Conference Chairperson & Opening Remarks

Peter Rose, Owner and Founder, TEKenable

Strategy, Compliance and Corporate AI Policy

Speaker: David O’Sullivan, Senior Manager, Consulting, ForvisMazars

• Why Corporate AI Policy is needed - How your employees are already using AI in an unregulated manner
• How to write an AI Policy for your business
• Legal and regulatory standards - What does the AI Act say about corporate policy?
• Legal and ethical issues surrounding AI in the workplace
• Strategic planning and implementing AI in your workplace
• Utilising AI as a leader
• Future directions of AI for business strategy
• Creating a team of responsible AI experts in your workplace
• Interactive session: draft your own AI policy

The EU’s AI Act: What You Need to Know

Speaker: Doug McMahon, Partner, McCann FitzGerald

• How is AI defined in the legislations?
• Who does the AI Regulation apply to?
• Risks levels and requirements for providers of AI systems
• Prohibited/Unacceptable - Risk AI Systems - the “Blacklist”
• Enforcement/Fines
• When will it be fully applicable?
• Key actions Businesses can take today

Productivity and Operational Transformation with AI

Speaker: Miguel López, RPA Senior Manager, Permanent TSB, Member of Board of Advisors, IBM

• Upskilling your employees
• Leveraging AI for increased productivity day-to-day
• Applying AI for business productivity
• Generative AI
• Automation of repetitive tasks
• AI software for business

Discrimination Caused by Algorithms, Machine Learning & Automated Decision-Making

Speaker: Mohammad Z Khan, CTO, Microsoft Services Division, TEKenable

• Artificial intelligence and algorithmic decision-making
• How AI can lead to discrimination
• Legal and regulatory safeguards
• Regulation and fast-developing technology

Responsible AI – What it Means & Why Does it Matter?

Speaker: Marie Murphy, COO, Fort Privacy

• Why responsible AI is important
• What are the principles of responsible AI?
• How do you design responsible AI?
• Implementation and how it works

Liability Issues Surrounding AI in the Workplace

Speaker: Joshua Hovsha, Senior Data Protection Consultant, Pembroke Privacy

• Existing EU regulatory framework for safety and liability
• Ensuring Data Security and Bias Mitigation
• Safety regulation
• Liability rules and Standards of liability
• Proposed AI Liability Directive
• Liability standards: fault-based or strict liability
• Protecting your company

AI and Intellectual Property

Speaker: Ronan Murphy, Founder & Executive Chairman, Smarttech247 and Member of the AI Advisory Council for the Government of Ireland

• The importance of creating an AI exposure register
• Training and copyright infringement
• Copyright - ownership of content
• Employee information sharing
• Data breeches
• The Challenges of Understanding AI Ownership

Building an AI Corporate Governance Framework

Speaker: Niamh O’Brien, Strategic Communications, FTI Consulting

• Understanding the context of the organisation: AI in an ESG World
• AI Materiality Assessment: an impact and stakeholder assessment process
• Developing governance structures for senior leadership
• Telling the AI story through effective communications
• Best practices and sample approaches

Future Directions: Towards Comprehensive AI Law

Speaker: Patrick Mascott, Digital Policy Advisor, ACQUIS EU Law & Policy

• The challenges of integrating AI within existing legal frameworks
• Attribution of liability – where do we go from here?
• Recognise a legal status/personality for AI?
• Merger control
• Anti-competitive agreements