Dear Network of Centers Community:

The University of Ottawa Centre for Law, Technology and  Society will host We Robot 2020 from April 2nd to 4th.

To encourage a global and diverse conversation on robotics and AI law, ethics and policy, we are excited to announce two funding opportunities: the Microsoft Emerging We Robot Scholars, and the IDRC-We Robot Global Voices Fellows for scholars from the Global South!

Microsoft Emerging We Robot Scholars

Thanks to a generous contribution from Microsoft, funding is available to allow emergent researchers (graduate students or professors fewer than 5 years into their academic post) who have insufficient institutional financial support to attend We Robot 2020.

Please send a short email explaining your interest and your financial needs, and a CV to Dr. Martin-Bariteau at werobot@uottawa.ca.

IDRC-We Robot Global Voices Fellows

Thanks to a generous contribution from the Government of Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC), funding is available to allow researchers from the Global South to attend We Robot 2020.

The IDRC-We Robot Global Voices Fellowships will cover travel costs to Ottawa, as well as accommodation and registration fees. Fellows will also be invited for a workshop at IDRC as part of its AI4D Initiative. We’re expecting to fund 8 fellows from the Global South. Subject to available funds, partial funding might be offered to additional applicants.

Please send a short email explaining your interest (indicating your country of origin), your financial needs, and a CV to Dr. Martin-Bariteau at werobot@uottawa.ca.

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Florian Martin-Bariteau, LL.D.

Professeur adjoint, Section de common law  |  Assistant Professor, Common Law Section

Directeur, Centre de recherche en droit, technologie et société  |  Director, Centre for Law, Technology and Society

Université d’Ottawa  |  University of Ottawa

57 Louis Pasteur (#367), Ottawa ON, K1N 6N5, Canada

+1 613-562-5800 x3474 | http://f-mb.org | @f_mb