RAID Brussels 2024 Innovate, Regulate and Implement with Courage and Caution
Panel: Intersection of Tech and Existing Vertical Regulations
This panel will explore the challenges of aligning horizontal regulations, such as data privacy and AI governance, with industry-specific rules in vertical sectors. The panel aims to provide insights into navigating regulatory overlaps and conflicts while fostering innovation and ensuring compliance across diverse industries.
Kai Zenner
Cian O'Brien
Dr Laura Caroli
Boniface de Champris
Panel: How Governments can Support the Tech Sector
This panel examines the role of governments in fostering innovation, promoting growth, and shaping regulations that support a responsible tech industry. Speakers will explore policy frameworks, partnerships, and investment strategies that balance innovation with societal considerations – and how other industries can transform digitally
David Bassetti
Elias Papadopoulos
Serge Degallaix
Panel: Emerging Technologies and Innovation
This panel will explore how advances in technology impact regulatory frameworks. The audience will gain insights into how innovation can be developed responsibly, how regulations can keep in step, and how a positive innovation ecosystem can be nurtured.
Isidro Laso Ballesteros
Antonio Krüger
Cécile Huet
Karen Boers
Coffee Break and Networking
Panel: Harnessing AI to Transform Work and Research
The panel explores how AI is revolutionising professional environments and research across sectors. Speakers will discuss AI’s role in enhancing productivity and innovation in scientific research and legal services, as well as concerns about job displacement, ethical issues, and over-reliance on automated systems. The panel aims to provide a balanced view of AI’s transformative potential, alongside the regulatory considerations needed for responsible implementation.
Charlotte Deane
Dr. Wassim Jouini
Giorgio Metta
David Timis
Panel: Challenges of Misinformation in the Digital Age
The panel addresses the growing impact of mis- and dis-information across digital platforms and its implications for society, governance, and technology. Speakers will discuss the role of AI in both spreading and combating mis/disinformation, as well as the ethical and regulatory challenges involved. The panel aims to provide insights into how misinformation can be effectively addressed while balancing free speech, platform responsibility, and technological innovation.
Katherine Harman-Stokes
Andy Phippen
Jess Merryfield
Jonny Shipp
How Governments and Industry Can Build Data Economies
The panel focuses on public and private sector initiatives to develop data-driven economies. Speakers will explore strategies for harnessing data to drive innovation and economic growth while addressing key issues like data privacy, security, and equitable access. The panel will provide insights into building sustainable data ecosystems that balance economic opportunities with regulatory frameworks and ethical considerations.
Ulrich Ahle
Aymeric Pontvianne
Ysabelle Rase
Cassandra Gaedt-Sheckter
Panel: Technology, Financial Stability and Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs)
The panel provides a comprehensive discussion on the balance between promoting innovation through CBDCs and maintaining the stability of the global financial system.
Alexandre Stervinou
Ondřej Kovařík
Priscilla Koo Wilkens
Douglas Lockhart
Emoke Peter
Panel: Regulating AI and Data in Healthcare
This panel will discuss the benefits of AI-driven innovations in improving patient care and medical research, while addressing challenges related to data privacy, patient safety, and ethical concerns. How can regulatory frameworks balance fostering innovation with ensuring patient protection and compliance?
Tatjana Evas
Noémi Bontridder
Juan Ventura
Regina Becker
Lien Delvoye
Panel: Opportunities and Risks of AI in Financial Services
AI is transforming financial services, from enhancing efficiency and personalization to improving risk management. This panel examines the opportunities AI presents, such as fraud detection and automated decision-making, and the risks, including data privacy, bias, and regulatory compliance
Carlo Comporti
Nicola Jentzsch
Evelyn Grass
Ashish Sarkar
Coffee Break and Networking
Panel: Regulating the Digitalisation of Medical Devices
This panel examines the regulatory challenges of advancements in AI and digitalisation in relation to medical devices. How can improved diagnostics and patient care be balanced with concerns about data security, patient safety, and compliance with evolving regulations?
