About the Speaker
Sheerah studied Digital Ethics at HWZ University of Applied Sciences Zurich and focused on the ethical debate of AI voice tech in the gaming industry and the use of Generative AI tools in public administration in her papers. The results of the latter served her as a baseline for her work as Head of ICT/Digitalisation at the City of Affoltern am Albis to develop and introduce an AI competency framework and evaluate a pilot for the use of Generative AI.As the co-president of BPW Business & Professional Women Club Zurich Sheerah actively promotes Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, which also why drives her passion to make technology and digital tools more accessible for women and underrepresented groups. Previously, she worked as Senior Lead Business Development at the ETH spin-off incon.ai that develops Augmented and Mixed Reality solutions for the construction industry, and has built a strong corporate strategy and data analytics background during her 15 years of work at Swiss Re.
About the Masterclass
Closing the gap: AI literacy and women empowerment
Welcome to the AI fireside chat through a diversity and inclusion lens. Studies have shown that with the introduction of widely and freely available generative AI tools the gender gap still exists with some studies recognising that on average around 70% of the user base of major AI chatbots between 2022 and 2023 were male (source: writerbuddy.ai, 2023).Léonie, Buisness Development Manager at AI Buisness School and Sheerah, Head of ICT/Digitalisation at City of Affoltern am Albis will discuss the legitimacy of using generative AI tools and why it’s important to close the gap in terms of AI literacy and empowerment for women / underrepresented groups.
