Participatory AI Research & Practice Symposium

There's only a few days left to secure your place at PAIRSx Public Sector in London on 5 Nov 2026. We've got a great agenda of presentations, posters and a keynote speaker from Cabinet Office. Find out more: pairs.site/pairsx-publi... Register for your place: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Earlier this month PAIRSx Africa 2026 took place and the recording is now available online for everyone to enjoy. Listen to a range of speakers talking around "shaping African AI through participatory governance and design". youtu.be/YucBAL6nyvs

There's only a few days left to secure your place at PAIRSx Public Sector in London on 5 Nov 2026. We've got a great agenda of presentations, posters and a keynote speaker from Cabinet Office. Find out more: pairs.site/pairsx-publi... Register for your place: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

🎉 We've had so much interest in PAIRSx Public Sector that we've had to change venue to accommodate more people! We'll now be at the St Bride Foundation on the 5th November. Registration is still open. 🎟️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... For more info: www.linkedin.com/posts/jenit_...

🎉 We've had so much interest in PAIRSx Public Sector that we've had to change venue to accommodate more people! We'll now be at the St Bride Foundation on the 5th November. Registration is still open. 🎟️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... For more info: www.linkedin.com/posts/jenit_...

🎟️ Registration now open for PAIRSx Public Sector! 📆 5th November in London. To register: forms.gle/Mw4XLU4Qyzjk... PAIRSx Public Sector is an event to explore how public bodies are engaging & involving the public & civil society organisations around their adoption of AI, particularly in UK. (1/6)

In today's Guardian: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... - highlighting the PAVE Case Book and Citizens' Track on AI as critical part of building a more democratic future for artificial intelligence. Ht @iswe-foundation.bsky.social

🚨 PAIRSx Public Sector 5th Nov 2026 🚨 🚨 Open for submissions 🚨 If you’re working in and around public and public sector worker involvement on public sector data, digital or AI, we would love to hear about your work! Find out more at pairs.site/pairsx-publi...

Open to community organizers, civil society, researchers & anyone passionate about participatory AI. 🎟️ RSVP & Details: luma.com/bfnmv6nt #AIGovernance #CitizensTrack (3/3)

Who gets to shape the conversation about artificial intelligence? Join the Citizens' Track on AI for a co-design workshop: "Community Assembly Toolkit Co-design: Briefing & workshop" 📅 Monday, Sep 14 (15:00 UTC (16:00 BST / 9:00 Mexico City / 20:30 Delhi)) 📍 Online (Zoom) 🧵 (1/3)

At Data for Policy in Barcelona this week? Catch @octavia-fr.bsky.social and @suoman.bsky.social tomorrow talking about the Public AI Voice and Engagement Case Book (pave.pairs.site), and Public Voices in AI evidence review in the Auditorium at 10.45: dataforpolicy.org/dfp26-progra...

Workshop | 16th Sept | 16:00 - 18:00 | San Francisco Who gets to shape conversation about artificial intelligence? ​How can we hold space for open community dialogues to explore different perspectives? Join us to explore co-creation of resources for community assemblies on AI luma.com/ml7kp30b

We're on Bluesky! The Citizens' Track on AI is working for a world in which everyone can have their say on the future of AI - from grassroots to global governance. You can find out more in our white paper: citizens-track.org/2026/report/

🚨 PAIRSx Public Sector 5th Nov 2026 🚨 🚨 Open for submissions 🚨 If you’re working in and around public and public sector worker involvement on public sector data, digital or AI, we would love to hear about your work! Find out more at pairs.site/pairsx-publi...

If you'd like to submit an abstract, you have until 16 September: pairs.site/pairsx-publi...

Delighted to be on the programme committee for this excellent project - get involved!

🚨 PAIRSx Public Sector 5th Nov 2026 🚨 🚨 Open for submissions 🚨 If you’re working in and around public and public sector worker involvement on public sector data, digital or AI, we would love to hear about your work! Find out more at pairs.site/pairsx-publi...

Great reflections on future framing for @pairs.site from Kiito: fromthemargin.substack.com/p/week-of-17... When participation is opening power to voices from the margins, then our tracks (Governance, Development, Resistance) are about different starting points, sites of, & strategies to shape power

🙋 Would you like to help organise PAIRS2027? The in-person component is planned for Saturday 19 June in Geneva. An online component will take place on nearby dates. We are seeking applications to be part of the Programme Committee. Closing date 31 August. To apply: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

🙋 Would you like to help organise PAIRS2027? The in-person component is planned for Saturday 19 June in Geneva. An online component will take place on nearby dates. We are seeking applications to be part of the Programme Committee. Closing date 31 August. To apply: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

🙋 Would you like to help organise PAIRS2027? The in-person component is planned for Saturday 19 June in Geneva. An online component will take place on nearby dates. We are seeking applications to be part of the Programme Committee. Closing date 31 August. To apply: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

🚨 PAIRSx Public Sector 5th Nov 2026 🚨 🚨 Open for submissions 🚨 If you’re working in and around public and public sector worker involvement on public sector data, digital or AI, we would love to hear about your work! Find out more at pairs.site/pairsx-publi...

