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All you need is AI? What businesses should do to prepare for the AI Act

All you need is AI? What businesses should do to prepare for the AI Act

When

Mar 19 2024

Where

Belgium

Venue

Time

09:00 - 14:00 CET

Speakers

Francine Cunningham

Regulatory and Public Affairs Director
Belgium Ireland

Benoit Van Asbroeck

Partner
Belgium

Baptist Vleeshouwers

Counsel
Belgium

Shima Abbady

Associate
Netherlands

Feyo Sickinghe

Of Counsel
Netherlands

Join us for practical insights to help your business prepare for the EU Artificial Intelligence Act, featuring specialists from the EU institutions, industry representatives and Bird & Bird experts.

A comprehensive overview of the final AI Act will be followed by two panel discussions focusing on:

Responsibilities of various players in the AI value chain; and
Governance, regulatory sandboxes and competition aspects of the AI Act

Registration starts at 9:00 AM and the event will take place from 9:15 AM to 1:00 PM. Following the discussions, we hope you can join us for a networking lunch.

Please note that this is an in-person seminar only. Online participation is not available, and the event will not be recorded.

Programme

9:00 – 9:15	Registration & Coffee
9:15 - 9:20	Welcome & Introductions Francine Cunningham, Bird & Bird (Brussels), Regulatory & Public Affairs Director
9:20 - 9:50	Overview of the final AI Act Shima Abbady, Bird & Bird (The Hague), Commercial Group associate
9:50 – 10:10	Enforcement outlook from European Commission Yordanka Ivanova, Legal and Policy Officer, AI Policy Development & Coordination, European Commission
10:10 – 10:15	First poll question Paolo Sasdelli, Bird & Bird (Brussels), Regulatory & Public Affairs Advisor
10:15 – 11:10	Panel 1: Are we all becoming Chief AI Officers? Responsibilities along the AI value chain Yordanka Ivanova, Legal and Policy Officer, AI Policy Development & Coordination, European Commission Dr. Laura Caroli, Senior policy advisor European Parliament. Tjade Stroband, Director European Government Affairs, Microsoft Daniel Friedlaender, Senior Vice President & Head of Office, CCIA Europe Chaired by Francine Cunningham, Bird & Bird (Brussels), Regulatory & Public Affairs Director
11:10 – 11:30	Coffee break & Networking
11:30 – 12:00	Artificial Intelligence Act & Intellectual Property Benoit Van Asbroeck, Bird & Bird (Brussels), Intellectual Property Group partner
12:00 – 12:05	Second poll question Paolo Sasdelli, Bird & Bird (Brussels), Regulatory & Public Affairs Advisor
12:05 – 12:55	Panel 2: Governance, sandboxes and competition: what’s ahead Regina Ojea-Schneider, Senior Legal Counsel Regulatory Affairs, Amadeus IT Group Cas Mevissen, Policy Officer, Ministry of Economic Affairs, The Netherlands Baptist Vleeshouwers, Bird & Bird (Brussels) Competition & EU Group Counsel Chaired by Feyo Sickinghe, Bird & Bird (Brussels), Regulatory & Public Affairs Of Counsel
12:55 – 13:00	Wrap up of our event Feyo Sickinghe, Bird & Bird (Brussels), Regulatory & Public Affairs Of Counsel
13:00 - 14:00	Lunch & Networking

Register below to secure your spot and feel free to forward this invite to your colleagues if they would also be interested in attending. We look forward to welcoming you.

Address

Av. Louise 235
Brussels
Belgium

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