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In a world shaped every day by technological developments, it is of utmost importance to discuss what roles these technologies should play in society.

We are excited to announce the 4th AI Policy Summit, which continues the multi-stakeholder dialogue with leading experts in exploring the use of public policy and societal engagement to capture the benefits of artificial intelligence, minimize its risks, and enhance its adoption.

This conference is a unique opportunity for policymakers, business leaders, civil society, and academia to exchange ideas and co-create the future of AI policies. Join us to build AI policy together for a better world! Take advantage of this chance to be at the forefront of shaping the future of AI policies.

GLOBAL OUTREACH
109 Countries 6 Continents

PARTICIPANT AFFILIATION

AI POLICY SUMMIT 2023
AN EXCLUSIVE LOOK

AI POLICY SUMMIT DISCUSSION THEMES

2023 New Key Partnership

RegHorizon and ETH Zurich Center for Law and Economics are delighted to announce a strategic partnership with UNESCO for our annual AI Policy Summit. 

UNESCO's expertise and collaboration will help shape the future of AI policy. The partnership aims to create a sustainable and equitable future where AI technology is used for the greater good of humanity.

2023 THEMES

STRATEGIC PARTNERS 2023

COMMUNICATION PARTNERS 2023

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS 2023

See agenda below

Amandeep Singh Gill

Amandeep Singh Gill

United Nations Secretary-General’s Envoy on Technology

Charlotte A. Burrows

Charlotte A. Burrows

Chair of U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

Michael Hengartner

Michael Hengartner

President of the Board, Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology (ETH)

Wojciech Wiewiorowski

Wojciech Wiewiorowski

European Data Protection Supervisor

Gabriela Ramos

Gabriela Ramos

Assistant Director-General for the Social and Human Sciences of UNESCO

Paul Nemitz

Paul Nemitz

Principal Adviser DG JUST, European Commission

Brando Benifei

Brando Benifei

Member of the European Parliament, Lead Negotiator EU AI Act

Sabine Süsstrunk

Sabine Süsstrunk

President of the Swiss Science Council, Professor EPFL

Gary Marcus

Gary Marcus

Prof. Emeritus, NYU

Thomas Schneider

Thomas Schneider

Director of International Affairs at the Swiss Federal Office of Communications, Chair, Council of Europe Committee on AI

Yi Zeng

Yi Zeng

Professor and Director, International Research Center for AI Ethics and Governance, at Chinese Academy of Sciences

Elisabeth Bechtold

Elisabeth Bechtold

Head of AI Governance, Zurich Insurance

Lan Xue

Lan Xue

Distinguished Professor and Dean, Institute of AI Governance (I-AIIG), Tsinghua University, China

Jessica Montgomery

Jessica Montgomery

Executive Director, Accelerate Programme for Scientific Discovery, University of Cambridge

Marcel Salathé

Marcel Salathé

Head of Digital Epidemiology Lab, and Founder of Applied Machine Learning Days (AMLD), EPFL

Ashutosh Garg

Ashutosh Garg

CEO & Co-Founder, Eightfold AI

Thomas Burri

Thomas Burri

Professor of International Law and European Law at the University of St. Gallen

Gry Hasselbalch

Gry Hasselbalch

Ph.D., Author and Scholar, and Co-Founder of DataEthics

Jan Kleijssen

Jan Kleijssen

ALLAI Board Member and Ex Director at the Council of Europe

Hiroki Habuka

Hiroki Habuka

Research Professor, Kyoto University Graduate School of Law, The Center for Interdisciplinary Studies of Law and Policy (CISLP), Japan

Wei Zhang

Wei Zhang

Assistant Resident Representative UNDP, China

Alexander Barclay

Alexander Barclay

Responsible for Digital Policy, State of Geneva

Roger Dubach

Roger Dubach

Ambassador, Deputy Director, Directorate of International Law, Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs

Pierre Rossel

Pierre Rossel

Director, Inspiring Futures

Florent Thouvenin

Florent Thouvenin

Chairman of the Center for Information Technology, Society, and Law (ITSL) and Director of the Digital Society Initiative (DSI), University of Zurich

Sandra Wachter

Sandra Wachter

Professor of Technology and Regulation Oxford Internet Institute

Zheng Liang

Zheng Liang

Professor of the School of Public Policy and Management and vice dean of the Institute for AI International Governance, Tsinghua University, China

