The aim of this event is to give legal professionals and professionals working within the technology industry in Ireland insights into the challenges facing the industry with regards to AI and GDPR issues.
The law of privacy is of enormous importance to the citizens and businesses of this State. Ireland has a unique role within the European Union in this regard. The conference is designed to expose lawyers and businesses operating in Ireland to the latest and most expert thinking where challenges of great complexity are continuing to arise.
The event will highlight the importance of privacy law to the many Irish and multinational companies that carry on business in Ireland, will discuss the considerable pool of legal expertise in the area in Ireland and the importance of considering, at the highest level, the impact on privacy concerns of the inevitable development of AI.
This seminar is suitable for legal professionals who work in fields relating to AI and GDPR, and professionals working within the technology industry in Ireland, including their clients.
Topics include
- Introduction to AI and GDPR
- The Regulatory Challenges for a National Regulator in an EU Context
- Risk and (Self)-Regulation: Industry Perspective
- AI and Data Protection in the EU: Risk, Regulation and Reform
Presenters
- Mr Justice Gerard Hogan of the Supreme Court and former Advocate General of the European Court of Justice
- Emma Redmond, Associate General Counsel and Head of Privacy and Data Protection at Open AI
- Jeremy Godfrey, Chairperson of Comisiún na Meán
- Irene Nicolaidou, Deputy Chair of the European Data Protection Board
- Professor Pascal Pichonnaz, President of the European Law Institute
- Sir Geoffrey Vos, Master of the Rolls and Head of Civil Justice in England and Wales, and Vice President of European Law Institute
- Paul Keane, Honorary Consul General of Sweden, European Law Institute Hub Co-Chair
