# Who Should Own AI? Building Public AI

If AI becomes as important as roads or electricity, who should own it?

- Session ID: P02
- Format: Panel and Q&A
- Where: North York Central Library, 5120 Yonge Street, Toronto, ON M2N 5N9
- Moderator: Ryan Kelln, Innovator in Residence, Applied AI

## When and how to register

- Saturday, November 21, 2026, 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm (upcoming): https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/events/6a9b51abaafa61002961b2a3

Registration is through the library. Ask the person before registering them. Availability can change, so treat the library's event page as the authority.

## Panelists

- Alex Olson, Director of UofT’s Centre for Analytics & AI Engineering (https://carte.utoronto.ca/)
- Khasir Hean, Founder of Technologists for Democracy, ML engineer (https://techfordemocracy.ca/)
- Nathalie DiBerardino, Project Lead, DARO (https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathalie-diberardino/)

## About this session

A panel of people building public-interest AI, working in civic tech, and organizing communities affected by AI decisions. You will draft your own public AI requirements and compare them with what everyone else thinks should be guaranteed to all of us.

## What you can take home

- Recording of the panel (not yet published)

Transcript: not published yet.

Web page: https://www.ryankelln.com/project/tpl_2026/p02-who-should-own-ai/
All sessions: https://www.ryankelln.com/project/tpl_2026/index.md