In the second PeaceTech Talk leading experts discussed the potential of AI and matching algorithms in facilitating the management and empower of Ukranian refugees in Europe.
The conflict in Ukraine represents the first conventional war in which disruptive technologies and digital platforms play a key role. In a series of online talks, the Global Peace Tech Hub invites to discuss the different ways in which digital technologies and technology platforms can contribute to the promotion of peace and build new bridges between citizens in Europe and the world.
This second PeaceTech Talk approaches the topic of the role of technology in reforming the European asylum policy. Matching algorithms in refugee allocation on the private, national, and EU levels is discussed. The panelists present an overview of matching initiatives for Ukrainian refugees by businesses (such as Airbnb), communities (religious, academic, and humanitarian), national platforms (Italy and the United Kingdom’s models), as well as the opportunity and challenges to streamline refugee matching on the EU level.
Speakers:
- Alexander Teytelboym | Professor at the University of Oxford and co co-founder of Refugees.AI
- Ariel Procaccia | Professor of Computer Science at Harvard University
- Cathryn Costello | Co-Director of the Centre for Fundamental Rights at the Hertie School
- Umberto Rosini | Chief of the IT Department at Civil Protection, Presidency of the Council of Ministers (Italy)
- Zakaria Al Shmaly, Master student at the EUI School of Transnational Governance
