DIVERSIFAIR is delighted to announce a series of educational workshops designed for policy makers, industry professionals, and civil society organisations (CSOs). These activities aim to raise awareness about intersectional fairness in AI and provide participants with practical tools and resources tailored to their needs.
About the workshops
Objectives:
- Awareness: Understand why intersectional fairness in AI matters and how it affects real people and communities.
- Practical tools & resources: Learn actionable methods and frameworks you can apply in your work.
- Networking & collaboration: Connect with peers across policy, industry, and civil society who share a commitment to fair and inclusive AI.
- Recognition: Receive a certificate of attendance and be featured on the Intersectional Wall of Fame on our website.
POLICY WORKSHOP: “Rethinking AI Fairness: Policy Gaps and Inclusive Action”
Date: Monday 20 October 2025
Time: 3–4:45 pm CEST
Speakers: Ilina Georgieva (TNO) and Susan Leavy (UCD)
Aim: Equip policymakers and regulators with the resources to identify blind spots in current AI governance frameworks and design more robust, inclusive, and effective policies using an intersectional lens.
Why attend? Uncover the hidden gaps in AI policy and learn how intersectionality can strengthen fairness, resilience, and trust in governance frameworks.
This workshop will help you:
- Understand how and why current governance resources fall short in addressing real-world harms.
- Use intersectionality as a practical tool to improve design, implementation, and enforcement of AI regulations.
- Build AI literacy by recognising the limits of traditional data and fairness approaches.
- Create more holistic, democratic, and trusted governance interventions that evolve with society.
INDUSTRY WORKSHOP: Practical approaches to fairer AI for the industry sector.
- Date: Monday 3 November 2025
- Time: 3–5 pm CEST
- Speakers: Quirine Smit and Eliza Hobo (TNO)
Goal: Support tech professionals in recognising the limitations of fairness tools and incorporating intersectional thinking into the design, development, and evaluation of AI systems.
Why attend? To design AI systems that don’t just check fairness boxes, but actually serve diverse users while avoiding reputational, legal, and ethical risks.
This workshop will help you:
- Recognise how fairness tools often fall short without systemic insight.
- Explore the shift from observational fairness (focused on data) to participatory fairness (involving real users and lived experience).
- Learn from real cases where intersectional harm emerged despite good intentions.
- Take practical steps toward more responsible, human-centered AI.
CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS (CSO) WORKSHOP “Advocating against algorithmic discrimination: tools and strategies for CSOs”
- Date: Monday, 24 November 2025
- Time: 3–5 pm CEST
- Speakers: Raphaële Xenidis, Steven Vethman (Sciences Po), and Gemma Galdon Clavell (Eticas)
- Registration now open
Goal: Support CSOs in developing a critical and practical understanding of AI fairness, grounded in lived experience and power structures, so they can advocate effectively and take meaningful action.
Why attend? To sharpen your organisation’s ability to recognise how AI systems harm the communities you serve — and learn how to respond with targeted, impactful advocacy.
This workshop will help you:
- Identify the invisible harms of AI systems on marginalised groups.
- Work through a practical case study to analyse these harms and explore possible responses.
- Connect AI fairness to broader campaigns for justice, rights, and equity.
In addition to the workshops, we invite all participants to explore the DIVERSIFAIR Educational Toolkits, offering actionable resources and guidance for embedding intersectional fairness into AI practice.
These workshops are a unique opportunity to learn from experts, engage in discussions with peers, and become part of a growing community committed to fair and inclusive AI.
