DFIR debate meeting and workshop: From Hype to Action: Embracing Generative AI in Danish Research Practices

Danish research and innovation will increase the quality, scope and relevance of Denmark's investments in research and innovation through the use of artificial intelligence. But the technology can also lead to extensive changes in the framework conditions for research and innovation. This should be followed by ethical and security considerations, as well as considerations regarding how Danish environments seize the new opportunities.

The Danish Council for Research and Innovation Policy (DFIR) has recently commissioned a report on cases, potentials and risks of the use of generative AI (genAI) in research and innovation as well as researchers' use of genAI and assessment of the research ethical challenges in the five phases of the research process, namely idea generation, research design, data collection, data analysis and research dissemination.

The report indicates that while researchers see the benefits of genAI, its current usage is limited. In collaboration with the Digital Research Center Denmark (DIREC), DFIR is organizing a debate and subsequent workshop on genAI. The debate and preceding workshop provide an opportunity to share perspectives on practices for responsible integration of genAI.

Program:

12:30 - 13:00: Lunch

13:00 - 14:30: Part 1: Workshop: The Use of GenAI in Research

Mads Rosendahl Thomsen, Professor of Comparative Literature, Aarhus University

Timothy Jenkins, Associate Professor, Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Center for Antibody Technologies, DTU

Mads Rydahl, Entrepreneur and Tech Product Lead

14:30 - 15:00: Break

15:00 - 16:30: Part 2: Debate Meeting and Presentation of Report

15:00 - 15:15: Welcome

Tine Jess, Professor, Member of DFIR

15:15 - 15:30: Presentation of the Report: Using Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) Across Different Research Phases – Cases, Potential, and Risks

Mads P. Sørensen, Professor, Aarhus University

15:30 - 16:20: Panel Debate:

Moderator: Steffen Bohni, Director and Member of DFIR

Ulla Appel Haahr, Head of Research, Business Academy Aarhus

Janne Gleerup, Chair, Danish Association of Masters and PhDs

Anne-Mette Hvas, Dean, Health, Aarhus University

Michael Friis Lindinger, CFO, Innovation Fund Denmark

Kaj Grønbæk, Head of Department, Department of Computer Science, Aarhus University

16:20 - 16:30: Closing Remarks

Frede Blaabjerg, Professor, Chair of DFIR

The event will be held in English.

At the workshop, participants are invited to engage in in-depth discussions on how generative AI can be applied in research and innovation. They will be presented with cases of how generative AI has been applied in various research fields, as well as discussions on how it has influenced research practices.

At the debate meeting, participants are invited to discuss how Danish research environments can move from hype to action in the application of generative artificial intelligence.

The program for the workshop and debate meeting will be updated continuously.

PLEASE NOTE: The event is fully booked, and registration is now closed. For special inquiries, please contact akho@ufm.dk

• Read more about DFIR's project on genAI