“Governing Citizens’ Assemblies” Schedule

• Hélène Landemore, Professor of Political Science, Yale University; Distinguished Researcher, Oxford University Institute for Ethics in AI

• Sandrine Rui : “What Does Governing a Citizens’ Assembly Mean: Power and
  Contingency at the Citizens’ Convention on End of Life”
• Jean-Michel Fourniau on the Citizens Convention for Climate (CCC): “Political Mandate and Governance of a Citizens’ Assembly”
• Chloé Santoro: “Voting in a deliberative process: what, when, how to vote and who decides?”
• Hélène Landemore and Théophile Pénigaud: “The case for self-ruling citizens’
  assemblies: Governance, Representation, and Citizen Leadership in the French
  Conventions.”
• Reaction by Claire Thoury and Nathalie Berriau

Moderated by: Antonin Lacelle-Webster, Postdoctoral Associate with the Democratic Innovations Program at ISPS, Yale University

• Christiane Rafidinarivo, “Representation of Minorities Within Citizens’ Assemblies: the Experience of the Citizens’ Convention for Climate”
• Miguel Von Fedak “Stories of Discontent: Moments of Tension and Distrust in the
  French Convention on the End of Life”
• Marjan Ehsassi, “Blueprint for Activated Citizenship: Designing for Legitimacy & Transformative Change
• Reaction from online participants: Mathieu Sanchez (member of the Citizens Convention for Climate), Harry Alzire, Martial Breton, Soline Castel, and Léo Van Nieuwenhove (members of the Citizens’ Convention on End-of-Life Issues)

Moderated by: Jane Suiter, Professor of Political Communication at Dublin City University

• Jane Suiter, “The Ongoing Internal Evolution of Citizens’ Assemblies in Ireland”
• Antoine Vergne, “Governing Citizens’ Assemblies: A Reflective Approach Leading to Two Blueprints”
• Min Reuchamps , “Governing Permanent Citizens’ Assemblies in Belgium”
• Claire Mellier, “The 2021 Global Citizens’ Assembly on the climate and ecological crisis: A power-sensitive exploration of governance”
• Reaction by Claudia Chwalisz and Gaëtane Ricard-Nihoul

Moderated by: Colin Scicluna, Head of Cabinet to the Vice President for Democracy & Demography, European Commission

• Thierry Beaudet, President of the French Economic, Social and Environmental Council
• Cristina Lafont, Professor of Philosophy at Northwestern University
• Hélène Landemore, Professor of Political Science, Yale University; Distinguished Researcher, Oxford University Institute for Ethics in AI
• Myriam Souami, Member of the Citizens’ Convention on End-of-Life Issues

Moderated by: Alexandra Cirone, Assistant Professor of Government at Cornell University and Visiting fellow at the Yale Institution for Social and Policy Studies

The event will be called to order with a friendly and fast-paced kickoff that includes words of welcome from the hosts, brief participant introductions, along with overviews of the agenda, participation guidelines and meeting logistics.

The program will begin with a series of interactive learning dialogues that explore selected facets at the intersection of AI and democratic governance. Participants will be invited to rotate between topics across the course of the session.

• The role of AI in deliberative democracy
• Can a chatbot facilitate deliberation?
• Using AI to synthesize a collective will
• The tools of governance (as opposed to government)
• Privacy and security issues in the use of AI in democratic processes
• Adversarial uses of AI in democracy
• Applying a power analysis to AI

The second half of the morning will focus on deeper discovery and problem articulation,
designed to inform subsequent strategy and design sessions.

• Mapping use cases for AI in citizens assemblies
• Inventorying the bugs of citizen assemblies that AI might solve
• The advantages and disadvantages of AI facilitated deliberation
• Open problems in using AI tools to connect citizens’ assemblies to the macro-public
• Enumerating and comparing design patterns for global deliberation
• Employing AI to enhance citizen participation in international dispute resolution on collective rights
• Barriers and opportunities for the use of LLMs and chatbots in democratic deliberation outside the English-speaking world
• Towards a threat model of AI in democratic contexts

Participants are encouraged to dine with those who they have not yet met or engaged.

This is the end of the overlap between the “Governing Citizens’ Assemblies” conference and the “Governing (with) AI” conference. Invited guests from both conferences are welcome to stay for lunch. Invited guests from “Governing Citizens’ Assemblies” are free to depart Yale.