Christoph
Wiederkehr
Christoph Wiederkehr
Deputy Mayor
City of Vienna
Biography
Christoph Wiederkehr is Deputy Mayor and Executive City Councillor for Education, Youth, Integration and Human Rights of the City of Vienna. He is also the Deputy Leader of the NEOS political party. He studied political science at the University of Vienna, University of Sussex and Australian National University.
Organisation
City of Vienna
National/Local authority
Country
Speaker session
THEMATIC PANEL
Digitalisation and security
- Ensuring rights-compliant digitalisation
Forum stage / Festsaal - livestream
Authorities increasingly use technologies to predict crimes, assess visa applications or monitor demonstrations. What impact does this have on people’s rights? This panel will focus on the human rights implications of AI-powered tools, such as facial recognition. Panellist will explore how the use of AI can lead to discrimination and ethnic profiling. They will seek to identify solutions for ensuring rights-compliant security and policing practices across the EU.
Moderator:
Damla Hekimoglu
Journalist and Newsanchor
ARD,Tagesschau
Wojciech Wiewiorowski
Supervisor
European Data Protection Surpervisor
Biography
Wojciech Wiewiorowski is European Data Protection Supervisor and Adjunct Professor at the Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Gdańsk. Previously, he was the Inspector General for the Protection of Personal Data (Polish Data Protection Commissioner), Vice-Chair of the Working Party Art. 29, and European Data Protection Assistant Supervisor.
Organisation
European Data Protection Surpervisor
EU/International organisation
Country
Speaker session
THEMATIC PANEL
Digitalisation and security
- Ensuring rights-compliant digitalisation
Forum stage / Festsaal - livestream
Authorities increasingly use technologies to predict crimes, assess visa applications or monitor demonstrations. What impact does this have on people’s rights? This panel will focus on the human rights implications of AI-powered tools, such as facial recognition. Panellist will explore how the use of AI can lead to discrimination and ethnic profiling. They will seek to identify solutions for ensuring rights-compliant security and policing practices across the EU.
Moderator:
Damla Hekimoglu
Journalist and Newsanchor
ARD,Tagesschau
Alexandra Xanthaki
Professor of Law, UN Special Rapporteur in the field of Cultural Rights
Brunel University London
Biography
Alexandra Xanthaki is a Professor of Law at Brunel University London and the UN Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights. She led her University’s participation in the ITFLOWS Horizon project on predicting migration using technological tools. Her UN report to be presented before the UN Human Rights Council in March 2024 is on the right to participate in science.
Country
Speaker session
THEMATIC PANEL
Digitalisation and security
- Ensuring rights-compliant digitalisation
Forum stage / Festsaal - livestream
Authorities increasingly use technologies to predict crimes, assess visa applications or monitor demonstrations. What impact does this have on people’s rights? This panel will focus on the human rights implications of AI-powered tools, such as facial recognition. Panellist will explore how the use of AI can lead to discrimination and ethnic profiling. They will seek to identify solutions for ensuring rights-compliant security and policing practices across the EU.
Moderator:
Damla Hekimoglu
Journalist and Newsanchor
ARD,Tagesschau