WPF to speak before the State House of Mongolia for its National Consultation on e-Health, and before the Human Rights Commission of Mongolia

5 April 2024

Paris, France — The World Privacy Forum is deeply honored that Executive Director Pam Dixon has been invited speak at the State House of Mongolia for the Government of Mongolia’s National Consultation on e-Health. She will be speaking twice at this event; first, on the topic of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and second, on Big Data in e-Health. She will be presenting later in the week on AI governance and Privacy before the Ministry of Digital Development and Communications, and on the topic of AI Governance Tools before the National Human Rights Commission of Mongolia. All speeches will take place in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

Agenda in Mongolia:

Monday 8 April : Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare, Pam Dixon. Mongolia National Consultation on E-Health, State House of Mongolia.

Tuesday 9 April: Big Data in e-Health, US Use Cases, Pam Dixon. Mongolia National Consultation on E-Health

Wednesday 10 April:

AI Governance, Data Protection, and Privacy: Implementation, Pam Dixon, Ministry of Digital Development and Communications. Training Course.

CIO Club: Meeting and Presentation: AI use cases: Implementation and future trends, Pam Dixon. Ministry of Digital Development and CEOs and CIOs of ICT area companies.

Thursday, 11 April:

AI Governance tools: An international review and suggestions for pathways forward in the development context, Pam Dixon. Mongolian National Human Rights Commission.

Digital Education in Data Protection and AI, Pam Dixon, Mandakh National University.

Friday 12 April: Meeting and discussion, Key trends and developments in advanced AI: Pam Dixon and Mongolian Academy of Science.

Posted April 5, 2024 in AI, AI Governance, Complex Data Ecosystems, Data and Development, Digital Health Ecosystems, Event Announcement, Global Health, Health Records, Mongolia

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