Panel Discussions
The Future of Responsible Work in an AI-Driven World
This year's Responsible Leadership Day will focus on the potential impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the workplace. AI’s influence is expansive and continuously evolving, presenting organizational leaders and human resource (HR) practitioners with a spectrum of ethical and legal challenges. These challenges encompass AI’s effects on future career opportunities and expectations, including how AI-driven automation may reshape job roles and skill requirements. Additionally, issues such as equitable compensation practices and fostering inclusive workplaces are crucial considerations as AI integration progresses.
Panel Moderator: Dr. Stephanie Kelley
Dr. Stephanie Kelley is the Scotiabank Professor in Innovations in Business Technology and an Assistant Professor of Management Science at the Sobey School of Business at Saint Mary’s University, where she studies the ethics of artificial intelligence (AI). She investigates algorithmic and governance solutions and has projects on explainable AI, measuring AI governance, and AI ethics audits. She has worked with several organizations to implement AI ethics, including the Monetary Authority of Singapore, OSFI, Lululemon, Stewart McKelvey, and several Canadian banks. Before returning to academia, she held various marketing, sales, and analytics roles in the pharmacy and home hygiene industry at Reckitt Benckiser.
Panellist: Roshanak Sadeghi-Zadeh
Roshanak Sadeghi-Zadeh (she/her), CPHR, SHRM-SCP, LSSGB is an HR professional with over two decades of progressive experience in private, public and not-for-profit sectors. Presently, she holds the role of Director of People and Belonging at Izaak Walton Killam Health (IWK Health). In this role, she oversees all HR functions such as HR system management and technology modernization, workforce planning, recruitment and retention, HR and labour relations, learning and development, total compensation, volunteer resources, and centralized staffing office.
Roshanak’s academic background includes a Master of Science in Physics. She began her career as a high school science teacher. In the early 2000s, she immigrated to Canada from Iran, landing in Toronto, where she pursued her postgraduate education in Human Resources Management, Adult Education, Lean Six Sigma, and change management.
Her professional approach centers on intersectionality, striving to foster an inclusive environment that celebrates the full spectrum of diversity. Her mission is to contribute to the transformation of Nova Scotia into a welcoming and inclusive province, one organization at a time. Her areas of expertise lie in applying equity and diversity lenses to HR and Administrative policies, procedures, practices, HR systems, and programs to create a welcoming organization where everyone feels a sense of belonging.