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You can find the latest updates from the Participatory AI Research and Practice Symposium at https://www.pairs.site

This is an archive of the 2025 site, maintained to prevent broken links. Copies of all content here are also available at pairs.site

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PAIRS 2025 in review

The first edition of PAIRS took place as an independent side-event of the Paris AI Action Summit (10th - 11th Feb 2025) providing a space to present research and case studies on the state of the art in participatory development and governance of AI, and to build stronger connections across the field.

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Part 2: 8th February 2025 - 9am - 5.30pm CET - Paris & Webcast

A full day of panels, workshops and conversation with researchers and practitioners exploring democratic, deliberative and participatory public control over AI.

📽️ Agenda and recordings now available

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Part 1: 30th January 2025 - 2pm - 4pm UTC - Zoom (Completed)

An online session sharing cutting edge research and practice on giving communities a powerful say in the development and governance of AI, and in creative resistance to AI-related harms.

📽️ Agenda and Recordings available now

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Note: this was an unofficial side event organized alongside the Paris AI Action Summit. For details of the official summit and side events, please see: https://www.elysee.fr/en/sommet-pour-l-action-sur-l-ia

PAIRSx Africa

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Find details of our first PAIRSx Webinar held just ahead of the inaugural Global AI Summit on Africa.

Governance & membership

PAIRSx Africa: Pioneering new approaches to AI through Participation

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Key Information

Participatory AI Research & Practice Symposium: 8th Feb 2025

Online Session - Participatory AI - Research & Practice Symposium - 30th Jan

2025 Conference - CfP: Participatory AI Research Symposium [Archived]

Full list of papers and presentations (2025)