[OSGeo-Discuss] Ensuring Your Safety at FOSS4G 2023 - Update on Kosovo Current Events

[Valmir Mustafa via Discuss]

Dear FOSS4G Community,

We acknowledge the concerns arising from the ongoing issues in Kosovo's
four northernmost municipalities,  this time over access to municipal
buildings, amplified by extensive foreign media coverage.  It is important
to clarify that these events are not unusual in this part of Kosovo and are
not having any impact on the day-to-day life in the rest of Kosovo,
including Prizren. In our safety guidance on our website we have already
advised you to coordinate with us should you want to visit northern Kosovo
as some visitors are curious.

The FOSS4G conference will be held in Prizren, located far from northern
Kosovo. Despite the political frictions there, our cities are safe,
vibrant, and foreigners are welcome. We want to assure attendees that these
events do not affect the atmosphere or daily functioning of the rest of
Kosovo

We will always prioritise the safety of our attendees. We commit to
providing ongoing updates as necessary and look forward to hosting a secure
and successful conference.
https://2023.foss4g.org/blog/statement

FOSS4G 2023 LOCAL COMMITTEE

Valmir.

*Project Manager*
*FLOSSK - Free Libre Open Source Software Kosova*

*T: +38344233967 | www.flossk.org *
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[OSGeo-Discuss] OSMScience 2023 Antwerpen, Belgium November 10-12, 2023: Call for Participation

[Stefan Keller via Discuss]

Dear OSGeo- and Geo4All colleagues

We are happy to announce that the 2023 edition of OSMScience [0] -
i.e. the Academic Track at State of the Map - will be held as part of
the State of the Map Europe 2023 conference [1], taking place on
November 10-12 in Antwerpen (Belgium) and online simultaneously.

A full day of sessions will be dedicated to scientific research about,
and with, OpenStreetMap (see past editions [2-6]).

The Call for Abstracts is now open. The submission deadline is 1
August 2023. Authors are invited to submit extended abstracts using
the OSMScience 2023 Pretalx submission system  [7]. Questions directed
to the Scientific Committee should be sent to
academic-s...@openstreetmap.org.

Please feel free to distribute the call within your networks. We hope
to see you and learn about your research in person or online.

Best regards,
Yair, Marco, Serena, Levente, Godwin, Hao, Pengyuan, and Peter, aka
the Scientific Committee

[0] https://osmscience.github.io/OSMScience2023/
[1] https://stateofthemap.eu/
[2] https://2018.stateofthemap.org/academictrack/
[3] https://2019.stateofthemap.org/academic_programme/
[4] https://2020.stateofthemap.org/cfp/academic/
[5] https://2021.stateofthemap.org/calls/academic/
[6] https://2022.stateofthemap.org/calls/academic/
[7] https://pretalx.com/sotm-eu-academic-track-2023/
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[OSGeo-Discuss] UK AI Regulation Whitepaper - Information needed

[Suchith Anand via Discuss]

Dear colleagues,


I came across these articles in The Guardian and Financial Times on UK 
Government working on developing AI Regulation.


Details at https://www.ft.com/content/6cc8a0f3-f2fc-4470-a881-8763451b47ea


 
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/may/31/uk-should-play-leading-role-in-developing-ai-global-guidelines-sunak-to-tell-biden


I am interested to learn more on this and about the UK AI regulation 
Whitepaper. Will the UK AI regulation Whitepaper look into key ethical 
questions on


  *   What are the main human rights issues in the digital age?
  *   What are the ethical implications of surveillance capitalism?  For 
example ,  automated tools being used to monitor and manage workers?
  *   How are basic human rights (as defined by the UN) embedded into current 
data legislation? Is there more to do?
  *   Who owns our data? Who benefits from our data?
  *   How we might avoid the pitfalls of feudalism and colonialism in this new 
and constantly evolving landscape.
  *   How do we make sure there are proper governance mechanisms in place to 
embed values in all data ecosystems to protect human rights in the platform 
economy?
  *   What steps are there to mitigate the damaging effects of algorithmic 
biases?
  *   What governance policies and frameworks are needed to make sure digital 
technologies and opportunities are available for everyone and there are no 
monopolies created?
  *   How do we make sure there are proper governance mechanisms in place to 
embed values in all data ecosystems?
  *   Whether, and why, it might be time for data ethics to become an integral 
part of the education curriculum in universities.
  *   How can we build capacity for Data Ethics in universities and industry.


I would like to bring to your kind attention the Campaign for Data Ethics in 
Education. The African Association of Universities (a University Association 
counting over 400 Universities across the African Continent), the University of 
Nottingham and the Ethical Data Initiative launched the Campaign for Data 
Ethics in Education with a successful online event .


The event, a panel discussion on Data Ethics Policy in Higher Education, was 
streamed live on AAU TV.  More information on the panel is at 
https://ethicaldatainitiative.org/2023/05/12/data-ethics-policy-in-higher-education/


The recording of the event is available to watch at 
https://ethicaldatainitiative.org/2023/05/26/successful-launch-to-the-campaign-for-data-ethics-in-education/


With hundreds of universities across the world already supporting our Campaign 
for Data Ethics in Higher Education, there is huge momentum building. Please 
support our Campaign for Data Ethics in Higher Education.


Best wishes


Suchith



Dr Suchith Anand

Senior Adviser to Governments and International Organisations | Scientist | 
Board member | Governance | Policy | Consultant in Data Science and Data Ethics 
| Global Citizen | SDG Volunteer and Advocate


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