Stephen Gilbert
Wolfgang Lauer
Isabel Barberá
Workshop (Invitation Only)
Keynote Addresses
Didier Reynders
Zekeriya Çoştu
Panel 1: Grasping the Opportunities and Threats of AI and Digital Transformation
- What should governments be focusing on now, from the next Working Programme of the European Commission to other jurisdictions?
- How should tech regulation and implementation balance the risks and opportunities of AI adoption and digital transformation
- Fostering innovation and adoption: which industry sectors face the greatest opportunities and challenges?
- Ensuring a human-centred and equitable approach to AI adoption
- Addressing the intellectual property rights issues around generative AI
Werner Stengg
Jon Donenberg
Jean-François Copé
Julie Brill
Karine Caunes
Panel 2: Internet Governance: Protecting Societies and Consumer Rights:
- The role of internet regulation in rebuilding trust in technology and governments
- Safeguarding net neutrality, user well-being and internet freedom
- Fairness: regulating dark patterns and personalised pricing
- Tackling the societal threat of disinformation and establishing ethical boundaries in the era of deepfakes
- Virtual worlds: avoiding past mistakes while envisioning an integrated and immersive future
Sergey Lagodinsky
Zoe Kardasiadou
Kristian Bartholin
Sarah Jacquier Pelissier
Natascha Gerlach
Coffee Break and Networking
Panel 3: Driving Digital Transformation and Innovation
- Harnessing critical and emerging technologies responsibly
- Industry perspectives on regulatory needs for innovation
- Comparing macroeconomic approaches to promoting competitiveness, investment and innovation across jurisdictions
Dragos Tudorache
Liviu Stirbat
Ashish Sarkar
Guido Lobrano
Panel 4: Making Tech Legislation Work in Practice
- What are the challenges in implementing the new wave of tech legislation: the AI Act, DSA and DMA?
- Regional harmonisation: how is implementation and enforcement going to happen in the same way across Europe?
- Lessons from the experience of GDPR: how can we avoid overstretching DPAs
Anu Talus
Brando Benifei
Tine A. Larsen
Karolina Mojzesowicz
Ahmed Baladi
Peter Craddock
Lunch & Networking
Panel 5: Rising up to the Challenge: Competition vs. Competitiveness
- Antitrust: global and industry perspectives on competition policy – what can different jurisdictions learn from each other’s approaches to anticompetitive behaviour?
- Pro-growth: How can regulatory and macroeconomic policies boost competitiveness and address market concentration?
- What is the role of investment in “levelling up” the global tech landscape, and how can this be achieved?
- What’s the role of “big tech” in enabling other players to thrive?
Simon Reetz
Victoria de Posson
Nicholas Hirst
Panel 6: Data Governance and Privacy in the Digital Era
- Goals of the Data/Digital Strategy in the EU, UK and the US. Regarding the EU, what next for the European Data Spaces?
- Impact of new regulations on Data Protection Authorities
- Facilitating access to data and addressing the challenges of construing data protection rules and meet AI ambitions in like-minded jurisdictions
Katherine Harman-Stokes
John Edwards
Cecilia Alvarez Rigaudias
Vivek Mohan
Bojana Bellamy
Coffee Break and Networking
Keynote Message
Nathaniel Moran
Panel 7: International and Cross-Sector Alignment on Technology Regulation
- In a multipolar world, where can we build global benchmarks and international regulatory alignment?
- Learning from different jurisdictions and regional alliances (BRICS; Transatlantic; ASEAN and the Global South)
- Balancing trade rules with privacy protection, and ensuring technology neutrality in trade agreements
- Cross-sector insights into regulatory challenges
Waldemar Gonçalves Ortunho Júnior
Dr Ritu Nalubola
Irakli Khodeli
Peter Kerstens
Sebastian-Dan Naste
Cocktail Reception
In the garden, weather permitting