With Data as a Foundation, AI Friend or Foe? (PID049)

11.15am – 12.15pm EDT, 22 April 2024 ‐ 1 hour

Room: Ball Room Foyer

Plenary Session

Data is the ultimate foundation of all technology, business process, policy or legislation, or transformational changes with corrections. Appropriately tagged, stored, indexed, and recalled data for reporting is the basis of evidence-oriented decision-making, and is a pre-requisite to ensure success of common corrections implementations such electronic health records systems, offender management systems, and even systems as seemingly simple as commissary systems.

As jurisdictions struggle with staffing challenges and the need to be more efficient, what are the use cases that AI can facilitate to address these challenges and others? What is the elevated value proposition that could embrace a safer and more secure institution? Could an AI solution translate safety and security into less officer days missed due to injury on duty or driving down health care costs resulting from AI interventions that prevents violence, as one example? This will be explored and aligned to solutions that are already implemented in corrections or in the broader justice continuum. At the same time, how do we ensure privacy, or avoid bias in the application of AI? AI is not all upside and we need to leverage the potential eyes wide open to the formidable perceptions that surround this emerging technology.

Moderator

Jan Kleijssen

Representative, Committee on Artificial Intelligence, Council of Europe, France

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Speakers

Håkan Klarin

CIO IT-director, Swedish Prison and Probation Service, Sweden

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Terry Hackett

Senior Associate/Co-founder and Principal, International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy (ICCLR)/ Praesora Consulting

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René Döhring

CTIO, Telio Bidco Germany GMbH, Germany

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Simon Bonk

Chief Research Officer, Telio, Canada

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Jan Kleijssen

Representative, Committee on Artificial Intelligence, Council of Europe, France

Jan Kleijssen firmly believes in promoting and protecting our shared values of Human Rights, Rule of Law and Democracy. He brings with him 40 years of accumulated institutional knowledge in all main sectors of international co-operation : Judicial, Parliamentary and Intergovernmental.

Having obtained Master’s Degrees in International Law (Utrecht) and in International Affairs (Ottawa) and performed military service as an officer in the Royal Netherlands Navy, Jan joined the Council of Europe in 1983 as a Lawyer with the European Commission of Human Rights. Subsequently he served for some 9 years as Secretary to the Political Affairs Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly, playing a major role in the accession procedure for new member states.

Moreover, as Director of the Private Office, from 1999 until 2004, he was responsible for major reforms, political initiatives and crisis management.

Fluency in English, French, German and Italian alongside his native Dutch, reinforce Jan’s multicultural outlook. A strong awareness of different cultures, their traditions, behaviour, values and beliefs has provided him with invaluable insights into the multiple layers of human identity, indispensable to skilled, empathic communication and worldwide networking.

Until February 2023 as Director of Information Society -Action against Crime he led some 200 highly qualified and motivated international staff staff, responsible for standard-setting, monitoring and co-operation activities on a wide variety of issues, such as : Freedom of Expression, Data Protection, Artificial Intelligence, Internet Governance, Cybercrime, Terrorism, Criminal Law, Prison Management, Fighting Corruption and Money Laundering.

He served as the Council of Europe Internet Governance coordinator since 2018. On his initiative, the Council of Europe gave a partnership status to a still growing number of major global and regional private companies and associations. The marketing software platform, Onalytica, included Jan among the 2019 Top 100 influencers on the regulation of new technologies.

Since his retirement from the Council of Europe in February 2023, Jan has been working as an independent consultant . He was appointed member of the Advisory Board of ALLAI, a Foundation for Responsible AI. The Center for AI and Digital Policy awarded Jan the 2023 AI Policy Award Government in Washington DC. He regularly speaks at high-level conferences and at universities worldwide.

Throughout his career, Jan has been acknowledged for his ability to deal impartially with highly sensitive issues, and for clarity on procedural matters. He deviates from the trodden path to find creative and acceptable solutions and obtain concrete results.

As a keen marathon runner, Jan has a strong grasp of the need for preparation, resilience, commitment and endurance in achieving success.

Håkan Klarin

CIO IT-director, Swedish Prison and Probation Service, Sweden

Mr Hakan Klarin is an experienced Chief Information Technology Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the government administration industry. Skilled in Innovation Management, Business Development, Strategic Planning and Change Management. Holds an Executive MBA-degree and is specialized in managing global R&D and innovation within large scale organizations.

Mr Hakan Klarin has during the period 2011 to 2017 had the position as CIO for Region Ostergotland, the fourth largest county council and healthcare provider in Sweden as well as several national assignments within the domain.

Since 2017 Mr Hakan Klarin holds the position as CIO for the Swedish Prison and Probation Service and was the previous head of the Expert Group for ICT within Europris.

Terry Hackett

Senior Associate/Co-founder and Principal, International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy (ICCLR)/ Praesora Consulting

Terry Hackett assumed the post of Head of the Persons Deprived of Liberty Unit for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Geneva in February 2022. Terry joined the ICRC in 2018 as a Prison System Adviser following a 22-year career with the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) where he began his career as a Correctional Officer and retired as the as the Assistant Deputy Commissioner of Correctional Operations (Pacific). During his tenure with CSC, Terry held various positions including Director of Operations (Pacific) and Director of several federal institutions. Terry has been called on to present on penitentiary issues in seminars and conferences around the world. He has worked with various detaining authorities in East Africa, Afghanistan and throughout South East Asia to support efforts to ensure the treatment of detainees and conditions of detention are improved in line with international standards.

Terry holds a Master of Arts in Human Security and Peacebuilding from Royal Roads University (RRU) with a focus on rule of law and post-conflict correctional reform, Master of Advanced Studies in International Law in Armed Conflict from the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights as well as a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Trinity Western University. Terry has published work in both the South African Journal of Criminology (2015) and the ICPA Journal Advancing Corrections (2017). Prior to joining the ICRC he was the lead consultant for the development of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Nelson Mandala Rules eLearning course.

René Döhring

CTIO, Telio Bidco Germany GMbH, Germany

René is CTO and CTIO of Telio. He leverages his expertise in cloud computing, IoT, AI, and app development alongside his team to craft socially responsible solutions within the correctional sector. Through his strategic vision, René ensures the integration of advanced technologies, driving innovation with a focus on social responsibility. His leadership in digital transformation and commitment to sustainable solutions underline his pivotal role in the field.

Simon Bonk

Chief Research Officer, Telio, Canada

Simon Bonk is Chief Research Officer and Director of New Business Development at Telio. He creates and implements strategic approaches in new markets, and builds relationships with jurisdictions, researchers and other stakeholders to advance thought leadership in the correctional space. He is currently a member of the CTA Board and Chair of the ICPA IT Group. Bonk is the former CIO for the Correctional Service of Canada.