This webinar will discuss issues and challenges related to data equity and the tools available to different actors to fulfil their responsibilities to ensure data equity. The event will explore how the concept of data equity relates to various issues discussed in the data and statistics community, including data governance and the Fundamental Principles on Official Statistics.
Background
The World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Data Equity addresses the societal impact of data and how emerging data ecosystems and technologies are perpetuating existing power dynamics, and creating new ones. Building on Data Equity: Foundational Concepts for Generative AI, the Council has published an action-oriented framework that stakeholders can use to reflect and advance data equity in their industry or organization.
Data equity can be defined as the shared responsibility for fair data practices that respect and promote human rights, opportunity and dignity. Data equity is a fundamental responsibility that requires strategic, participative, inclusive, and proactive collective and coordinated action to create a world where databased systems promote fair, just and beneficial outcomes for all individuals, groups and communities. It recognizes that data practices – including collection, curation, processing, retention, analysis, stewardship and responsible application of resulting insights – significantly impact human rights and the resulting access to social, economic, natural and cultural resources and opportunities.
Objective
The aim of this webinar is to discuss issues and challenges related to data equity and the tools available to different actors to fulfil their responsibilities to ensure data equity. The event will explore how the concept of data equity relates to various issues discussed in the data and statistics community, including data governance and the Fundamental Principles on Official Statistics.
Registration
Registration is available here.
Programme
16:00-16:05 Welcome – Benjamin Rothen, Ambassador, Head of international and national affairs, Swiss Federal Statistical Office
16:05-16:20 Presentation by the co-chairs of the WEF Global Future Council on Data Equity – Lauren Woodman, Chief Executive Officer, DataKind; JoAnn Stonier, Mastercard Fellow, Data & AI, Mastercard; Stephanie Teeuwen, Data & AI Specialist, World Economic Forum
16:20-16:35 What does data equity mean for the data and statistical community? – Steve MacFeely, Chief Statistician and Director of the Statistics and Data Directorate, OECD; Johannes Jütting, Executive Head, PARIS21
16:35-16:55 Q&A and discussion – All panellists
16:55-17:00 Summary and closing – Benjamin Rothen, Ambassador, Head of international and national affairs, Swiss Federal Statistical Office
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