Abraham Bernstein

Abraham Bernstein

Head, Dynamic and Distributed Information Systems Group University Zurich

Aldo Lamberti

Aldo Lamberti

Founder and CEO of Syntheticus and Vice Chair – IEEE Standards Association Industry Connection

Angela Müller

Angela Müller

Head of AlgorithmWatch CH, Head of Policy & Advocacy AlgorithmWatch

Dominick Romano

Dominick Romano

Founder, Drainpipe.io & Contributor, Topic Group AI for Radiology Focus Group AI for Health, WHO & ITU

Dana Mazia

Dana Mazia

General Manager of the Bright Initiative

Kerstin Johansson Baker

Kerstin Johansson Baker

Head of CNAI Unit, Swiss Federal Statistical Office

Winston Ojenge

Winston Ojenge

Senior research fellow at the African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS)

Sorina Teleanu

Sorina Teleanu

Director of Knowledge, Diplo

Robert Trager

Robert Trager

Director, Oxford Martin AI Governance Initiative

Tawana Petty

Tawana Petty

Convening Member, Detroit Digital Justice Coalition

Markus Christen

Markus Christen

Managing Director, Digital Society Initiative, University of Zurich

Raphael von Thiessen

Raphael von Thiessen

Project Lead Innovation-Sandbox for AI, Canton of Zurich, Co-Founder, Momentum Collaboration

Guillem Martínez Roura

Guillem Martínez Roura

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Robotics Programme Officer, International Telecommunication Union (ITU-UN)

David Marti

David Marti

AI Programme Manager at Pour Demain

Kristina Podnar

Kristina Podnar

Native Trust Consulting, US

Avinash Dadhich

Avinash Dadhich

Director & Professor of Law, Manipal Law School, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (Bengaluru Campus), Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Ekkehard Ernst

Ekkehard Ernst

International Labour Organization (ILO), President Geneva Macro Labs and STOA International Advisory Board/European Parliament

Stefan Seidel

Stefan Seidel

Professor in Information Systems University of Cologne

Cornelia Schaurecker

Cornelia Schaurecker

Senior global digital, data, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) executive

Benjamin Arold

Benjamin Arold

Researcher at the Center for Law & Economics at ETH Zurich

Farah Lalani

Farah Lalani

Global VP, Trust & Safety Policy, Teleperformance

Lyria Bennett Moses

Lyria Bennett Moses

Director of the UNSW Allens Hub for Technology, Law and Innovation

Colin van Noordt

Colin van Noordt

Department of Innovation and Governance, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia

Nicolas Zhan

Nicolas Zhan

Managing Director, UZH Swiss Digital Initiative

Bertrand Loison

Bertrand Loison

Vice Director, Data Science Center of the Federal Statistical Office of Switzerland

Elliott Ash

Elliott Ash

Assistant Professor (Chair of Law, Economics, and Data Science), ETH Zurich

Ayisha Piotti

Ayisha Piotti

Director AI Policy ETH Zurich, Managing Partner RegHorizon

 AGENDA 

All times CET (Central European Time)
Friday | November 3, 2023 | In-Person & Online

8h30 – 9h00 Coffee and Registration
9h00 – 9h10 Welcome
Elliott Ash & Ayisha Piotti (ETH Zurich & RegHorizon)
9h10 – 9h25 Opening Keynote: 
Gabriela Ramos (Assistant Director General, UNESCO)
9h25 – 9h50

Welcome Remarks
Michael Hengartner (President ETH Board)

Update from China
Keynote: Lan Xue (Dean Schwartzman College Tsinghua University, China)