🚨 PAIRSx Public Sector 5th Nov 2026 🚨 🚨 Open for submissions 🚨 If you’re working in and around public and public sector worker involvement on public sector data, digital or AI, we would love to hear about your work! Find out more at pairs.site/pairsx-publi...

🚨 PAIRSx Public Sector 5th Nov 2026 🚨 🚨 Open for submissions 🚨 If you’re working in and around public and public sector worker involvement on public sector data, digital or AI, we would love to hear about your work! Find out more at pairs.site/pairsx-publi...

🚨 PAIRSx Public Sector 5th Nov 2026 🚨 🚨 Open for submissions 🚨 If you’re working in and around public and public sector worker involvement on public sector data, digital or AI, we would love to hear about your work! Find out more at pairs.site/pairsx-publi...

PAIRS 2026 Highlights: Participatory AI & the EU AI Act Chiara Ullstein &team outline how the EU AI Act addresses public participation & fundamental rights assessments, proposing concrete ways to bridge regulatory mandates with meaningful participatory methodologies. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lV2...

Meet Kiito Shilongo. Kiito is one of our PAIRS team in Geneva this week, advocating for people from all places to have a say in how AI is governed. This is why we are advocating for a #CitizensTrackonAI. Read our white paper on a Citizens’ Track on AI here: citizens-track.org/2026/report/

Our @timdavies.org.uk is advocating for including public voices in the future of AI governance. Read our white paper on a Citizens’ Track on AI here: citizens-track.org/2026/report/ @iswe-foundation.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social @shefcmi.bsky.social @adalovelaceinst.bsky.social @pairs.site

👀 Watch one of the PAIRS stewards, Vinay Narayan explain his passion for participatory AI and what he sees as important about this week in Geneva at the UN - and our proposal for a #CitizensTrackonAI. Read our white paper on a Citizens’ Track on AI here: 🔗 citizens-track.org/2026/report/

PAIR in Action: Co-Creating AI Inclusion with Financially Disadvantaged Communities. Pieter Verdegem shares insights from collaborative research co-designing AI systems with financially marginalized communities. 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSIJ...

The PAIRS team is in Geneva for the United Nations Global Dialogue on AI Governance and AI For Good Global Summit this week. 👂 Hear from @pierrenoro.bsky.social on why he became involved in PAIRS and his vision for a #CitizensTrackonAI. 📜 citizens-track.org/2026/report/

We need a citizens' track on AI. @timdavies.org.uk, @octavia-fr.bsky.social & @suoman.bsky.social wrote a think piece explaining what we've done and why its needed. 📰 Article: www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/blog/a-citiz... 🔗 White Paper: citizens-track.org/2026/report/

Our @timdavies.org.uk, with others inc @octavia-fr.bsky.social from @adalovelaceinst.bsky.social, @suoman.bsky.social from @shefcmi.bsky.social, @iswe-foundation.bsky.social, Emily Rempel and Erin McCloskey are at the AI for Good Global Summit Expo. We're sharing the PAVE Case Book. pave.pairs.site

🖋️ Community updates: publication and projects AI Localism in Practice. Sara Marcucci, Uma Kalkar and Stefaan Verhulst at the GovLab have just published a new paper on AI Localism. 🔗 Read the report here: files.thegovlab.org/ailocalism-i...

PAIRS 2026 Highlights Towards Community-Centred AI Governance? Challenges for Participatory AI in Local Government by Arne Hintz. 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4V8...

Toward Representative AI Governance. Kris R. writes in Tech Policy Press about growing public anxiety surrounding AI and argues that technology is currently being built without the very people it is designed for. 🔗 Read the article here: www.techpolicy.press/toward-repre...

🖋️ Community updates: publication and projects When is AI democratic? In a new paper published in AI & Society, Francesco Nasi examines the concept of "democratic AI." 🔗 Read the open-access paper here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

We were deeply dismayed by the last minute cancellation of RightsCon in Zambia & consequently had to cancel the planned half-day PAIRSx Africa convening. We are identifying a future date & location (or online format) for PAIRSx Africa and will share an update soon. www.pairs.site/PAIRSx-Afric...