#INDL
INDL-MEA conference
28 May 2024, Cairo
Conference program
| Conference Program for INDL-MEA1 Digital Labor Perspectives from the Middle East and Africa |
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| 28th of May 2024 at the American University in Cairo, New Cairo Campus | ||
| 09:00-09:30 | Registration | |
| 09:30-10:00 | Welcome and Introduction Antonio Casilli, Paris Telecom. Sarrah Kassem, University of Tübingen. Eric Oechslin, Director of ILO’s Country Office for Egypt and Eritrea, and Decent Work Team for North Africa. Samer Atallah, Associate Dean, Business School, The American University in Cairo |
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| 10:00-10:45 | Keynote: AI, Work and Inclusion in the Middle East and Africa Nagla Rizk, The American University in Cairo Chair: Sarrah Kassem, The University of Tübingen |
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| 10:45-11:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:00-12:15 | Parallel Sessions | |
| Session 1: Disrupting different industries and sectors Chair: Antonio Casilli, Télécom Paris | Session 2: Platforms and Informality Chair: Paola Tubaro, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique |
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| Amina Achmaoui & Hafssa Yerrou & Benrokiya Oumaima Fidélisation des clients dans l'E-Banking: Cas des banques marocaines | Amal Mowafy & Nagla Rizk Platform Work, Social Protection and Representation: A Case of Egyptian Delivery Workers |
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| Sonia Bourass L'impact des TIC sur le lien de subordination en droit du travail marocain : renforcement ou fragilisation ? | Saadeddine Igamane & Fidae El Hassouni A Case Study on Social Norms in Women’s Informal Digital Labor |
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| Asma Ben Hassen Nouvelles formes de travail, anciennes formes d’exploitation : Emploi informel et économie des plateformes en Tunisie | استجابات السياسات لتحول العمالة الرقمية والتشغيل الآلي في منطقة الشرق الأوسط وأفريقيا Elhafad Nouini | |
| 12:15-13:20 | Lunch Break | |
| 13:20-14:05 | Keynote: African Work Futures in the Digital Age Mohammad Amir Anwar, The University of EdinburghChair: Iraklis Vogiatzis, Hellenic Open University |
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| 14:05-14:15 | Short Break | |
| 14:15-15:45 | Session 3: Labor Realities & Mobilizations across MEA Chair: Myriam Raymond, Université d’Angers |
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| Ida Nikou Beyond the App: Decoding Snapp!‘s Rise and Labor Dynamics in Iran’s Largest Startup |
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| Shaibu Bukari Vulnerabilities among digital platform workers during Coronovirus pandemic: An exploratory study of ride hailing drivers in Ghana |
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| Ahmad M. Awadn & Olivia Odell & Marah Abbas & Morad KotkotDigital Platform-Based Work in Jordan | ||
| 15:45-16:15 | Poster session and Coffee Break | |
| Posters (fr): Kawtar Tsouli Défis imposés par l’IA au travail humain au Maroc à la lumière de la crise qui connaît le secteur éducatif Posters (eng): Hanan Abdel Rahman The Impact of Integrating Algorithm Management in Human Resource Management in Selected Orgations in Egypt |
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| 16:15-17:45 | Roundtable: Promoting inclusion and decent work in digital jobs Uma Rani, Senior Economist, ILO Mostafa Essa, Digital Transformation Expert, Egypt Hoda Dahroug, Advisor, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology of Egypt Nora Toma, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Education for Employment, Egypt Iman Raslan, Regional Vice President Africa at Udacity, EgyptChair: Zulum Avila, Employment Strategies Specialist in the Digital Economy, ILO |
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| 17:45-18:00 | Wrap Up and Closing Remarks Paola Tubaro and Myriam Raymond |
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Nagla Rizk
AI, Work and Inclusion in the Middle East and Africa
Nagla Rizk is Professor of Economics and Founding Director of the Access to Knowledge for Development Center (A2K4D) at the American University in Cairo’s School of Business. Nagla’s area of research, teaching and advocacy is the economics of knowledge, technology and development, with focus on governance of responsible data and Artificial Intelligence, fair work in the platform economy, innovation, gender and inclusion in Egypt, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Among a wide range of current activities, Nagla leads the MENA AI Observatory, the MENA Hub for Feminist AI Research (f<a+i>r) network, and the North Africa hub of the Open African Innovation Research Partnership (Open AIR). She led the Egypt team within the Fairwork project, in partnership with the Oxford Internet Institute, having published the Egypt Fairwork Ratings 2021, 2022/23, and Fairwork in the Domestic Platform Work in MENA 2022. Nagla is a member of the Technical Secretariat of Egypt’s National Council for Artificial Intelligence and is a major contributor to Egypt’s AI Strategy. Her authored works include “Artificial Intelligence and Inequality in the Middle East” in the
Oxford Handbook of Ethics of Artificial Intelligence (2020) and the “State of Open Data in the Middle East and North Africa” in The State of Open Data, Histories and Horizons (2019).
Mohammad Amir Anwar
African Work Futures in the Digital Age
Mohammad Amir Anwar teaches at the University of Edinburgh. His research deals with work, labour markets, and economic change within the context of digital revolutions. He is particularly interested in the value chains of artificial intelligence (AI) and the role of behind-the-scenes human labour for AI, platform economy, and their implications on labour market transformations, inequalities, and precarity in an AI-centred world from the majority world contexts. He is the co-author of ‘The Digital Continent: Placing Africa in Planetary Networksof Work’ (OUP). He is an Editor of Critical African Studies journal and also sits on the Editorial Board of Platform and Society.
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