Event Date: November 2, 2023 - 11:30am to 1:00pm
Location: FSS 4004, 120 University Private, University of Ottawa

Presented by the CN-Paul M. Tellier Chair on Business and Public Policy, the Hyman Soloway Chair in Business and Trade Law, the International Political Economy Network (IPEN) and CIPS

The Centre for International Policy Studies, its International Political Economy Network, the CN-Paul M. Tellier Chair on Business and Public Policy and the Hyman Soloway Chair in Business and Trade Law invite you to attend a presentation by Dr. Susan Aaronson, Research Professor of International Affairs and Director of the Digital Trade and Data Governance Hub at the George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs. Dr. Aaronson will present her research on how trade agreements can help or hinder the international governance of artificial intelligence (AI). Specifically, she will address the following questions: What are policymakers trying to govern? Which of these governance issues require international coordination within trade agreements?

• 11:30-12:00: Arrival, networking and food (a light lunch will be served)
• 12:00-13:00: Presentation by Dr. Aaronson followed by Q&A

This event will take place in English.

Speaker: 

Dr. Susan Ariel Aaronson is a research professor of international affairs, director of the Digital Trade and Data Governance Hub, and co-PI of the NSF Trustworthy AI Institute for Law and Society, where she directs work on data and AI governance. Aaronson conceived of and directs the Hub. Since 2019, the Hub has educated policymakers, the press and the public about data governance and data driven change. Aaronson is also a cross-disciplinary fellow and affiliate at GW’s Institute for International Economic Policy, the Institute for International Science and Technology Policy and the Sigur Center for Asian Studies Since 2017, Aaronson is also a senior fellow at the think tank Center for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) in Canada where she publishes much of her research on data driven change and data governance.

Moderator: 

Patrick Leblond is an Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs and the CN-Paul M. Tellier Chair on Business and Public Policy at the University of Ottawa.