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Public appearances in 2023

  • 2023/10/26: Participating at the roundtable on ‘Delivering the 'Digital Decade': can the European Union become an AI superpower?’ organized by The Economist.

  • 2023/10/26: Keynote on ‘European Artificial Intelligence Act: legal and ethical impact of AI’ at European Healthcare Fraud and Corruption Network (EHFCN)’s at the 15th EHFCN International Conference on ‘Strengthening methods to prevent & tackle Fraud and Waste in Healthcare Cloud Technologies, Artificial Intelligence & Behavioral Insights’ with Lawrence de Marneffe. More info here.

  • 2023/10/25: Panelist at ‘AI Act and beyond: what do companies need now?’ organized by Austrian Federal Economic Chamber, IHK für München und Oberbayern and Enterprise Europe Network: helping ambitious SMEs innovate and grow internationally. Thomas Wimmesberger & Landesvertretung Bayern in Brüssel. Iris Haidau Photography. More info here.

  • 2023/10/25: Panelist on ‘Global Approaches to AI Policymaking’ at IBM’s Policy Lab Live with Jean-Marc Leclerc (virtually). More info here.

  • 2023/10/25: Panelist on 'Policy and Regulatory Considerations related to digitalization in migration: data protection, privacy, and ethical use of digital technologies’ at the workshop on the ‘Potential of Digitalization in the Migration Context’ at Prague Process in #Tiflis in Georgia (virtually).

  • 2023/10/24: Participating at the roundtable on ‘Reimagining Governance in the Era of AI and the Tech Revolution‘ organised by Tony Blair Institute for Global Change and European Policy Centre with Toni Blair and Sanna Marin.

  • 2023/10/23: Panelist on ‘AI EU Act: What to expect?’ during the Data Makers Fest conference in #Porto with Leonid Kholkine. More info here.

  • 2023/10/19: Keynote on ‘A Glance in the Trilogues: How the EU will regulate AI’ during the ITechLaw Association’s European Conference and Louis Jonker in #Amsterdam. More info here.

  • 2023/10/19: Panelist on ‘EU AI Act’ during the AI Week 2023 by AI Hub Frankfurt in #Frankfurt with Julia Sterling (virtually). More info here.

  • 2023/10/18: Panelist at The Wharton School’s roundtable on ‘Capitalizing on the Potential of Artificial Intelligence’ during the conference ‘Paradigm Shift: Powering with innovation & financial technology’ at University of Pennsylvania & Sarah Hammer (virtually). More info here.

  • 2023/10/17: Keynote on the 'Prohibitions in the AI Act' at the Annual Congress of the Biometrics Institute and Isabelle Moeller in #London. More info here.

  • 2023/10/17: Keynote at the EU/UK AI Policy Day an event organised by PolicyPartner LLC and Aaron Gao in #London.

  • 2023/10/16: Keynote on the AI Act for the FinTech Regulation Committee (FRC) of WSBI-ESBG and Janine Barten. More info here.

  • 2023/10/11: Keynote on the AI Act during the Techeconomics 2023 conference organised by TechEconomics.ro & Codruta Mare in Cluj-Napoca #Romania (virtually). More info here.

  • 2023/10/10: Panelist on 'AI Global Regulation: Shaping the Future' during the Allied For Startups Annual Summit 2023 moderated by Maxime Ricard. More info here.

  • 2023/10/05: Lecture on 'Regulating AI - challenges for EU lawmakers' at the Bucerius Law School as part of Christoph Kumpan’s & Wolf-Georg Ringe's Network for Artificial Intelligence and Law (NAIL) in #Hamburg. More info here.

  • 2023/10/05: Fireside chat on 'The EU AI Regulation and the outlook for the future' with Minesh Tanna at 'The AI Regulation Summit' in #London (virtually). More info here.

  • 2023/10/03: Statement at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and RAND Corporation event on 'International Collaboration on Frontier AI Model Safety and Security' in #DC (read out by Hadrien Pouget). More info here.

  • 2023/09/29: Keynote on 'EU's Digital Policy Strategy' at TBM Group’s 9th Annual Excellence in Master Data and Data Governance in Life Sciences in #Berlin. More info here.

  • 2023/09/28: Panelist at a roundtable on 'AI regulation & responsible innovation' organized by Political Studies Association (UK). More info here.

