The Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down harmonised rules on Artificial Intelligence, also known as the AI Act, has been one of the most contentious regulatory EU-initiatives of the last few years. Discussions between the European Commission, Council of the EU and Parliament have been intense and lasted nearly 3 years. The text was adopted by the Council of the EU February 2nd 2024 and is due to be adopted later this year by the European Parliament. Significant textual changes are no longer possible and with the text publicly available, this is a good moment to take a closer look at what was actually agreed.

During this webinar, CiTiP-researchers will explore 5 key topics under the AI Act:

• Definition of AI: what type of digital technology is impacted by the AI Act?
• Scope of application: what is the geographical, material and temporal scope of application of the AI Act?
• Risk categories: which risk categories are applied to AI-technology?
• General Purpose AI Models: what type of AI-models are considered to be general purpose? Which obligations do they have?
• Regulatory Sandboxes: What to expect from regulatory sandboxes?

Speakers will focus on clarifying the various concepts and their potential impact on a variety of stakeholders. During a second webinar, we will build further on these topics and take a more detailed look at the prohibited and high risk AI-systems, conformity assessments, the fundamental rights impact assessment and the supportive measures for SME’s.

Registration

Register by e-mailing your full name to: law.citip.admin@kuleuven.be

Upon confirmation, you will receive a calendar-invite with all details on how to join.

Location:
Online (Teams)

Keynote speakers:
Ivo Emanuilov, Katerina Yordanova, Matteo Frigeri, Abdullah Elbi and Thomas Gils.

This webinar is an initiative of CiTiP and the Knowledge Centre Data & Society, with the support of the research projects iMARS and FAITH