• Artificial intelligence is often described as the electricity of our time, and its development is accelerating. But what does this mean for the public sector, and what is needed to maintain public trust?

Public Fairness Perceptions of Algorithmic Governance (fAIrgov) is a research project at NORCE that, since 2018, has been exploring Norwegian attitudes toward the use of AI in the public sector. They now invite you to their final conference: a morning of reflections, insights, and discussion, featuring contributions from both researchers and public sector representatives.

Both academic and administrative staff at the Department of Information Science and Media Studies are welcome to attend the conference!

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Details of the fAIrgov Final Conference:

• Date: June 12
• Time: 09:00–12:00
• Venue: Lillesalen, Kulturhuset i Bergen, Vaskerelven 8, 5014 Bergen
• Afterwards: Lunch and informal research meetups from 12:00–14:00

Preliminary Program:

• 09:00–09:30 – Doors open, coffee and mingling
• 09:30–09:45 – Opening remarks by Camilla Stoltenberg
• 09:45–10:05 – Case: AI in the Norwegian Tax Administration, by Nina Serdarevic
• 10:05–10:25 – Case: AI in NAV (Labour and Welfare Administration), by Robindra Prabhu
• 10:25–10:45 – Break
• 10:45–11:05 – Public support for AI, by Mikael Poul Johannesson, NORCE
• 11:05–11:50 – Panel debate: What does it take for the Norwegian public sector to be ready for the AI revolution?
  – with Camilla Stoltenberg, Annette Fagerhaug Stephansen, Sveinung Arnesen, Nina Serdarevic, Robindra Prabhu
• 11:50–12:00 – Closing remarks by Sveinung Arnesen, fAIrgov project leader
• 12:00–14:00 – Lunch and informal networking with researchers

The conference is free and open to everyone. It is particularly relevant for public sector employees, researchers, policymakers – and anyone curious about how AI might transform the public sector and affect us as citizens.

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