  • 2023/09/21: Keynote on 'AI Act and EU's digital policies' during 'Privacy Camp and Digital Law Day 2023' organized by Roche. More info here.

  • 2023/09/20: Panelist on 'AI Act & AI Policy' at the 'Big Data.AI Summit' #BAS23 organised by BITKOM e.V. in Berlin. More info here.

  • 2023/09/14: Keynote on 'The EU's AI Act and Global Efforts to Regulate AI' at the '1CyberWorld 2023 Global Cyber Conference' organized by 1BusinessWorld in NYC.

  • 2023/09/13: Panelist on 'Shaping the AI Regulatory and Enforcement Landscape' at New York University School of Law's conference on 'Future of AI & the law' in NYC. More info here.

  • 2023/09/08: Keynote at REAL PropTech Conference 2023 on the EU's Digital Policy and the AI Act in #Frankfurt. More info here.​

  • 2023/09/06: Keynote and Panelist on the EU AI Act as well as on Generative AI during the AI conference 'KI statt k.o.' of the DIHK in #Berlin. Watch the full recording here.

  • 2023/09/06: Panelist at Bruegel's Annual Meetings 2023 (#BAM) on "Perils and promises of generative AI". Watch the full recording here.

  • 2023/09/05: Speaker on the 'AI Act & EU's digital policy approach' at the European Future Technology Summit (EFTS) organized by EUREL (Convention of National Associations of Electrical Engineers of Europe) and VDE. More info here.

  • 2023/09/04: Presentation and discussion with the IT-Legal Committee of the Deutscher Anwaltverein (DAV) on the EU AI Act.

  • 2023/08/25: Panelist at 'How will AI shape humanity and vice versa' at the Alpbach summit in Austria. More information here.

  • 2023/08/25-27: Speaker at 'AIT Lab Days: Data Sovereignty – Ensuring Agency and Control in the Digital Space' organized by the Austrian Institute of Technology during the European Forum Alpbach summit in Austria. More information here.

  • 2023/08/25: Lecture 'EU's approach on AI' for the students of the 'Law & Digital Commerce' course at Singapore Management University.

  • 2023/08/22: Keynote on 'Regulatory framework for AI' at the VGBA Eurosummit during the gamescom in Cologne. Find more information here.

  • 2023/08/20: Speaker at the 'EU & Bay Builders Roundtable'. Find more information here.

  • 2023/07/13: Panelist at 'Zukunft des Datenschutzes - ist die DSGVO bereit für KI' organised by Landesbeauftragter für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit. Find more information here.

  • 2023/07/10: Keynote at an AI Act online workshop organized by TU Darmstadt, Research Lab for Law and applied Technologies (ReLLaTe), Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences. Find more information here.

  • 2023/07/05: Keynote and panelist in the workshop on 'The EU Regulatory Perspective on LGAIMs' during the conference 'AI for Good' organised by International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in Geneva. More info here.

  • 2023/07/03: Keynote on the AI Act for the participants of 'The First University of St. Gallen Grand Challenge: The EU AI Act 2023'. Find more information about the challenge here.

  • 2023/06/28: Panelist at a policy lunch on 'AI governance: challenges posed by foundation models and priority questions being answered by governments' organized by Partnership on AI in San Francisco.

  • 2023/06/25: Keynote at the Speinshart Symposia in Bavaria on 'The challenges and opportunities of Generative AI & the EU AI ACT'. Find more information here.

  • 2023/06/23: Speaker at an online event on the Trilogue of the AI Act organized by the Teknologirådet - The Norwegian Board of Technology.

  • 2023/06/22: Panelist for ‘Gesetzgebung zu Daten mit Medien-Relevanz’ at the conference ‘Kölner Forum Medienrecht’ in Cologne. More info here.

  • 2023/06/21: Impulse on the EU’s AI and data policies during the 'NowNewNext in the Global Public Sector' online event organised by Capgemini.

  • 2023/06/20: Speaker in a Twitter Space on 'AI in the EU: New Tech, New Rules' organized by Jon Stokes and Timothy B. Lee. The session can be listen to here.

  • 2023/06/17: Speech about 'AI Regulation in Europe' at the YOUthDIG in Finland. Find more information here.

  • 2023/06/15: Panelist for 'AI Risk Policy & Regulation - what to look out for in 2023' at The AI Summit in London. Find more information here.

  • 2023/06/13: Keynote speech on the AI Act and biometrics at the 'EU Identity Week 2023' in Amsterdam. Find more information here.

