About The Event
EU Institutions, Research Institutions and Industries will discuss about different visions, roles and impacts of Artificial Intelligence. Is a European approach necessary to provide the respect of ethical values and to contribute to citizens' wellbeing?
Where
Room ASP 5E2, Altiero Spinelli Building
European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium
When
Tuesday
November 19th 2019
Artificial intelligence (AI) is already a reality and it is expected to largely impact on economy, social behavior and, eventually, political equilibrium. In this context, many actors are asked to address regulatory and ethical issues, assure robust quality assurance process and deliver real business value. No country can act in isolation or lead this process, as well as no single industry should control the technologies or dominate the market.
European Union is the best candidate to provide the requested critical mass, guarantee the transparency of the process and the respect of the ethical values. Indeed, the European scientific and industrial excellence can drive a fair competitiveness at global level. Science, industry and policy have the joint responsibility to make this happen, throughout an integrated ecosystem where funds, instruments, rules ad measures should be coherent and effective.
In this regard, the European Union has already proved to be able to launch and manage ambitious initiatives where scientific results, industrial capabilities and public authorities have been involved in an efficient governance of this complex system.
To do so, and to provide socio-economic benefits for European citizens, it is mandatory to increase the competitiveness of Europe and contribute to establish an ethical framework where Europe act as a key player in research, policy and deployment of advanced products.
In the process towards the launch of Horizon Europe and the activities of the new European Parliament, a reflection among Institutions and Research Organizations on the future research developments in support to policy, in particular addressing Artificial Intelligence, is urgently needed.
The event aims at debating on the relevance of Artificial Intelligence in the global scenario, in particular addressing the role of Europe and of Science & Technology in fulfilling the societal needs mitigating the risks, which possibly arise from a new way to intend the links between economy and social values.
Speakers and panelists will be invited to discuss different visions, roles and impacts. In particular, the debate will address the role of EU institutions, Member States, industry, research and civil society in shaping the future.
The event is Invitation-Only
Due to the limited seats available and to the procedure for granting access to the European Parliament, the access to this event is available only on invitation.
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Event Speakers
Here are some of our speakers
Erika Widegren
Chief Executive of Re-Imagine Europa
Patrizia Toia
Member of the European Parliament
Vice-Chair Committee on Industry, Research and Energy
Daniela Rondinelli
Member of the European Parliament
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
Massimo Inguscio
President of CNR
Roberto Viola
EC Director General DG-CONNECT
Marco Conti
Director of IIT-CNR
Jeroen van den Hoven
Professor at TU Delft
EC European Group on Ethics EGE
Paul Lukowicz
German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence DFKI
Humane-AI
Patrick Gatellier
R&D Manager at Thales
AI4EU
Dino Pedreschi
Professor at University of Pisa
Kalina Bontcheva
Professor at University of Sheffield
SoBigData Research Infrastructure
Aristides Gionis
Professor at Aalto University
REBOUND ERC Advanced Grant
Marlon Dumas
Professor at University of Tartu
PIX ERC Advanced Grant
Fosca Giannotti
ISTI-CNR
XAI ERC Advanced Grant
Peter Dröll
EC Directorate General for Research and Innovation
Director for Prosperity
Paolo Borchia
Member of the European Parliament
Committee on Industry, Research and Energy
Event Schedule
The event is scheduled on November 19th 2019 starting at 08:30.
Practical information about access to parliament for those who are not provided with badges:
- meeting point: Info point in Place du Luxembourg
- from 8.00 to 8.20 there will be a parliamentary assistant with an event poster to wait for all registered people
The Conference will be chaired by Erika Widegren
Registration
Welcome by Patrizia Toia
Welcome by Daniela Rondinelli
Welcome by Massimo Inguscio
Keynote by Roberto Viola
The Vision of the Commission
European policies for Artificial Intelligence
Marco Conti
The CNR contribution to Italian AI
Jeroen van den Hoven
Ethical AI
Paul Lukowicz
H-AI: Human-centric AI
Patrick Gatellier
AI4EU: Europe's AI Platform
Talk by Dino Pedreschi
The Social dimension of AI
Excellent science on the road to realise the AI vision
Kalina Bontcheva
Europe's ecosystem for Social Mining and Big Data
Aristides Gionis
Reducing bias and polarization in online media
Marlon Dumas
AI for Business Process Improvement
Fosca Giannotti
Explainable AI
Peter Dröll
Closing remarks
Paolo Borchia
Closing remarks
Event Venue
Event venue location info and gallery
Room ASP 5E2, Altiero Spinelli Building, European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium
The Espace Léopold is the complex of parliament buildings in Brussels (Belgium) housing the European Parliament, a legislative chamber of the European Union. It consists of a number of buildings, primarily the oldest, the Paul-Henri Spaak building, which houses the debating chamber and the President's offices, and the Altiero Spinelli building which is the largest. The buildings are located in the European quarter in the east of Brussels, with building starting in 1989.
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