BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//TYPO3/NONSGML Calendarize//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:calendarize-kaad-auslandsakademie-2026-kuenstliche-intelligenz-und-ges ellschaftlicher-wandel-auswirkungen-dynamiken-und-perspektiven-im-lateinam erikanischen-kontext DTSTAMP:20260107T102104Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260730 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260803 SUMMARY:KAAD Annual Academy 2026: Artificial Intelligence and Social Chang e: Impacts\, Dynamics and Perspectives in the Latin American Context DESCRIPTION:With the Academy Abroad 2026\, KAAD is putting Latin America a t the center of the global debate on artificial intelligence. The focus is not only on technical development\, but also on the question of how innov ation influences social responsibility\, justice and the understanding of human dignity. KAAD sees this debate as a central challenge in a changing world - and as an opportunity to offer guidance from an international\, in terdisciplinary and Christian-inspired perspective.\nAI is profoundly chan ging the realities of life - in healthcare as well as in education\, resea rch\, art\, communication and spirituality. While techno-logical developme nts in parts of Latin America are progressing at a rapid pace\, specific q uestions about social participation\, ethical governance and cultural embe dding are arising at the same time. The Academy would like to give space t o these areas of tension and promote a dialog that not only describes tech nological progress\, but also focuses on social issues.\nThe KAAD Academy Abroad 2026 is dedicated to the social\, cultural and ethical implications of AI from a Latin American perspective. A particular focus is on the top ic of global health: how is AI changing medical diagnostics\, healthcare a nd access to knowledge? What are the risks - such as unequal availability of data\, lack of transparency in automated decisions or dependence on pri vate sector infrastructure?\nOther areas of life also come under scrutiny: Education\, research\, art\, interpersonal relationships and religious pr actice. In this context\, the late Pope Francis pointed out that AI has be come one of the greatest challenges for the preservation of human dignity\ , justice and work - an impulse that the Academy takes up in a church cont ext. The Academy sees itself as a forum for dialog between science\, the c hurch and society and at the same time as a place where ethical issues and international cooperation are brought together and discussed. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

With the Academy Abroad 2026\, KAAD is put ting Latin America at the center of the global debate on artificial intell igence. The focus is not only on technical development\, but also on the q uestion of how innovation influences social responsibility\, justice and t he understanding of human dignity. KAAD sees this debate as a central chal lenge in a changing world - and as an opportunity to offer guidance from a n international\, interdisciplinary and Christian-inspired perspective.

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AI is profoundly changing the realities of life - in healthcare as w ell as in education\, research\, art\, communication and spirituality. Whi le techno-logical developments in parts of Latin America are progressing a t a rapid pace\, specific questions about social participation\, ethical g overnance and cultural embedding are arising at the same time. The Academy would like to give space to these areas of tension and promote a dialog t hat not only describes technological progress\, but also focuses on social issues.

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The KAAD Academy Abroad 2026 is dedicated to the social\, cultural and ethical implications of AI from a Latin American perspective . A particular focus is on the topic of global health: how is AI changing medical diagnostics\, healthcare and access to knowledge? What are the ris ks - such as unequal availability of data\, lack of transparency in automa ted decisions or dependence on private sector infrastructure?

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Othe r areas of life also come under scrutiny: Education\, research\, art\, int erpersonal relationships and religious practice. In this context\, the lat e Pope Francis pointed out that AI has become one of the greatest challeng es for the preservation of human dignity\, justice and work - an impulse t hat the Academy takes up in a church context. The Academy sees itself as a forum for dialog between science\, the church and society and at the same time as a place where ethical issues and international cooperation are br ought together and discussed.

LOCATION:Medellín\, Kolumbien END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR