Keynote: Shifting AI with Anti-racist Narratives

Oyidiya Oji

Policy and Advocacy Advisor for Digital Rights at the European Network Against Racism (ENAR)

SUMMARY

Oyidiya Oji is a Policy and Advocacy Advisor for Digital Rights at the European Network Against Racism (ENAR). She focuses on advocacy on the AI Act and related digital rights portfolios. She defends a transversal and sustainable relationship with EU institutions with a racial equality lens.

Previously, she researched and mapped projects of resistance and reappropriation of technology, with a special focus on AI. She was also part of artivism and digital community building collectives and organised monthly meetings with people from underrepresented backgrounds in tech from across the globe.