Keynotes

Dr. Andrew Chen is currently Chief Advisor: Technology Assurance with New Zealand Police. In this role, he helps evaluate the legal, privacy, security, and ethical risks associated with Police use of new technologies. He has worked on technology ethics issues, particularly in a public sector context, over the last six years including work on digital contact tracing through the COVID-19 pandemic, police use of facial recognition, and understanding the implementation of the Algorithm Charter. His earned his PhD in Computer Systems Engineering from The University of Auckland, working on AI and computer vision methods for person tracking applications.