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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><i>**Dear <a name="_Hlk55975119">SIGCIS<span style="color:black"> –
</span>We hope you’ll join us for our upcoming webinar series called Robotics and AI: New Perspectives, convening online Nov 1-4, 2022. Our all-star panelists include several folks well-known to the SIGCIS community, including Meredith Broussard, Andrew Meade
McGee, Edward Jones-Imhotep, Timnit Gebru, and David Mindell. <span style="color:black">
Hope you can join us!</span> Eric Hintz<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></a></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Robotics and AI: New Perspectives<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119">A four-day webinar series convened by the
</span><a href="https://invention.si.edu/"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119">Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119">November 1, 2, 3, and 4, 2022 | 1:00-2:30pm ET daily<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><b>FREE Registration:</b>
</span><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/robotics-and-ai-new-perspectives-1194879"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><b>https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/robotics-and-ai-new-perspectives-1194879</b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><b>Details:</b> </span>
<a href="https://invention.si.edu/robotics-and-ai-new-perspectives"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><b>https://invention.si.edu/robotics-and-ai-new-perspectives</b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119">From industrial robots to Siri, and autonomous vehicles to C-3PO, we have integrated robots and artificial intelligence (AI) into our daily lives. But automated, intelligent systems also create
new risks and concerns. Many observers fear that robots and artificial intelligence will take our jobs, eliminate our digital privacy, and put our society at risk. Join the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for
<i>Robotics and AI: New Perspectives</i>, a FREE four-day webinar series exploring the social benefits, negative impacts, & future prospects for innovations in robots & artificial intelligence.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><b>Tuesday November 1, 1:00-2:30pm ET<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><b>SESSION 1: IMAGINING SMART MACHINES: BETWEEN FACT AND SCIENCE FICTION<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><i>Explores the common bonds between science fiction and modern engineering practice in robots and AI. <o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><u>Welcome:</u> </span>
<a href="https://invention.si.edu/arthur-daemmrich"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119">Arthur Daemmrich</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119">, Director, Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention
and Innovation, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution<u><o:p></o:p></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><u><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><a name="_Hlk114413215"></a></span><a href="https://english.vcu.edu/people/faculty/rhee.html"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114413215">Jennifer Rhee</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114413215"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114413215">,
Associate Professor, Department of English, Virginia Commonwealth University<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114413215"></span></span><a href="http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~cga/"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114413215">Christopher G. Atkeson</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114413215"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114413215">,
Professor, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114413215"></span></span><a href="https://www.english.cam.ac.uk/people/Sarah.Dillon/"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114413215">Sarah
Dillon</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114413215"></span></span></a><a name="_Hlk114608171"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114413215"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119">,
</span></span></a><a name="_Hlk114608109"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114413215"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114608171">Professor of Literature and the Public Humanities,
</span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114413215"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114608171">University of Cambridge<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114413215"><i>Moderator:
</i></span></span><a href="https://airandspace.si.edu/people/staff/margaret-weitekamp"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114413215">Margaret A. Weitekamp</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114413215"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114413215">,
Chair and Curator, Space History Department, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution</span><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><b>Wednesday November 2, 1:00-2:30pm ET<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><b>SESSION 2: INFORMING THE PUBLIC: MEDIA AND MESSAGING ON ROBOTS AND AI<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><i>Considers the role of professional communicators in shaping narratives about robotics and AI.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><a name="_Hlk114413974"><o:p> </o:p></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114413974"></span></span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikolasnoel"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114413974">Nikolas Noel</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114413974"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114413974">,
Director of Marketing & Communications, Boston Dynamics <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114413974"></span></span><a href="http://www.kharijohnson.com/"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114413974">Khari Johnson</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114413974"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114413974">,
Senior Writer, <i>WIRED</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114413974"></span></span><a href="https://merbroussard.github.io/"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114413974">Meredith Broussard</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114413974"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114413974">,
Associate Professor, Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute of New York Univ.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114413974"><i>Moderator:</i>
</span></span><a href="https://www.andrewmeademcgee.com/"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114413974">Andrew Meade McGee</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114413974"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114413974">,
