Suzy Madigan is a human rights expert passionate about transforming approaches to ‘responsible AI’ to better incorporate global perspectives.

Responsible AI Lead at CARE International UK, she’s currently leading research with Accenture on AI’s impact as perceived by Global South civil society, and pathways to meaningfully inclusive, participatory AI.

With 15 years of humanitarian experience in programming and policy across NGOs, governments, and the United Nations, Suzy has worked in nearly 20 crisis contexts, such as Northern Iraq, Haiti, Ukraine, Uganda, Colombia, and Lebanon. Previously, she worked in strategic communications in the private sector.

Suzy has written for various newspapers, and frequently speaks on AI, gender, and humanitarian issues on podcasts, panels, and media including the BBC and Sky News.

Follow her blog, The Machine Race, for insights on AI and its implications for society and diverse groups.

Suzy Madigan is a human rights expert passionate about transforming approaches to‘responsible AI’ to better incorporate global perspectives.

Responsible AI Lead at CARE International UK, she’s currently leading research with Accenture on AI’s impact as perceived by Global South civil society, and pathways to meaningfully inclusive, participatory AI.

With 15 years of humanitarian experience in programming and policy across NGOs, governments, and the United Nations, Suzy has worked in nearly 20 crisis contexts, such as Northern Iraq, Haiti, Ukraine, Uganda, Colombia, and Lebanon. Previously, she worked in strategic communications in the private sector.

Suzy has written for various newspapers, and frequently speaks on AI, gender, and humanitarian issues on podcasts, panels, and media including the BBC and Sky News.

Follow her blog, The Machine Race, for insights on AI and its implications for society and diverse groups.

Topic: AI and the Global South: Practical actions to increase meaningful inclusion across the AI lifecycle and AI governance.

AI and the Global South: What practical actions can we take to increase meaningful inclusion of communities across the AI lifecycle and AI governance?

AI holds real promise for helping humanity tackle global challenges. Yet the limited inclusion of Global South civil society in AI decision-making – spanning problem identification, design, development, deployment and governance, including data use, risks undermining this potential and furthering marginalisation. Incorporating diverse lived experiences through the AI lifecycle is not only a matter of ethics – it can help avoid AI models that are contextually inappropriate or even harmful.

In this participatory workshop, we will explore how humanitarians, technologists, policymakers and civil society can collaborate to avoid replicating colonial dynamics across AI.

We’ll start with an overview of new research into Global South inclusion by CARE International and Accenture, which centres perspectives on AI from civil society organisations in four global regions. We'll consider practical steps to enhance inclusion and make AI more meaningfully responsible, with participants encouraged to share challenges, experiences, and suggestions for fostering equitable, participatory AI.