9h50 – 10h35 Panel 1
Building Bridges in AI Policy – Part 1
Moderator: Florent Thouvenin (University of Zurich)
Panel Discussion:
Paul Nemitz (European Commission)
Yi Zeng (Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Hiroki Habuka (Wadhwani Center, Japan)
Roger Dubach (Swiss Foreign Office)
Jessica Montgomery,(University of Cambridge)
10h35 – 11h00 Coffee Break
11h00 – 11h45 Panel 2
AI in Government
Moderator: Collin van Noordt (Tallinn University of Technology)
Panel Discussion:
Marcel Salathé (EPFL)
Bertrand Loison (Swiss Federal Statistics Office)
Tawana Petty (Social Science Research Council, US)
Pierre Rossel (Inspiring Futures)
Lyria Bennett Moses (UNSW, Australia)
11h45 – 12h05 Democratizing Data & Standard Setting
Dana Mazia (Bright Initiative)
Aldo Lamberti (Syntheticus & IEEE)
12h05 – 13h00 Lunch Break
13h00 – 13h15 Keynote: Charlotte Burrows (Chair of US EEOC)
13h15 – 14h00 Panel 3
AI and Future of Work
Moderator: Sorina Teleanu (DIPLO)
Panel Discussion:
Charlotte Burrows (US EEOC)
Ashutosh Garg (Eightfold ai)
Angela Müller (Algorithm Watch)
Sandra Wachter (Oxford Internet Institute)
Winston Ojenge (African Centre for Technology Studies, Kenya)
14h00 – 15h00 Dialogue with the Regulators
14h00 – 14h20 The EU AI Act - Keynote and Q&A
with MEP Brando Benifei (Lead Negotiator AI Act)
Facilitated by Thomas Burri (University of St Gallen)
14h20 – 14h40 The UN Developments – Keynote and Q&A
Amandeep Singh Gill (United Nations Secretary-General’s Envoy on Technology)
Facilitated by Ayisha Piotti (ETH Zurich & RegHorizon)
14h40 – 15h00 The Data Challenge - Keynote and Q&A
with Wojciech Wiewiorowski (European Data Protection Supervisor)
Facilitated by Ben Arold (ETH Zurich)
15h00 – 15h55 Panel 4
Building Bridges in AI Policy – Part 2
Moderator: Jan Kleijssen (ALLAI)
Panel Discussion:
Thomas Schneider (Swiss Federal Office of Communication)
Gary Marcus (NYU, US)
Avinash Dadich (Manipal Law, India)
Robert Trager (University of Oxford)
Gry Hasselbalch (DataEthics, Denmark)
Zheng Liang (Tsinghua University, China)
Avinash Dadich (Manipal Law, India)
15h55 – 16h15 Coffee Break
16h15 – 17h00 Swiss Highlights – Facilitated by Nicolas Zhan (Swiss Digital Initiative)
16h15 – 16h30 Canton ZH Sandbox Learnings
with Rapahel von Thiessen (Canton of Zurich)
16h30 – 16h45 AI and Education
with Abraham Bernstein (University of Zurich)
16h45 – 17h00 Strategic Approach to Digital Policy
with Alexander Barclay (Canton of Geneva)
17h00 – 17h45

Panel 5
Ethics and AI in the Private Sector

Moderator: Kristina Podnar (Native Trust Consulting)

Panel Discussion:
Elisabeth Bechtold (Zurich Insurance)
Dominick Romano (Drainpipe io)
Farah Lalani (Teleperformance)
Cornelia Schauracker (Mindfuel, Capgemini)

17h45 – 18h00 Closing Remarks and Introduction to Day 2
Elliott Ash (ETH Zurich)
Ayisha Piotti (ETH Zurich & RegHorizon)

All times CET (Central European Time)
Friday | November 4, 2023 | In-Person only
This half-day will feature simultaneous discussion sessions on different topics

8h30 – 9h00 Coffee and Registration
9h00 – 9h05 Introduction of the discussion sessions
Ayisha Piotti (ETH Zurich & RegHorizon)
9h05 – 9h30 Generative AI Systems
GPT for the Future of YOUR work
Prof Elliott Ash - (ETH Zurich)
9h30 – 11h00 Simultaneous Sessions
11h00 – 11h30 Coffee Break
11h30 – 12h30 Simultaneous Sessions
12h30 – 14h00 Lunch
INTRODUCTION OF THE DISCUSSION SESSIONS

GENERATIVE AI SYSTEMS - GPT for the Future of YOUR work
Featured Input: Prof Elliott Ash - ETH Zurich

Session Abstract
Discover the potential and problems of AI assistants in this session on, "GPT for the Future of YOUR Work." In this session, Prof. Ash will offer a quick introduction to the use of Generative AI in diverse work tasks: writing/editing, brainstorming, summarization, marketing, data analysis, coding, and fun. Regardless of your work domain, we will demo tools that can help with some tasks. We will also review the limitations, risks, and open questions about the integration of AI into work.

