Maria Christine
Holter
Maria Christine Holter
Curator, art historian, art communication
Artists For Future Austria
Biography
Maria Christine Holter is an art historian and international curator of exhibitions and events in contemporary art. She is Co-Founder of Artists for Future Austria. She twice won the Maecenas Award for exhibition projects.
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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
Daniel Howden
Founder, Director
Lighthouse Reports
Biography
Daniel Howden is Founder, Director and lead journalist at Lighthouse Reports, an award-winning investigative non-profit. He built an innovative investigations team working with leading media around the world on far-reaching, high-impact stories. Previously, he worked with The Economist, The Guardian, The Independent, Reuters, and News Deeply. He has reported from over 50 countries.
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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
Karolina Iwanska
Digital Civic Space Advisor
European Center for Not-for-Profit Law
Biography
Karolina Iwanska is Digital Civic Space Advisor at the European Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ECNL). She is a human rights lawyer specialised in the impact of new and emerging technologies on civic freedoms. She leads ECNL’s work on digital rights in the EU, notably with respect to ECNL’s advocacy regarding the EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act and Digital Services Act.
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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