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High-Level Policy round table

Policy round table

This conclusive high-level session took place in the Berlaymont building of the European Commission, in Brussels. It consisted of two consecutive panels, where senior management from relevant Commission services, representatives from Member States and Academia were able to confront each other and with the audience, reflecting on the messages that emerged from the first week of webinars.  

The panels aimed to address two of the main strands of reflection around the use of AI for the public sector: the legitimacy questions that arise from the use of AI in public services, and the potential of AI for economic growth and the role of the public sector as a traction for it, considering its specific features and associated risks.

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Agenda | 22nd June 2022, 14:30 - 17:30 CET

  1. 14:30
    Opening

    Mikel Landabaso, Director at Joint Research Centre, European Commission 

    Natalia Aristimuño Perez, Director at Directorate General for Informatics, European Commission 

  2. 14:40
    Keynote speech

    Johannes Hahn, European Commissioner for Budget and Administration 

  3. 14:50
    Keynote speech

    Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth 

  4. 15:00
    Round table "AI for the public sector: the legitimacy challenge"

    Mario Nava, Director General for Structural Reform Support, European Commission 

    Virginia Dignum, Professor, Department of Computing Science, MIT-huset, Umeå university 

    Barbara Van Den Haute, Chief Executive Officer, Digitaal Vlaanderen

  5. 16:00
    Coffee break
  6. 16:15
    Round table: "AI for the public sector: an engine for innovation and growth"

    Carlos Santiso, Head of Division, Digital, Innovative and Open Government, OECD

    Hilde Hardeman,Director General of the Publications Office, European Commission 

    María Pérez Naranjo, Director General for Digital strategy at Agencia Digital de Andalucía, Junta de Andalucía

  7. 17:15
    Closing: A conversation on the way forward

    Stephen Quest, Director General of Joint Research Centre, European Commission 

    Veronica Gaffey, Director General for Informatics, European Commission

    Moderators: Carlos Torrecilla Salinas and Leontina Sandu