148)"><img src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4y7V9bvPasrWOEL_20MOxH2eEDfooNpSlzkYLb3lbj2i4nSIHGj12NK2DbXOyyn8l1ZJ0ZWhDw" width="200" height="32"><br></span></font></span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(11,83,148)"></span></div></font></div></div></div></div>