Exploring, Evaluating, Curating Human-Centered Algorithms
Yonah’s mission is to shape the future of algorithms and policies addressing human capacity, ability, wellbeing, neurodiversity such as social and human-centered AI, emerging learning, work, health and city solutions. It includes screening, evaluating and cooperating with national, public and private projects and funds, co-developing emerging technologies in the field, contributing to policy and ethics frameworks, curating experiential projects. Driven by their own journey, Yonah has spent over 60 world appearances to bring awareness to the exclusion crisis and the role of social technologies.
Recent announcements
Yonah joins 3rd term as an EIR at Insead The Rudolf and Valeria Maag INSEAD Centre for Entrepreneurship
Contributing to the development of National accessible AI strategies and think tanks in the MENA region
2022-2023 AI city challenges and programs for accessibility
Mission
Yonah’s mission is to reshape how nations, cities and ecosystems embrace human-centered algorithms, environments, policy and emerging technology – specifically addressing human capability, wellbeing, experiences and beyond
Example. At least 1 in 6 people living with one or more neurological conditions, 1 in 7 are neurodivergent, 1 in 4 adults — suffers from a diagnosable mental disorder in a given year. All of these differences are connected to the spectrum of ability and comorbidity, sensibility, physical and tactile experiences, visual and color experiences, differences in the systems of learning, memorizing, systemizing, and empathizing. These “invisible disabilities” lead to the biggest level of social exclusion, isolation and rejection across all conditions and states. Unemployment among those with autism is approximately 85%, severe mental health disorders – 68%-83%, Down syndrome – 43%. Social, economic and environmental parameters add even more criteria to this analysis that are distributed across different social layers, subgroups, communities.
Yonah and allies’ work is focused on a more comprehensive vision of society and technology, cities and ecosystems, covering mass and national projects, policy, experiences and culture. Explore more about our projects below, and don’t hesitate to reach us for related requests and initiatives.
Nations
National & mass projects, cities
Yonah has spent over 15 years in the capacity of technology explorer, evaluator and reviewer. In particular, Yonah and allies participated in the screening, curation and evaluation of national technology projects, cascade funding and technology transfer programs, public and private technology ecosystems, curated large-scale initiatives and hackathons, contributed to protocols, programs and MOOCs in the field.
The primary focus includes social AI, robotics, IoT, human capacity, wellbeing, city technology. The evaluation covers accordance with recent protocols and criteria – feasibility, manufacturability, adoption, sustainability, ethical and responsible frameworks and guidelines.
Recent ecosystems and projects include:
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The EU-Commission funded projects and initiatives: AI alliance, AI4EU, Shop4CF, Horizon 2020, TruBlo, Bonsapps, ISDI;
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Public projects and initiatives organized by authorities of EU, GCC and APAC countries or private initiatives and institutions;
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City projects, smartathons, hackathons on behalf of public or private entities.
Policy
Tech Policy, Adoption, Ethics, Frameworks
In order to empower further adoption and safe use of technology solutions, Yonah and allies work on suggestions and improvements to existing frameworks in cooperation with experts, governors, ethics and policy groups. Recent ones include suggestions to the research for accessible technology, evaluation criteria in the technology transfer landscape, and roundtables related to the multilateral frameworks (ex. -Unesco AI ethics recommendations, EU AI Enforcement act etc)
Why this policy work is important? Until 2019 we lacked frameworks related to AI and disability, until 2020 – to AI and children. Our goal is to fix this and similar gaps to ensure that any technology design or AI are implemented and deployed in a responsible and ethical way, including challenges related to safety, privacy, human-centricity, fairness, transparency, explainability, technical fixes, autonomous and automated variant etc
Halo Co
Emerging Tech, Experiments
Yonah and allies curate and co-create emerging technology and experiments on behalf of ecosystems, projects or directly – that help to embrace and advance more adaptive and human-centered cities, workplaces and environments. These works address such areas as social AI and humanity, accessibility, neurodiversity, experiential and adaptive technologies, soft robotics and fabrics.
Experiences
Culture, experiences, community
In order to bring these technologies to society, cities and communities, Yonah and allies curated and co-created a variety of cultural and social projects recently, including:
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AI for humanity / AI for good programs and festivals;
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Technology environments and spaces;
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Community projects and hackathons;
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Speaking engagements and series.
Media
Appearances
Yonah chairs and spends speaking engagements, panels, participates in high-level policy meetings and roundtables, provides interviews and commentary addressing algorithmic diversity and accessibility, tech and society, policy and ethics.
Recent media and public appearances include:
WISE24 June 19
Zinc Mission 3 June 24
Conception X June 25
StartEd July 15
500 Startups Talk July 23
Zinc Mission 3 July 30
ALA Aug 25
Techstars Summit Sep 1
StartEd Sep 2
We Need A Change Sep 5
Data Ethics For All Sep 17
Ada Lovelace Hackathon Oct 10
Talk With Sophie Baron Oct 13
A2i Dyslexia Oct 14
Future Hub Oct 15
Bridge For Billions Oct 26
MIT Hack For The Future Nov 8
Teens In AI Podcast Nov 12
Talent Hack – AI & Blockchain Nov 15
Design The Future Nov 19
Insead Indevor Postponed
Boundless Nov 25
Horasis Asia Meeting Nov 30
500 Startups South Korea Dec 2
SEF Dec 5
Blockchain Israel Dec 7
AI Summit New York Dec 9
FemTech Dec 15
Way Davos Dec 19
Women Think Tank Dec 23
Tech For Disability Jan 14
Young Founders Summit Jan 16
Disability Tech UK Feb 10
Digital AI Conclave Feb 10
Are You A Robot Feb 26
MozFest Mar 8
CreAItivity Mar 13
Entrepreneurship Ethics Mar 15
Horasis AI Mar 18
Artificial Intelligence EU Mar 25
SparkFest Mar 30
MEET Apr 11
Futures Lab Apr 20
Rethinking Economics Apr 22
Lebanon IoT & AI May 4
World Humanitarian Forum May 19
Datalift May 28
Internet Freedom June 3
Women In AI June 4
RightsCon June 7
WomenTech June 8
Wonder Women Tech LatinX June 10
Dublin Tech Summit June 17
IWIB June 18
ML Innovation June 22
EU Tech Chamber July 8
Human Rights Copenhagen Aug 17
Pondering AI Sep 1
Times Higher Education Sep 3
Tech London Advocates Sep 21
AI Summit London Sep 23
Diversity In Tech Awards Oct 1
Women in IT Oct 13
She Loves Tech Oct 13/16
FWD 50 Nov 2
Women In Tech Nov 3
Women Of Mena Tech Nov 4
AWE US 2021 Nov 9
AI World Congress Postponed
Formwelt Nov 13
Girlscript Summit Nov 15<
Responsible AI Dec 7
ML Con Berlin Dec 7/8
Cognitive AI Postponed
AI Asia Conference Postponed
Recent
News, announcements, projects
Community & Picks
Requests
Connect
Yonah and allies cooperate with national and city initiatives, public and private authorities and funds, technology and research ecosystems. If you have a request:
- Explorer and expert requests – through the knowledge agencies (eg. GLG, EOND or relevant institutions)
- Speaking requests – through the All American Speakers
- Other requests (commentary, working groups, curating projects and programs etc).
