WAAS Dialogues on Sustainable Future: Education, Artificial Intelligence and Peace

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October 21, 2024

 

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The World Academy of Art & Science (WAAS) Dialogues seeks to advance aim to introduce out-of-the-box thinking and innovative approaches to promote peace and more effectively prevent and resolve conflicts.

The second dialogue scheduled for 21 October 2024 as part of the WAAS Peace Offensive is devoted to exploring the role which education and research can play for advancing peace and human security, with special emphasis on the potential of AI. This hybrid event is organised in cooperation with the European Academy of Sciences and Arts (EASA). It will take place on Zoom and live in Maribor (City Hotel), Slovenia.

17:00 Welcome reception

18:00 Opening addresses (moderated by Dr. Tanja Angleitner Sagadin, AMEU)

  • EASA Honorary President Professor Dr. Felix Unger
  • WAAS Honorary President Professor Dr. Ivo Šlaus (on Zoom)

18:10 Introductory presentations (moderated by Dr. Tanja Angleitner Sagadin, AMEU)

  • Professor Dr. Klaus Mainzer, President of EASA: AI’s capacity to find innovative solutions (20 mins)
  • Donato Kiniger-Passigli, Vice-President of WAAS: Vision Statement for a New Peace Offensive (10 mins)

18:40 Roundtable discussion (moderated by Dr. Tanja Angleitner Sagadin, AMEU)

  • Ludvik Toplak, EASA Member, Rector of Alma Mater European University: Introduction
  • Aleksander Zidanšek, BoT member of WAAS, J. Stefan Institute: AI for Peace
  • Goran Bandov, WAAS Fellow, University of Zagreb: Peace and Diplomacy
  • Ana Jerković, WAAS Assoc. Fellow, Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs HR
  • Uroš Cvelbar, WAAS Fellow, J. Stefan Institute: Nanoscience for Peace
  • Damir Boras, EASA Member, University of Zagreb: Lexicography for Peace
  • Marin Milković, EASA Member, University North: Graphic Engineering for Peace
  • Dragan Ljutić, EASA Member,  University of Split: Medical Education for Peace
  • Eden Mamut, WAAS Fellow, University of Constanta: Black Sea Applications (on Zoom)

19:15 Conclusions

Garry Jacobs, President WAAS: Comprehensive approaches to peace diplomacy

Action plan on AI-based research and education on conflict prevention and resolution

Working Dinner