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Parallel Breakouts

Parallel Breakouts

Participants are divided into small groups that work through four structured stages across the two workshop days. Your assigned group and room are printed on the back of your name badge.

Breakout Stages

  1. Stage 1 — Brainstorm (Mon 2:00–3:15 PM): Open ideation around your group’s theme. Surface key problems, tensions, and open questions without constraint.
  2. Stage 2 — Synthesize (Mon 3:30–4:45 PM): Cluster and consolidate the ideas from brainstorming. Identify the most important threads.
  3. Stage 3 — “How Might We” (Tue 8:45–10:00 AM): Reframe the most promising problems as opportunity questions: “How might we…”
  4. Stage 4 — Problem Statement (Tue 10:15 AM–12:00 PM): Draft a concise, actionable problem statement for plenary presentation. Each group presents for 15–20 minutes.

Breakout Groups

Group A

Fairness & Bias

What does it mean for an algorithm to be fair? How do we detect, measure, and mitigate bias across different contexts and stakeholder groups?

Group B

Transparency & Explainability

Does transparency achieve trustworthiness? What approaches exist for explaining algorithmic outputs to affected people and policymakers?

Group C

Accountability & Governance

What institutional checks and balances should govern high-stakes algorithmic decisions? What legal and regulatory frameworks apply?

Group D

Human–Algorithm Interaction

How do people perceive and develop trust in algorithmic decisions? What is the appropriate role for human judgment alongside automation?

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