DESIGNING AI GOVERNANCE
Facilitated by: Robert Trager (Oxford University), Ayisha Piotti (RegHorizon & ETH Zurich), Prof Elliott Ash (ETH Zurich)

Session Abstract
There are many initiatives today around AI governance at local regional and global levels, ranging from voluntary initiatives by large tech companies in the US, to new regulations in China, the proposed EU AI Act in Europe, negotiations within the Council of Europe of a binding treaty on AI and initiatives at the UN level. In this discussion, we will explore the best way forward for AI governance at a national and global level. The session will also tackle the issue of global convergence in AI governance. To guide this discussion, we will have short introductory remarks from selected speakers, which will then be discussed amongst the round table participants.

Featured inputs from:
Prof Stefan Seidel, University of Cologne
Professor Thomas Burri, University of Saint Gallen
Prof Robert Trager, Oxford University
Guillem Martinez Roura, ITU (AI for Good)

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR AI IN EDUCATION
Facilitated by: Prof. Abraham Bernstein & Dr. Markus Christen (University of Zurich)

Session Abstract
The use of artificial intelligence in education holds many opportunities, but also entails some risks for teachers and learners alike. To re-imagine possible futures of academia and education, the 2023 Strategy Lab of the Digital Society Initiative at the University of Zurich has conceptualized several possible scenarios. These scenarios are used to distill recommendations on how educational institutions can respond to this rapid development to create a desirable educational future. In this round table, you are invited to reflect on these drafts and share your own perspectives with respect to all learning experiences throughout a person’s life (from kindergarten/school to continuing education) and bring the global perspective into the discussion.

ROLE OF GOVERNMENTS FOR AI IN SOCIETY
Facilitated by: Dr. Pierre Rossel (Inspiring Futures) & Dr. Benjamin Wilhelm Arold (ETH Zurich)

Session abstract:
Developing relevant instruments, adopting measures to regulate and keep in line with human-centric principles to govern AI for public interest, while efficiently integrating AI within the delivery of public services and, at the same time, contributing to explain, educate and protect citizens seems to define an impossible objective for any government. Still, this multi-track, multi-angle capacity-building endeavor, compliant with existing enforcement rules regarding AI, and eventually opening the necessary debate for those coming in, is precisely the learning journey our society is engaged in and for which governments are expected to play a leading role. To guide the discussion, we will have short introductory remarks from selected speakers, which will then be discussed amongst the round table participants.

Featured inputs from:
Dr. Kerstin Johansson Baker, Swiss Federal Statistics Office
Dr. Ekkehard Ernst, International Labor Organization (ILO)
Prof. Sabine Süsstrunk, EPFL and President of Swiss Science Council
Alexander Barclay, Canton of Geneva (TBC)

NAVIGATING AI PODCAST

EP03: AI & Inclusion

Navigating AI Podcast on “Global AI Policy Developments”


Discover our latest episode of Navigating AI, we’re joined by Vilas Dhar, President of the Patrick McGovern Foundation, a leading global voice on equity in a tech-enabled world. You will learn about why and how we can include civil society not only in the AI conversation but also in developing AI solutions. Listen here!

ABOUT THE ORGANIZERS

The Center for Law & Economics at ETH Zurich is a leading interdisciplinary research center in the areas of law and AI, economic analysis of law and algorithms, intellectual property, algorithmic fairness, and contract design. Our three professorships, AI Policy Director, numerous postdocs, Ph.D. students, and scientific assistants apply tools from legal analysis, statistics, experimental methods, machine learning, and natural language processing to better understand these areas. Besides international conferences like the AI Policy Summit, the Center hosts international seminars, workshop series, and collaborations with peer institutions across the globe.

RegHorizon is a Swiss-based strategy organization that helps you manage your risks and position your organization for the future. We help you to build trust with customers, employees, governments, and civil society by developing and promoting policy solutions in emerging fields. We help you to optimize your stakeholder outreach by providing actionable advice, cutting edge tools, and executive training programs. We foster collaboration among our partners (businesses and innovators, top academics, global and regional decision-makers and civil society influencers) through regular workshops and events.

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