What is the current status of the SDG goals to-date, mid-way through the decade?
Speaker
Prof Husna Ahmad OBE
Agenda
18:30 - Hybrid event starts
20:00 - Presentation ends with networking and refreshments for those attending at the BCS London office
21:00 - Event close
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Synopsis
What is the current status of the SDG goals to-date, mid-way through the decade?
How is AI helping to support SDGs?
What are the challenges?
Our renowned speaker will explore the impact of AI on climate change solutions and how the global south is using digitalisation to promote sustainable development particularly in Africa.
Also what are the challenges and pitfalls that we need to be aware of and how can we as civil society navigate in this new world of AI.
About the speaker
Prof Husna Ahmad OBE is the CEO of Global One 2015 which is a faith based International NGO focussed on women.
She is an Honorary Professor in Practice at the Computer Science Department of UCL, London University.
She is also an Associate Professor at the Department of Arts and Law at the University of Birmingham.
She is the Co-chair of IXN for Good at UCL. Prof Ahmad has been appointed the Chair of the Steering Committee of UNEP’s Faith for Earth Initiative.
he is also a member of the Interfaith Women’s Council of UNEP. She is a key Adviser of the Global Muslim Business Forum GMBF.
She is a member of the Multi faith Advisory Council to the UN Inter-agency Task Force on Religion and Development. Prof. Ahmad sits on the Steering Committee of The World Bank’s Moral Imperative Initiative.
She is currently a Board member of Faith for the Climate, Palmers Green Mosque (the MCEC). She is also a member of the Women’s Faith Forum UK; and Executive committee member of Barnet Multi Faith Forum.
She is an international speaker, author and thought leader, focusing particularly on faith, gender, environment and peacebuilding. She is the Secretary General of the World Muslim Leadership Forum and the Coordinator for the Alliance of NGOs and CSOs for South-South Cooperation [ ANSSC] which works in collaboration with the UN office of South-South Cooperation.
She was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the New Year’s Honours list in 2010 for her services to disadvantaged people for work promoting social justice with disadvantaged communities.
Our renowned speaker will explore the impact of AI on climate change solutions and how the global south is using digitalisation to promote sustainable development particularly in Africa. Also what are the challenges and pitfalls that we need to be aware of and how can we as civil society navigate in this new world of AI.
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