Dr. Berridge is an associate professor and Katherine Hall Chambers Scholar at the University of Washington in the School of Social Work and core faculty for the Disability Studies Program. With a background in gerontology and health services research, her research critiques the role of AI-powered technologies in care contexts, specifically when used for surveillance of older adults and care workers. Her research has ethical and policy implications for the design of technologies for care and social well-being.
Dr. Brewer is an assistant professor at the University of Michigan in the School of Information and a Visiting Research Scientist at Google. Her background in human-computer interaction and computer science drives her research at the intersection of aging, accessibility, and technology use. The primary goal of her research is to better represent older age and disability in systems. Her recent work has focused on designing conversational technologies for aging-in-place and in long-term care communities that do not perpetuate oppressive care narratives.
Dr. Díaz is a research scientist at Google on the Ethical AI team. His work explores bias in data sets development and annotation, particularly in relation to underrepresented communities. His research at Google expands his doctoral research on age-related sentiment bias in algorithms.
Ms. FitzPatrick is a Policy Development and Integration Director at AARP where she leads the development of forward-thinking public policies that help people build and maintain financial security. Her work has focused on the anti-discrimination provisions that are needed to protect older consumers and workers from the bias that AI-driven applications can produce. AARP is the nation’s largest nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to empowering people 50 and older to choose how they live as they age.