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TechRadioIAPP's Ashley Casovan on how best to manage dataThis week Niall and Dusty talk about how the Irish Council for Civil Liberties is taking on Microsoft; the Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition gets a new title sponsor; we learn what a 'rapid unscheduled disassembly' is; and ask what's next for Elon Musk as he departs the White House.
Later, Ashley Casovan, managing director of the AI Governance Centre at the International Association of Privacy Professionals, talks about making policy and using open data to make better public services.2025-05-301h 02
Tech Radio Ireland1071: Has Ireland let Microsoft Get Away With It?We cover the first-ever class action lawsuit in Ireland against Microsoft, over their advertising practices and private data. We also hear how recognition, then rejection, led to the Collison brothers fleeing Ireland to become teenage millionaires. And we learn a new word for exploded - "Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly".Then, we get the inside track on data, AI and how to protect ourselves with guest Ashley Casovan from IAPP.ORGListen to Tech Radio now on Apple, Spotify and YouTube—----- Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tec...2025-05-291h 02
The 311 PodcastS2 E7 - The Future of Trust and Identity with Tim Bouma Today my guest is Tim Bouma. Tim is Canada's public sector digital identity expert. He's held key roles in the federal government for years and was a key player in the Pan-Canadian Trust Framework, which brought together regional and federal government players to define standards and best practices for digital identity.Tim now sits as a special advisor to Canada's Digital Governance Council, Conseil de Gouvernance Numérique, a member driven nonprofit working on responsible design, architecture, and management of digital technologies for the public service. Guest information:Tim Bouma, Spe...2025-05-1647 min
The Road to Accountable AIAshley Casovan: From Privacy Practice to AI GovernanceProfessor Werbach talks with Ashley Casavan, Managing Director of the AI Governance Center at the IAPP, the global association for privacy professional and related roles. Ashley shares how privacy, data protection, and AI governance are converging, and why professionals must combine technical, policy, and risk expertise. They discuss efforts to build a skills competency framework for AI roles and examine the evolving global regulatory landscape—from the EU’s AI Act to U.S. state-level initiatives. Drawing on Ashley’s experience in the Canadian government, the episode also explores broader societal challenges, including the need for public dialogue and the hi...2025-04-2438 min
Pondering AIEthics for Engineers with Steven KeltsSteven Kelts engages engineers in ethical choice, enlivens training with role-playing, exposes organizational hazards and separates moral qualms from a duty to care. Steven and Kimberly discuss Ashley Casovan’s inspiring query; the affirmation allusion; students as stochastic parrots; when ethical sophistication backfires; limits of ethics review boards; engineers and developers as core to ethical design; assuming people are good; 4 steps of ethical decision making; inadvertent hotdog theft; organizational disincentives; simulation and role-playing in ethical training; avoiding cognitive overload; reorienting ethical responsibility; guns, ethical qualms and care; and empowering engineers to make ethical choices.Steven Kel...2025-02-0546 min
In AI We Trust?Ashley Casovan: There are tools to help governments and companies reduce bias in AIIn this episode, we interview our friend and colleague, Ashley Casovan, Executive Director of Responsible AI Institute, formerly AI Global, a non-profit dedicated to creating practical tools to ensure the responsible use of AI. Previously, Ashley served as Director of Data and Digital at the Government of Canada, where she led research and policy development related to data, open source, and artificial intelligence. Ashley helps us answer the pressing question in AI: should we rely on internal corporate monitoring, government regulation, third party certification, or some combination?
Learn more about the Responsible AI Institute: https://www.responsible.ai/
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Ask AI PodcastInterview: How does AI Global help put AI research into action?Tune into this episode of the Ask AI podcast to catch our interview with Ashley Casovan, the Executive Director at AI Global and a pioneer who has helped shape public policy for the development of responsible artificial intelligence in Canada. To get all the show links, visit our episode post: https://www.askai.org/post/how-does-ai-global-help-put-ai-research-into-action-92021-01-2040 min
The 311 Podcast01 - Governing A.I. with Ashley CasovanAshley Casovan, AI Global's Executive Director and former Director of Data and Digital for the Government of Canada, joins host Paul Bellows for a frank discussion on the ethics and responsibilities of governments using Artificial Intelligence technology, and the many uses to which A.I. can be put.Government of Canada's Algorithmic Impact Assesmenthttps://open.canada.ca/aia-eia-js/?lang=enAshley Casovan on Twitter:@ashleycasovanAI Globalhttps://ai-global.org/This is a show...2020-07-2124 min
Stories from the Open Govep25 - Ashley Casovan: Responsible AIAshley Casovan is the Executive Director of AI Global, a nonprofit organization focused on putting research into action by creating tangible tools to help accelerate the design, development, and use of Responsible AI.
Today Ashley and I discuss how her experience in Open Government has strongly influenced her work in creating tools, guidelines, and certification on “Responsible AI” …we even talk a little Black Mirror!
Article mentioned in podcast:
https://business.financialpost.com/transportation/rail/cn-rail-expects-automation-to-help-it-save-up-to-400-million-over-next-three-years
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Leadership 360Be Open and Curious as the Leader with Ashley CasovanAshley is an engaged and innovative leader who has always had a deep interest in advancing the public good. Recently leaving her long-standing career in the public service where she was most recently the Director of Data and Digital for the Government...2020-03-1824 min
GovScape special projectsAshley Casovan: On Lessons Learned From The Citizen DashboardAshley Casovan from the City of Edmonton on lessons learned from developing their citizen dashboard. For the full interview, as well as links, images, social channels and more go to gov20radio.com/2013/04/citizens-edmonton2013-04-0901 min
GovScape special projectsAshley Casovan: On Gaining Support For Open DataAshley Casovan from the City of Edmonton on gaining organisational support for open data activities. For the full interview, as well as links, images, social channels and more go to http://gov20radio.com/2013/04/citizens-edmonton2013-04-0901 min
GovScapeConnecting Citizens To Civic Performance In Edmonton[More info, links and social media at gov20radio.com] The City of Edmonton has launched a Citizen Dashboard on top of their open data catalogue. Ashley Casovan, Edmonton's Strategic Coordinator for ICT, explains how the initiative is creating new insights for citizens as well as city officials about how the city is performing on delivery of a selection of key services.2013-04-0925 min