Data Democratization Podcast: Stories about AI, Data, and Privacy

22. The future of insurance with David Marock, insurtech and fintech expert

What does the future hold for the insurance industry? In the latest episode of the Data Democratization Podcast, our host, Alexandra Ebert talked to David Marock, a seasoned insurtech, fintech and proptech expert from London. David shared his insights on the state of AI in the insurance industry and what are the current trends developing in the insurtech space. In this episode you will hear about AI opportunities in insurance, why traditional insurance companies are tech hesitant, how to overcome the tech inertia in insurance organizations, how regulatory pressure is changing minds about digital transformation, why fairness is critical for insurance companies, how synthetic data solves data access and privacy issues, what to do about less tech-savvy business leaders and why the future of insurance will be driven by new technologies. 

21. Responsible AI by design with Maria Axente, PwC UK

Take an organizational deep-dive into the topic of responsible AI with Maria Axente, PwC's Responsible AI lead! You'll hear lots of hands-on advice for decision makers looking to make their company's AI adoption a success from hiring decisions, organizational structures and the new AI mindset of pause and reflect. 

20. Ethically aligned design in AI with IEEE's Dr. Clara Neppel

Clara is a director at IEEE, the world's largest technical organization  founded by Tesla and Edison more than 100 years ago. Today, she is working on developing an ethically aligned design framework to help companies develop safe and effective AI systems. Listen to the 20th episode of the Data Democratization Podcast to find out what the difference is between standards and certifications, what the role of values is in ethically aligned design and what synthetic data and fresh Alpine spring water have in common! 

19. How to implement data privacy? A conversation with Klaudius Kalcher, cofounder and chief data scientist of MOSTLY AI

In this episode, Alexandra Ebert, MOSTLY AI's chief trust officer will be talking to one of the founders and the chief data scientist of MOSTLY AI. If you are looking to get a behind-the-scenes view of how data privacy is implemented in practice, you are in the right place! You won't need a math Ph.D. to finally understand how privacy is measured and what is takes to protect personal data. Klaudius is also a huge fan of the concept of open data and talks about how synthetic data is the way forward for realizing the potential of open data sharing for research and innovation. 

18. Data in action with Lisa Palmer from Splunk

Lisa Palmer is the chief technical advisor of Splunk, the popular data platform designed to remove barriers between data and action. Besides working for Splunk, she is a university professor, a podcast host, and an author. She spent years at Microsoft, Gartner, and Teradata, building up her unique perspective on data and technology-related business opportunities. In this episode, Lisa shares her most exciting insights and data stories around tackling real-life problems with data, including wildfires and F1 racing, how privacy-enhancing technologies like homomorphic encryption and synthetic data can be used for social good, why we need truly complete datasets to address biases, the role synthetic data plays in ethical AI and bias mitigation, how to increase diversity, especially in tech and how to think about data opportunities in times of disruption and opportunity. Check out the transcript for this episode and all previous episodes of the Data Democratization Podcast at our website!