  • 2023/05/25: Panelist for 'Reviewing the global AI governance landscape: mapping the path to international collaborations' during the Amazon Web Services (AWS) 'DeepRacer - Brazil AI week' in Sao Paulo.

  • 2023/05/25: Panelist for 'AI Fairness Testing: Making it work in the Real World' during the CPDP2023 organized by CPDP Conferences in Brussels. Find more information here. 

  • 2023/05/15: Intervention on the interlink between GDPR and the AI Act at the COST Action 'FinAI meets Brussels' organized by the COST Association - European Cooperation in Science and Technology in Brussels. More information here.

  • 2023/05/11: Speaker at a NIST roundtable on the EU AI Act organized by BSA | The Software Alliance in Washington DC.

  • 2023/05/10: Panelist for 'Can Germany be a technology leader in AI' during the 'Rise of AI' conference in Berlin. Watch the full session here.

  • 2023/05/04: Panelist on 'DeFi, AI and Golems' at the Avalanche Summit in Barcelona organized by Ava Labs and Owl Explains by Ava Labs. Watch the full session here.

  • 2023/05/03: Panelist on 'Artificial Intelligence and Real Applications' at the RAID2023 online conference organized by RAID. Watch the full session here.

  • 2023/04/28: Introductory keynote at the MLOps conference organized by applied AI in Munich.

  • 2023/04/27: Panelist on 'Making AI Regulation work at scale' at the conference 'A word leader in AI: Challanges and Pathways for the UK in the next decase' organised by Albright Stonebridge Group and Dentons Global Advisers in London. More information here.

  • 2023/04/20: Keynote on 'Ethic in a digital society: Artificial Intelligence in the European context' at dinner event of the Deutschen Bischofskonferenz in Brussels.

  • 2023/04/20: Panelist at ID@Borders conference on 'EES implementation and the importance of safeguarding biometrics' organised by Biometrics Institute in Brussels. More information here.

  • 2023/03/29: Keynote at 'Artificial Intelligence in the Media' workshop organised by VauNet. Find more information here.

  • 2023/03/28: Keynote at 'Demystifying Tech: Artificial Intelligence' workshop organised by Wolt. Find more information here.

  • 2023/03/22: Guest lecture on 'EU digital policies' at Université Catholique de Lille for undergraduate students of the BA degree in Political Science.

  • 2023/03/21: Panelist at 'Where the Machines meet the Data. The Impact of the AI Act on the GDPR' webinar organised by CEDPO, dpo.ie and ICS. More information here.

  • 2023/03/10: Panelists at 'Regulation of AI in insurance' session during the PROGRES23 conference organized by The Geneva Association in Zurich. More information here.

  • 2023/03/08: Keynote on 'Upcoming Regulation in Data & AI' during the 'Global Data Council Workshop' organized by Zurich Insurance.

  • 2023/03/08: Introductory remarks on ‘Uncertainty and new efforts to regulate AI’ at the digital regulation roundtable discussion organized by European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE).

  • 2023/03/02: Presentation during the 'The EU AI Act and voices from the global south' conference in Bonn organized by the Academy of International Affairs NRW. Read more here.

  • 2023/02/02: Presentation on 'AI Act and it’s potential effects on businesses' at the 'Circle Europe Et Technologies Du Futur' organized by Athenora Consulting. Read more here.

  • 2023/02/02: Presentation in front of Master degree students in a course on ‘Digital Sovereignty’ at the Université Paris-Est Créteil (UPEC).

  • 2023/01/24: Intervention at 'European Roundtable on Third Party Litigation Funding and Intellectual Property Litigation' organized by Business Europe and US Chambers of Commerce in Brussels.

  • 2023/01/24: Keynote at 'Responsible AI in FinCrime' session in Amsterdam organized by Ernst & Young.

  • 2023/01/19: Panelist at 'New media, old media? Research challenges, emerging findings and future directions' conference in London organised by The Political Studies Association. Find the program here.

  • 2023/01/18: Intervention at 'Harnessing Artificial Intelligence (AI) to fight fraud in healthcare European Vision & National Cases' online event organised by International Association of Mutual Benefit Societies (AIM). Find the program here.

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Public appearances in 2022

  • 2022/12/15: Keynote on 'AI Regulation in the EU: The Need for Better Regulation?' during the conference on 'AI Governance in the EU and Consumer Protection' organized by Université d’Artois, Academy of International Affairs NRW and Université Catholique de Lyon in Douai. Find the program here.

