DFIR debate meeting and workshop: From Hype to Action: Embracing Generative AI in Danish Research Practices
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- DFIR debate meeting and workshop: From Hype to Action: Embracing Generative AI in Danish Research Practices
- 2025-01-29T00:30:00+01:00
- 2025-01-29T16:30:00+01:00
- In collaboration with DIREC, DFIR hosts a debate on the potentials, risks, and barriers of generative AI in Danish research and innovation. The debate and workshop offer a platform to share perspectives on responsible AI integration. Join the discussion on AI’s role in shaping Danish R&I.
- Time and place
- When January 29, 2025 from 12:30 AM to 04:30 PM
- Where IT-byen Katrinebjerg, INCUBA Next, Åbogade 15, 18. etage, 8200 Aarhus N
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
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