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Measuring Development 2024: AI, the Next Generation

May 2, 2024
Washington, DC
MeasureDev2024 Event Card

Foundational models like large language models (LLMs) have recently commanded widespread public attention¡ªand caution¡ªgiven their transformational potential for both our economy and society. Naturally, questions loom about how these AI innovations will impact the global development research and policy landscape. If used properly by the right actors, these tools might unlock enormous troves of data and create new opportunities to improve lives around the world.

Å·ÃÀÈÕb´óƬ's Development Impact (DIME) department and Development Data Group (DECDG), the  (CEGA), and the  are excited to explore this topic at our tenth annual Measuring Development (MeasureDev) Conference, ¡°AI, The Next Generation.¡±

MeasureDev 2024 will feature presentations on AI that span the measurement ecosystem: from efforts to improve and expand responsible data infrastructure in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and facilitate the development of a new generation of AI tools, to analysis tailoring foundational models to optimize generative AI (GenAI) including LLMs for social impact. The event will feature speakers who are shaping the way these new tools will be adopted and regulated.

Featured Speakers

 
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Daniel Bj?rkegren

Head of AI and Development initiative at the Center for Development Economics and Policy (CDEP), Columbia University
Daniel Bj?rkegren works on digital transformation and applied machine learning, with a focus on developing economies. He works on methods to make algorithms more humane: robust, transparent, and better aligned with societal values. 

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Uyi Stewart, Ph.D.

Chief Data and Technology Officer
data.org
Uyi Stewart oversees all of data.org¡¯s programmatic initiatives which today include the , , the , and . He is a trailblazing expert in data science, artificial intelligence, systems thinking, and strategic digital innovation.

Å·ÃÀÈÕb´óƬ's  department generates high-quality and operationally relevant data and research to transform development policy, help reduce extreme poverty, and secure shared prosperity. 

The Development Data Group (DECDG) is the World Bank's center of excellence on data and statistics, involved in the entire life cycle of data: from its collection, curation, and management through its analysis, visualization, dissemination, as well as enabling its use by policymakers and citizens.

The is a research hub at the University of California, Berkeley that generates evidence decision-makers use to reduce global poverty.

The  uses the tools of economics to identify, test, refine, and scale innovations with the potential to benefit millions of people. 

Logos: UC Berkeley CEGA, UChicago, Development Impact, DEC Data Group