Recap: Responsible AI Special Day at KDD2025

August 13, 2025

What an amazing day at KDD 2025!

We hosted Responsible AI Day, and it was fantastic to see so many friends, collaborators, and new faces in one place. It’s always exciting to watch this community keep growing.

We packed a lot into the day:

Talks from Asia J. Biega (external link) , Krishnaram Kenthapadi (external link) , and Negar Rostamzadeh (external link) .

A lively panel discussion exploring Responsible AI in Canada, featuring: Benjamin C. M. Fung (external link) , Elliot Creager (external link) , Dr. Anastasia Kuzminykh (external link) , Atrisha Sarkar, Ph.D., and Reihaneh Rabbany (external link) .

Our AI ethics debate where Zarif Masud (external link) , Maryam Babaei (external link) , Mohammad Hosseini (external link) , Cassandra Ferworn (external link) , Godwin Banafo Akrong (Ph.D.) (external link) , and David Medcalfe, brought gamesmanship, strong arguments, and a lot of fun to the stage.

The Three Minute Thesis (3MT) and Poster presenters did a standout job at distilling their research. Well done! Aubin BIRBA (external link) , Carolyn Wang (external link) , David Medcalfe, Edward S. (external link) , Fei Feng (external link) , Godwin Banafo Akrong (Ph.D.) (external link) , zhang jianxiao (external link) , Kathryn Carbone (external link) , Leandra Budau (external link) , Mohammad Hosseini (external link) , Omid Shokrollahi (external link) , Parth Patel, Pratheeksha Nair (external link) , Sofiane Azogagh (external link) , Kevin Liu, Maryam Babaei (external link) , Janelle Allan (external link) , Meghan Voll (external link) , Mahdiyar A. (external link) , and Feng Fei.

A special congratulations to the big winners of our contests, Kathryn Carbone (external link) , Leandra Budau (external link) , Godwin Banafo Akrong (Ph.D.) (external link) .

Paper presentations for projects that explore fascinating ideas. Han Qiao (external link) , Chao Sang (external link) , Jasmine Rienecker (external link) , Srinivasan Parthasarathy (external link)

And of course, a big thank you to the organizing committee: Ebrahim Bagheri (external link) , Robin Cohen, Faezeh Ensan (external link) , Benjamin C. M. Fung (external link) , Sebastien Gambs, and Reihaneh Rabbany (external link) .

It was truly a privilege to bring this event to KDD and see the community around Responsible AI continuing to grow and thrive. A big thank you to everyone who participated, presented, asked questions, and contributed to the conversations.