AI is reshaping the fight against poverty, creating both urgent challenges and transformative opportunities in health, education, and social services. Join us for this half-day mini-conference, co-hosted by the McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research and the Constance and Martin Silver Center on Data Science and Social Equity, which will examine how state-of-the-art AI technologies can expand access to care, strengthen equity-driven solutions, and prepare the next generation of researchers and professionals to lead in an AI-powered future.
Registration is open to members of the NYU community.
Program Agenda
12:00 PM Doors Open for Check-In
Informal Networking and Lunch Served
12:30 PM Opening Session
Fred Ssewamala, Ruopeng An, and Dean Michael Lindsey
12:40 PM Keynote Remarks
Charlton McIlwain and Chenyang Lu
1:30 PM AI Applications in Health and Poverty Reduction — Panel I
Samuel Kizito, Mengmeng Ji, Shaddy Saba, and Ruopeng An
2:50 PM AI Applications in Health and Poverty Reduction — Panel II
Claire Najjuuko, Jingyi Huang, Dget Downey, and Cheng Ren