  • 2022/12/15: Keynote on 'European AI Act impact: the case of Belgium' during the 'DPO Annual Conference' online conference organized by DPO Circle. Find more information here.

  • 2022/12/05: Panelist at 'AI Regulation in Europe: what next? A conversation with Kai Zenner and Dan Nechita' organized by APCO in Brussels. Find more information here.

  • 2022/12/01: Panelist at 'When innovation meets data – A regulatory straightjacket in the making?' during the European Data Summit organized by the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation in Berlin. Find more information here.

  • 2022/11/26: Keynote on 'The EU AI Act: Will it be a success story or a stumbling block?' during the 'AI Governance Forum 2022' online conference organized by AI Transparency Institute. Find more information here.

  • 2022/11/18: Keynote at an AI Act online workshop organized by TU Darmstadt, Research Lab for Law and applied Technologies (ReLLaTe), Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences. Find more information here.

  • 2022/11/18: Panelist at 'AI Act: Regulating the regulated?' organized by the European Centre of Excellence in AI Projects (Research Universities Consortium, Czech Republic), Czech Institute for European Policy (EUROPEUM) and European Digital Finance Association (EDFA) in Brussels.

  • 2022/11/15: Panelist at 'Evaluating Responsibilities Across the Value Chain: A Deep Dive on the AI Act and its Consequences for European SMEs' online event organized by SME Europe. Find more information here.

  • 2022/11/14: Panelist at 'Risk management: Substantial Modification and Pre-determined Changes' during the conference on 'Risk Management and Transparency' organized by Open Loop / META.

  • 2022/11/02: Keynote at 'Conversation Responsible private funding of litigation' online workshop organized by International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).

  • 2022/10/28: Keynote at 'AI and Mobility - when it is allowed to use AI' organized by Noerr Law Firm in Munich. Find more information here. 

  • 2022/10/26: Panelist at 'Addressing concerns, finding solutions – how to evolve policy for biometrics' as part of the Biometrics Institute Congress 2022 in London. Find more information here.

  • 2022/10/25: Panelist at 'Making the AI Act Work: Views on Standardization and Open Source' organized by OpenForum Europe in Brussels. Find more information here.

  • 2022/10/14: Keynote during the annual conference of 'Confederation of European Security Services' (CoESS) in Brussels with a focus on the AI Act and its consequences for the security sector. Find more information here.

  • 2022/09/29: Keynote on the AI Act that started the annual conference of the 'appliedAI Initiative' in Munich. Find more information here. 

  • 2022/09/28: Panelist at 'The Regulation and Governance of Artificial Intelligence' as part of the 2022 OPTIC conference hosted by AFME in London. Find more information here.

  • 2022/09/21: Panelist at 'A (human) rights centered AI Design' hosted by Science for Democracy in The Hague. Watch the morning session of the event here.

  • 2022/09/13: Panelist at 'Should the EU Regulate General-Purpose AI Systems?' an online-event hosted by the Center for Data Innovation. Watch the whole session here.

  • 2022/08/18: Keynote at 'AI-Bites - Talks & BBQ - Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and discussion of related legal questions' at Luther Law Firm in Cologne. Find more information here.

  • 2022/07/12: Panelist at IAPP's online-event with the title "EU Artificial Intelligence Act Proposal: What could it change?". Watch the whole session here.

  • 2022/06/22: Panelist at Erasmus School of Law's concluding event on the "Future Regulation of Third-Party Litigation Funding" in Rotterdam. Find more information here.

  • 2022/06/14: Keynote on "Insights from the European Parliament" at European Association for Biometrics (EAB) & DIN's AI Act workshops in Brussels. Find more information here.

  • 2022/06/02: Panelist at ITU's 'World Summit on the Information Society Forum 2022' (WSIS) in Geneva on "How assurance and conformity assessments are key to promote trustworthy AI". Watch the whole session here.

  • 2022/05/22: Keynote on 'Künstliche Intelligenz in der Pharmazeutischen Industrie' during the 'Digital ganz praktisch' online conference organised by Bundesverband Pharmazeutische Industrie (BPI).

  • 2022/05/05: Keynote on 'EU Regulatory Data Protection: A legal and policy appraisal of an emerging legislative framework' webinar organised by DLA Piper. Watch the event here.

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