Webinar on Sustainable Future: Education, Artificial Intelligence and Peace

October 21, 2024 | Hybrid

 

Click here to read the Vision Statement for a Global Peace Offensive

 

The World Academy of Art & Science (WAAS) webinar seeks to advance out-of-the-box thinking and innovative approaches to promote peace and more effectively prevent and resolve conflicts. The second webinar held on 21 October 2024 as part of the WAAS Peace Offensive was 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 was organised in cooperation with the European Academy of Sciences and Arts (EASA). It took place on Zoom and live in Maribor (City Hotel), Slovenia.

Comprehensive approaches to peace diplomacy | Garry Jacobs

Vision Statement for a New Peace Offensive | Donato Kiniger-Passigli

Webinar on Sustainable Future: Education, Artificial Intelligence and Peace

Agenda

17:00 Welcome reception

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

  • 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 Associate Fellow, Pugwash Council Member: Global Governance for Peace
  • Ioannis Liritzis, EASA Member, Dean Class IV Natural Sciences: Archaeology for Peace
  • 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
  • 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