Présentation

In order to create a space for interdisciplinary discussions and exchanges on the governance issues raised by artificial intelligence, the Digital Law Center has launched the online AI Tech & Policy Talks (AITPT) series in October 2020.

During each session of AITPT, a presentation is made by a distinguished speaker on a topic relating to IA governance. The presentation is followed by comments made by two expert commentators and by a general informal discussion with the participants. The AITPT events are organized in English.

Personnes

Jacques de Werra

Directeur du Centre de Droit du Numérique
Professeur à la Faculté de droit

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Ammihud Joseph

Assistant de recherche et d'enseignement

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Contact & renseignements

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Past sessions

First session : October 29, 2020

The first session of the AI Tech & Policy Talks featured a presentation by Ana Andrijevic, teaching assistant and doctoral student at the Digital Law Center, on the following topic : Artificial Intelligence & Intellectual Property: Challenges and Perspectives. The PowerPoint presentation is available here.

The presentation was commented by Prof. Slava Voloshynovskiy, Faculty of Science, Computer Science and Centre Universitaire Informatique (CUI), University of Geneva, and Dr. Maria Assunta Cappelli, Centre Universitaire Informatique (CUI), University of Geneva.

Second session : December 3, 2020

The second session of the AI Tech & Policy Talks featured a presentation by Dr Matteo Tarantino, invited researcher at the Institute for Environmental Sciences, UNIGE, and Assistant Professor at the Catholic University of Milan, on the following topic : Analysis of Facebook Conversations: Prospects and Challenges. The PowerPoint presentation is available here.

The presentation was commented by Dr Jérôme Duberry, Lecturer and Researcher at the Dusan Sidjanski Center of Excellence in European Studies, Global Studies Institute, UNIGE and Ms. Hélène Bruderer, Ph.D Candidate and teaching and research assistant at the Faculty of Law and researcher at the Digital Law Center, University of Geneva. 

Third session : January 28, 2021

The third presentation of the AI Tech & Policy Talks featured a presentation by Prof. Katarzyna Wac, Faculté d'économie et de management, UNIGE, on the following topic : AI @ CARE: Laws and Ethics and Algorithmic Bias in Healthcare. The PowerPoint presentation is available here.

The presentation was commented by Professor François Fleuret, Computer Science, UNIGE and Ms. Sotiria Kechagia, scientific collaborator at the Faculty of Law and at the Digital Law Center, University of Geneva.

Fourth session : March 3, 2021

The fourth presentation of the AI Tech & Policy Talks featured a presentation by Prof. Robin Geiss, Swiss Chair of International Humanitarian Law at the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, Professor of International Law and Security at the University of Glasgow and upcoming Director of the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR), on the following topic : AI and the Digital Battlefield.

The presentation was commented by Prof. Marco Sassòli, Department of Public International Law and International Organization, University of Geneva and Prof. Giovanna Di Marzo, Computer Science Center, University of Geneva.

Fifth session : March 31, 2021

The fifth presentation of the AI Tech & Policy Talks featured a presentation by Dr Sivan Tamir, Policy Counsel & Senior Research Fellow at the Israel Tech Policy Institute, on the following topic : Implementing Algorithmic Decision-Making Systems in Social Welfare Services. The PowerPoint presentation is available here

The presentation was commented by Limor Shmerling Magazanik, Managing Director of the Israel Tech Policy Institute and Prof. Diego Kuonen, Geneva School of Economics and Management, University of Geneva.

Sixth session : April 29, 2021

The sixth presentaiton of the AI Tech & Policy Talks featured a presentation by Dr Padmashree Gehl Sampath, Senior advisor of the Global Access in Action program at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, Adjunct Professor and a Professorial Fellow at the United Nations University-MERIT, on the following topic : Artificial Intelligence and Structural Inequality: The Problems of Foreseeable and Unforeseeable Bias.

The presentation was commented by Dr james Wahutu, Assistant Professor in Media, Culture, and Communication, New York University and Faculty Associate, Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, and Prof. Jean-Henry Morin, Associate Professor for Information Systems, University of Geneva.

Seventh session : June 29, 2021

The seventh presentaiton of the AI Tech & Policy Talks featured a presentation by Prof. Ryan Abbott, Professor of Law and Health Sciences at University of Surrey, on the following topic : Protecting AI Output with Intellectual Property.

Eighth session : September 16, 2021

The eighth presentation of the AI Tech & Policy Talks featured a presentation by Prof. Yaniv Benhamou, Professor of Law at University of Geneva and member of the board of directors of the digital law center, on the following topic : How to use copyleft licenses and collective governance of data through data trusts, in order to increase data flows.

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Ninth session : September 29, 2021

The ninth presentation of the AI Tech & Policy Talks featured a presentation by Dr Thibault Schrepel, Associate Professor of Law, VU Amsterdam & Faculty Affiliate, Stanford University, on the following topic : Augmenting competition law with AI: the case for computational antitrust.

The presentation was commented by Dr Catalina Goanta, Assistant Professor in Private Law, Maastricht University, and Dr Adrien Alberini, Lecturer, University of Geneva, Attorney at Law, Partner at sigma legal, Geneva and Affiliated researcher, Digital Law Center.

