Workshop on AI & Sustainability

Behind the rapid progress of artificial intelligence lies a growing concern: the environmental footprint of AI systems. From the energy demands of large-scale model training to the extraction of critical materials for hardware and water consumption, AI’s ecological impact raises complex questions about sustainability and governance. This event brings together scholars and experts to examine the multiple facets of the environmental footprint of artificial intelligence.

Programme

9:00 - 9:30: Welcome Coffee

9:30 - 9:40: Welcome Remarks
Constance de Leusse, Executive Director, AI and Society Institute
Hugo Mercier, Scientific Director, AI and Society Institute
Aurélie Bugeau (University of Bordeaux, LaBRI) / Anne-Laure Ligozat (ENSIIE, LISN), Scientific Directors, Observatory on AI’s Environmental Footprint

9:40 - 10:10: Marlène De Bank, Research Engineer, The Shift Project - Current and Future Carbon Emissions of AI Infrastructures and Data Centers

10:10 - 10:55: Gauthier Roussilhe, PhD Candidate, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) - How to Build and Use Computing Power Faster : an Economic and Environmental Perspective of GPU for GenAI

10:55 - 11:15: Break

11:15 - 11:45: Ana Valdivia, Research Lecturer in AI, Government & Policy, Oxford Internet Institute - Title: TBD

11:45 - 12:25: Sasha Luccioni, Climate Lead, Hugging Face - Title: TBD

12:25 - 12:30: Concluding remarks
Théophile Lenoir, Coordinator, Observatory on the Environmental Footprint of AI, AI and Society Institute