Valentine Goddard Pro

Lawyer, certified mediator, inter-arts curator and new media artist, Valentine Goddard is the founder and executive director of AI Impact Alliance, an independent NPO whose mission is to facilitate an ethical and responsible implementation of artificial intelligence. It brings together experts from complementary sectors and disciplines in relation to the study of the social, political, legal and ethical implications of AI. Its workshops, consultations and training help organizations identify data strategies and AI solutions that increase their beneficial social impact and design action plans to avoid the risks associated with implementing applied AI solutions. It produces the annual conference AI on a Social Mission and the national Art Impact AI program, both of which work year round to ensure an inclusive social dialogue on AI and the participation of civil society in the governance of AI. AI Impact Alliance is also the producer of the Art + AI platform and residencies, a transdisciplinary art-based Research&Dialogue space on AI ethics.

She is a member of the United Nations Expert Groups on The Role of Public Institutions in the Impact of New Technologies, and a Socially Just Transition Towards Sustainable Development. Ms. Goddard sits on several committees related to the ethical and social impact of AI, contributing to public policy recommendations, while being regularly invited to speak at international conferences. Her recent work is focused on how the arts and cultural sectors can foster renewed perspectives of digital futures, support the development of legitimate AI Policies, and shape AI’s development and governance. The Art Impact AI Report and Recommendations she wrote resulted in her work with UNDESA and policy recommendations underscoring the important role of the arts in Digital Governance.

In her multidisciplinary and applied approach AI ethics, she places special emphasis on human dignity, having initiated throughout her career cultural and social mediation projects for human rights education. She is an elected member of the board of administrators of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. 

Her most recent work has been focused on smart oceans, marine data trusts and the facilitation of a collaborative documentary on the future of the Saint-Lawrence River called Ma mer, as well as algorithmic art to coutner gender bias in AI, PearAI.Art.