ETHICS-2025 Session B4 – Workshop: Ethical AI and Oversight: Hands-on Applications of MLOps and AI Governance

This interactive workshop explored the concepts of Ethical AI and oversight. The workshop was structured around three learning goals: (1) Understand the fundamentals of Ethical AI, including frameworks such as the IEEE's CertifAIEd™ AI Ethics Standard, (2) Learn and apply the MLOps framework for autonomous system development, (3) Learn and apply AI governance principles to build safe, ethical, and compliant systems. Participants applied these learnings in simulated exercises as the head of ML Ops and the head of AI ethics for a start-up company with a healthcare chatbot. Participants analyzed a system diagram and MLOps pipeline to identify risks, areas of augmentation, and required guardrails. The workshop concluded with a debrief and areas for further exploration.