The Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society at the University of Notre Dame is delighted to announce the inaugural RISE AI Conference on October 6-9, 2025, at the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, IN.
This conference provides a unique platform to explore how artificial intelligence can be harnessed to tackle complex societal and contemporary challenges while upholding the principles of Responsibility, Inclusion, Safety, and Ethics (RISE).
The world is in a transformative era, with AI revolutionizing industries, reshaping innovation, and unlocking opportunities once thought impossible. From driving breakthroughs in healthcare and enabling personalized medicine to powering smarter cities and advancing climate action, AI is reshaping how we work, govern, and create. Its vast potential inspires optimism for a future where technology drives progress across industries, governments, NGOs, and society as a whole.
However, with this promise comes significant responsibility. Concerns over bias, inequitable access, safety vulnerabilities, and ethical uncertainties highlight the urgent need for a guiding framework. RISE AI fulfills this role, ensuring that AI technologies are developed and applied responsibly, inclusively, and ethically. By prioritizing historically underserved communities and amplifying diverse perspectives, RISE AI aims to ensure that the transformative power of AI drives meaningful, equitable, and sustainable impact across all sectors, building trust and accountability in the systems that shape our shared future.
Submission Information:
At this time, we invite abstract submissions for research addressing interdisciplinary AI-driven solutions to societal challenges. Accepted abstracts may be selected for oral presentations, poster sessions, and/or invited to submit a longer paper for possible inclusion in an edited book or journal proceedings. Additional details will be provided at the time of decision notification.
Submission Deadline: March 15th, 2025
Acceptance Notifications: April 15th, 2025
We encourage submissions of papers and posters that explore interdisciplinary AI-driven solutions to complex societal challenges, integrating perspectives from natural, computer, and social sciences, business, education, humanities, ethics, public policy, and beyond.
Submission guidelines:
Abstracts must:
- Length: Be no longer than 2 pages.
- Content: Explicitly address the following:
- Problem Statement: Clearly articulate the grand challenge being addressed.
- AI Innovation: Detail the methodological or applied AI innovation developed in response.
- Translational Evidence: Highlight the deployment or policy potential of the AI solution for socio-economic impact.
- RISE Dimensions: Discuss how the innovation or deployment aligns with one or more RISE dimensions (Responsibility, Inclusion, Safety, Ethics).
We encourage contributions that:
- Focus on underserved communities and amplify diverse voices from underrepresented regions.
- Showcase interdisciplinary approaches, integrating fields such as natural sciences, computer science, social sciences, business, humanities, ethics, public policy, and education.
Join us in shaping the future of AI: Responsible, Inclusive, Safe, Ethical!
Contact & more information:
For additional details, please visit the conference website or contact us via email.
