We are delighted to kick-off the year-long WHO-SEARO Webinar Series on Responsible AI in Healthcare in collaboration with Koita Centre for Digital Health, Ashoka University.
The inaugural session will establish a common language around the core principles of fairness, accountability and transparency that underpin Responsible AI and showcase how these principles translate into real-world health-system priorities across South-East Asia.
Objectives
- Introduce the foundational principles of Responsible AI and their relevance for health systems.
- Highlight regional perspectives through country spotlights and multi-country panel discussion.
- Launch the monthly webinar series and outline ways participants can stay engaged throughout 2025-26.
Expected Outcomes
By the end of the session, participants will be able to:
- Articulate the core pillars of Responsible AI (fairness, accountability, transparency).
- Describe the region-specific challenges that Responsible AI can address.
- Identify opportunities to contribute to subsequent webinars or working groups.
Webinar Details
Topic: Choosing a Telemedicine Software: The case for standards-compliant, interoperable & open-source Digital Public Goods (DPGs)
Date & Time: 6 August 2025, 3.00 PM–04.00 PM (IST)
Agenda
| Webinar 1: Foundations of Responsible AI in Healthcare | ||
|---|---|---|
| Time | Item | Speaker / Moderator |
| 03:00 – 03:05 pm | Opening remarks & series overview | Dr Karthik Adapa, Regional Adviser, Digital Health, WHO-SEARO |
| 03:05 – 03:25 pm | Keynote: Core principles of Responsible AI | Dr Alain Labrique Director, Digital Health and Innovation WHO-HQ |
| 03:25 – 03:40 pm | Panel Discussion: Why Responsible AI matters for our health systems | Dr Anurag Agarwal, Dean, BioSciences and Health Research, Trivedi School of Biosciences and Head, KCDH, Ashoka University (Moderator) 1. Dr Chaminda Weerabaddana, Specialist in Health Informatics Health Information Unit, Ministry of Health and Mass Media, Sri Lanka 2. Dr Vinay Bothra, Health Policy Advisor, WHO Country Office, Timor-Leste 3. Ms Sonam Yangchen, Health Policy Support Officer, WHO Country Office, Bhutan |
| 03:40 – 03:50 pm | Country spotlight: India | Dr Mona Duggal, Director, ICMR-National Institute for Research in Digital Health and Data Sciences, Government of India |
| 03:50 – 4:00 pm | Live Q&A and closing | Dr Anurag Agarwal (Moderator) |
Please click the link below to register for the webinar:
We look forward to your participation in this important knowledge-sharing event.