Tenth session : November 4, 2021

The tenth presentation of the AI Tech & Policy Talks featured a presentation by Prof. Julien Cabay, Associate Professor at Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Associate Professor at Université de Liège (ULiège) and Affiliated researcher at the Digital Law Center, and Thomas Vandamme, Deep Learning Researcher at ULB, on the following topic : Assessing IP Similarities Through Technology : A Trademark Exploration of Challenges and Avenues. The PowerPoint presentation can be found here.

More information on their project at : https://www.ulb.be/fr/arc/arc-research-project-ipsam 

The presentation was commented by Prof. Stéphane Machand-Maillet, Associate Professor at the Department of Computer Science, University of Geneva, and Prof. Dev Gangjee, Professor of Intellectual Property Law, University of Oxford.

 

Eleventh session : March 29, 2022

The eleventh presentation of the AI Tech & Policy Talk featured a presentation by Prof. Lonneke van der Plas, Associate Professor at Idiap, who gave a presentation on computational creativity. More specifically, she presented some of her recent work on the generation of novel concepts. The PowerPoint presentation can be found here

More information about Idiap can be found here: https://www.idiap.ch/en 

The presentation was commented by Dr Andres Guadamuz, Reader in Intellectual Property Law at the University of Sussex, and Ana Andrijevic, Ph.D Candidate & Research and teaching assistant at the Digital Law Center.

Twelfth session : October 4, 2022

The twelfth presentation of the AI Tech & Policy Talk featured a presentation by Prof. Thomas Margoni, Professor at KU Leuven, who gave a presentation on  Property right approaches in the regulation of AI in the European Union. 

The presentation of Prof. Margoni can be found : here

The presentation was commented by Ana Andrijevic, Ph.D. Candidate & Affiliate Researcher at the Digital Law Center, and Prof. Tatsuhiro Ueno, Professor in Intellectual Property Law at the University of Waseda

Thirteenth session : November 15, 2022

The thirteenth presentation of the AI Tech & Policy Talk featured a presentation by Prof. Sébastien Marcel, Professor at idiap, who gave a presentation on Spoofing and deepfakes in biometrics and the risk of identity theft.

The presentation of Prof. Marcel can be found : here

The presentation was commented by Prof. Sérgio Branco, co-founder and Director of the Institute for Technology & Society of Rio de Janeiro (ITS Rio) and Irmak Erdoğan, Postdoctoral researcher at the Center for IT & IP Law (CiTiP) of KU Leuven University

Fourteenth session : March 7, 2023

The fourteenth presentation of the AI Tech & Policy Talk featured a presentation by Dr. Alina Trapova, Lecturer in Intellectual Property Law at University College London (UCL), who gave a presentation on Gaming & AI.

The presentation of Dr. Trapova can be found : here 

The presentation was commented by Stacey Chuvaieva, Entertainment Lawyer at Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP and LL.M Harvard Law School (2022) and Philippe Sundfeld, Senior Manager, Legal – Data Protection Officer (DPO) at Wildlife Studios and alumnus of the UNIGE – WIPO Summer School on Intellectual Property (2014).

Fifteenth session : December 5, 2023

The fifteenth presentation of the AI Tech & Policy Talk featured a presentation by Claire Morel de Westgaver, Partner at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, who gave a presentation on  The Use of AI in International Arbitration Proceedings – Will Transparency Make The Algorithm Fair?

The presentation was followed by comments from Benjamin Malek, Arbitrator at T.H.E. Chambers, Chair of the SVAMC AI Task Forceand Prof. Pietro Ortolani, Full Professor of Digital Conflict Resolution at Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.

Sixteenth session : February 20, 2024

The sixteenth presentation of the AI Tech & Policy Talk featured a presentation by  Prof. Teresa Rodriguez De Las Heras Ballell, Associate Professor of Commercial Law at University Carlos III of Madrid, Spain, on Automating decision-making in commercial transactions: A legal framework for Algorithmic Contracting.

The presentation is available: here 

The presentation was followed by comments from: Prof. Martin Ebers, President of the Robotics & AI Law Society (RAILS) and Associate Professor of IT Law at the University of Tartu, Estonia, and Willem Wiggers, Founder of the contract automation and contract management software using AI, Weagree.

Their presentations are respectively available: here and here 

Vidéos

AI Tech & Policy Talks (28.01.2021)

AI Tech & Policy Talks (03.03.2021)

AI Tech & Policy Talks (31.03.2021)

AI Tech & Policy Talks (29.04.2021)

AI Tech & Policy Talks (16.09.2021)

AI Tech & Policy Talks (29.09.2021)

AI Tech & Policy Talks (04.11.2021)

AI Tech & Policy Talks (29.03.2022)

AI Tech & Policy Talks (04.10.2022)

AI Tech & Policy Talk (15.11.2022)

AI Tech & Policy Talk (07.03.2023)

AI Tech & Policy Talk (05.12.2023)

AI Tech & Policy Talk (20.02.2024)