Call for proposals The UNESCO Week for Peace and Sustainable Development: The Role of Education 6 –10 March 2017, Shaw Centre, Ottawa, Canada

Call for proposals  The UNESCO Week for Peace and Sustainable Development: The Role of Education 
6 –10 March 2017, Shaw Centre, Ottawa, Canada 

UNESCO and the Canadian Commission for UNESCO are jointly organizing the “UNESCO Week for Peace and Sustainable Development: the Role of Education” in Ottawa, Canada (6-10 March 2017). The event presents a unique platform for discussion on two key programmes of UNESCO’s Education Sector, namely Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and Global Citizenship Education (GCED) and their practical contributions in achieving SDG 4.7. The Week will focus on the issue of teachers and teacher training, and highlight best practices in the field of ESD and GCED.

Check the organizers' website to read more : http://www.unescobkk.org/news/article/call-for-proposals-unesco-week-for-peace-and-sustainable-development-the-role-of-education-canad/?utm_medium=class%252525252525253Dinternal-li&cHash=70082f7b007a1e7d716ec978f1ab7500

ACM SIGAI Student Essay Contest on the Responsible Use of AI Technologies

Do you have an opinion on the responsible use of AI technologies?
Do you want to win one of several $500 cash prizes?
Do you want to talk one-on-one (via skype) to one of the following AI researchers:

  * Murray Campbell (Senior Manager, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center)
  * Eric Horvitz (Managing Director, Microsoft Research)
  * Peter Norvig (Director of Research, Google)
  * Stuart Russell (Professor, University of California at Berkeley) or
  * Michael Wooldridge (Head of the CS Department, University of Oxford)?

The ACM Special Interest Group on Artificial Intelligence (ACM SIGAI) supports the development and responsible application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies. An increasing number of AI technologies now affect our lives (or soon will), from intelligent assistants to self driving cars. As a result, AI technologies are often in the news and a number of organizations (including the U.S.