Governing AI in Europe: Advancing Fundamental Rights through Regulatory Enforcement

  • Panel
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Organising Institution

Center for AI and Digital Policy

Europe

  • Academic 2
  • Business 2
  • Policy 2
As the EU AI Act moves toward implementation, critical questions remain about its enforcement, scope, and impact on fundamental rights. This panel brings together policymakers, legal scholars, industry leaders, and civil society representatives to explore how AI governance in Europe ensures compliance with human rights protections while addressing risks like biometric surveillance, AI-driven discrimination, and regulatory gaps. With AI regulations emerging worldwide, what role will European AI governance play in shaping global norms? The discussion will focus on enforcement mechanisms, the role of data protection authorities, and cross-border implications.

Questions to be answered

  1. How will the EU AI Act be enforced across different sectors, and what role will data protection authorities play?
  2. What are the biggest challenges in ensuring AI regulation upholds fundamental rights?
  3. How can Europe’s AI governance framework influence global regulatory approaches?
  4. What mechanisms are needed to ensure transparency and accountability in AI decision-making?

Moderator

Marc Rotenberg

Center for AI and Digital Policy (CAIDP) - International

Marc Rotenberg is Director of the Center for AI and Digital Policy. He is one of the world's leading experts on data protection, open government, and AI policy. He has served on many advisory panels, including the OECD AI Group of Experts. Marc helped draft the Universal Guidelines for AI, a widely endorsed policy framework for the regulation of Artificial Intelligence. Marc is the author of several textbooks on privacy law, open government, and AI policy, including the 2020 AI Policy Sourcebook and Privacy and Society (West Academic 2016). He teaches privacy law and the GDPR at Georgetown Law. Marc has spoken frequently before the US Congress, the European Parliament, the OECD, UNESCO, judicial conferences, and international organizations. Marc is a graduate of Harvard College, Stanford Law School, and Georgetown Law. He has previously led International comparative law studies on privacy and human rights, and cryptography and liberty.

Speaker

Anne-Charlotte Recker

Belgian Data Protection Authority - Belgium

Anne-Charlotte Recker is a member of the Executive Committee at the Belgian Data Protection and serves at the same time as the director of the DPA’s Front Office. She joined the DPA in 2020, and previously worked as a lawyer at the Brussels bar as well as in international organisations. Before joining the Belgian DPA, she also worked as a researcher and taught intellectual property law and electronic contracts in a higher education establishment. Anne-Charlotte Recker obtained her law degree from the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), then also took courses at the KU Leuven (Masters Intellectual Property and ICT). She is fluent in 6 languages.

Speaker

Julia Apostle

Orrick - Europe

Julia advises clients of all sizes, from start-ups and NGO’s to global tech companies, on compliance with existing and emerging EU digital laws. She has extensive private practice and in-house experience, having worked at Article 19, the Financial Times and Twitter before joining Orrick to lead its French tech and data regulatory and transactions practice.

Speaker

Gregory Lewkowicz

Université libre de Bruxelles - Belgium

Gregory Lewkowicz is a professor at the Université libre de Bruxelles, a member of the Perelman Centre, and the director of the SMART Law Hub within the Faculty of Law and Criminology. He is also the academic director at the Institute of Artificial Intelligence for the Common Good (FARI) in Brussels.