Curator of Computing, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114413974"></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><b>Thursday November 3, 1:00-2:30pm ET<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><b>SESSION 3: COLLABORATING WITH MACHINES: CHANGING DEFINITIONS OF AUTOMATION<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><i>Examines the lessons that history holds for our current and future collaborations with machines.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><i><o:p> </o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><a name="_Hlk114414550"></a></span><a href="https://www.media.mit.edu/people/cynthiab/overview/"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114414550">Cynthia Breazeal</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114414550"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114414550">,
Director, Personal Robots Group, MIT Media Lab<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114414550"></span></span><a href="https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/research/researchers/dawn-nafus.html"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114414550">Dawn
Nafus</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114414550"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114414550">, Anthropologist and Senior Research Scientist, Intel<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114414550"></span></span><a href="https://www.edwardjonesimhotep.com/"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114414550">Edward Jones-Imhotep</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114414550"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114414550">,
Associate Professor and Director, Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, University of Toronto<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114414550"><i>Moderator:</i>
</span></span><a href="https://americanhistory.si.edu/profile/512"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114414550">Carlene Stephens</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114414550"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114414550">,
Curator, Division of Work and Industry, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution</span><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><b>Friday November 4, 1:00-2:30pm ET<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><b>SESSION 4: REPLACING HUMANS? THE FUTURE OF WORK<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><i>Asks, will a robot take my job? And is that a bad thing?</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"></span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/bran-ferren-477339141/"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119">Bran Ferren</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119">,
Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer, Applied Minds <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"></span><a href="https://www.dair-institute.org/about"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119">Timnit Gebru</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"></span></a><a name="_Int_tneZToiS"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119">,
Founder and Exec</span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119">utive Director, The Distributed Artificial Intelligence Research Institute
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"></span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-mindell-09025a23/"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119">David Mindell</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119">,
Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and Dibner Professor of the History of Engineering and Manufacturing, MIT
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><i>Moderator: </i></span><a href="https://invention.si.edu/arthur-daemmrich"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119">Arthur Daemmrich</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119">,
Director, Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><b>Accessibility:</b> The National Museum of American History welcomes visitors of all ages and abilities. CART captioning will be available for the online program. Additional accommodations are available
upon request; please email </span><a href="mailto:nmahprograms@si.edu"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119">nmahprograms@si.edu</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Recordings?</b> Yes – after the series concludes, captioned recordings will be posted to the
</span><a href="https://invention.si.edu/robotics-and-ai-new-perspectives"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119">event website</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"> and the
</span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/LemelsonCenter"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119">Lemelson Center YouTube channel</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119">.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><b>FREE Registration:</b>
</span><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/robotics-and-ai-new-perspectives-1194879"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119">https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/robotics-and-ai-new-perspectives-1194879</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></span></p>
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk55975119"></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Media Contact: </b>Laura Havel, Public Affairs Specialist, Lemelson Center,
<a href="mailto:HavelL@si.edu">HavelL@si.edu</a><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#0070C0">_________________</span></b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#0070C0"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="color:#515151">Eric S. Hintz, PhD (he/him), Historian, Lemelson Center</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:#515151">Office +1 202-633-</span>3734 | Mobile +1 610-717-7134 |@EricSHintz<span style="color:#513F99"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">Email</span><span style="color:#513F99">
</span><a href="mailto:hintze@si.edu"><span style="color:blue">hintze@si.edu</span></a> |
<a href="http://www.americanhistory.si.edu/"><span style="color:blue">americanhistory.si.edu</span></a><span style="color:#151AD5"> |
</span><a href="http://www.invention.si.edu/"><span style="color:#151AD5">invention.si.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Author, <i><a href="https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/american-independent-inventors-era-corporate-rd"><span style="color:blue">American Independent Inventors in an Era of Corporate R&D</span></a></i> (MIT Press, 2021)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Editor, <i><a href="https://invention.si.edu/sites/default/files/Lemelson-Center-Black-Inventors-Innovators-Report-updated-2021-10.pdf"><span style="color:blue">Black Inventors and Innovators: New Perspectives</span></a></i> (2021)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Co-editor, <i><a href="https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/does-america-need-more-innovators"><span style="color:blue">Does America Need More Innovators?</span></a></i> (MIT Press, 2019)<o:p></o:p></p>
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