Invited Talk - Designing Ethical and Trustworthy AI Research Policies at EU level

The Institute of Informatics & Telecommunications, in the context of the CHANGER project, hosted invited speaker Dr. Michalis Kritikos, Policy Analyst at the Ethics and Integrity Sector of the European Commission (DG-RTD) for an online talk titled Designing Ethical and Trustworthy AI research policies at EU level on Thursday 30 May 2024, at 12.00pm, Athens time.
About the talk: The presentation will shed light on the importance of developing a specific, distinct framework for the assessment of ethics and value integration in the field of artificial intelligence to enable the development of a human-centered and trustworthy approach at a pan-European level. For this purpose, the actions to create a first set of specialized guidelines will be presented as well as the wider efforts of the European Union to formulate a targeted policy in this area.
Given the dynamic nature of this technology, the talk will focus on the particular needs for guidance, education, training and development of new methods of monitoring these systems. In addition, the challenges associated with the upcoming adoption of the EU law on artificial intelligence, its potential impact on the design and implementation of research projects and the related opportunities presented for the Greek technology ecosystem will be discussed. Particular attention will be paid to the particularly important work of other international organizations in the specific field.