Regulation of artificial intelligence – ethical and fundamental rights aspects
On 20 July 2021, the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Slovenia will host a virtual conference focusing on the effective protection of fundamental rights in the regulation of artificial intelligence in Europe and beyond. The event will be moderated by Dr. Maja Bogataj Jančič, LL.M., LL.M., founder and head of the Institute for Intellectual Property, who is also the Co-Chair of the Data Governance Group at the Global Partnership for Artificial Intelligence (GPAI).
The first panel will focus on the EU perspective, in particular the Commission’s proposal for an Artificial Intelligence Act. The first panel will host following speakers:
– Michael O’Flaherty, Director of the Agency for Fundamental Rights
– Dr Joanna Bryson, Professor of Ethics and Technology, Centre for Digital Governance at Hertie School,
– Miha Lobnik, Advocate of the Principle of Equality in the Republic of Slovenia and member of the Equinet Executive Board,
– Kilian Gross, Head of Unit on Artificial Intelligence Policy Development and Coordination, DG CONNECT, European Commission
– Dr Joanna Bryson, Professor of Ethics and Technology, Centre for Digital Governance at Hertie School,
– Matthias Spielkamp, Co-founder and Executive Director, AlgorithmWatch
Catelijne Muller, LL.M., Co-founder and President of ALLAI.
The second panel is an international perspective with the aim of comparing the approaches of various regional and international organizations and promoting their cooperation in this field. The second panel will host following speakers:
– Louisa Klingvall, Team Leader in the Fundamental rights unit, DG Justice and Consumers, European Commission,
– Dr David Leslie, Ethics Theme Lead at the Alan Turing Institute, CAHAI Bureau Member,
– Karine Perset, Head the AI Unit of the OECD Division for Digital Economy Policy (AI Policy Observatory, AI Network of Experts),
– Dr Marielza Oliveira, Director for Partnerships and Operational Programme Monitoring, UNESCO,
– Prof Dr John Shawe Taylor, Director of IRCAI – International Research Centre on AI under the auspices of UNESCO.
On 23rd of November, 2021, the European Commission has published two reports in the field of copyright, as required by Directives 2014/26/EU (CRM Directive) and 2019/790 (DSM Directive). They are supported by two studies: Study on emerging issues on collective licensing management in the digital environment, and Study on selected issues relating to the application of the CRM Directive.
A new book “Law and Artificial Intelligence: Issues of Ethics, Human Rights and Social Harm” was published (Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of law in Ljubljana, 2021), the editors of which are prof. dr. Aleš Završnik and dr. Katja Simončič. The author of one of the articles is also dr. Maja Bogataj Jančič, LL.M., LL.M., who wrote an article on the topic of whether artificial intelligence can be an author of a copyright work.
Jožef Štefan Institute is organising GO-DIP workshop series, first of them coming on November 19th, 2021 is revolving around software IP and data agreements. The GO-DIP project aims to increase the competencies of knowledge generators and intermediaries. At 15.10 dr. Maja Bogataj Jančič, LL.M., LL.M. will be lecturing in the Workshop: Development of a checklist for model digital IP agreements. Welcome!
2nd GPAI Summit will occur from 11-12 November, 2021 in Paris, France. Leading international AI experts from civil society, academia, industry and governments, including ministerial-level delegates from GPAI’s Membership, will come together for GPAI’s annual event. This public-facing event will include reporting on the ten Working Groups’ study topics, including the reporting of Data Governance Working Group (DG WG). Public conferences will be broadcasted live on GPAI’s Youtube channel. Welcome!