Risk-based Approach of AI Regulation

0830-0930 CEST GMT+2 / 1530-1630 Japan GMT+9 / 1630-1730 Sydney GMT+10

AI applications can be categorized by the levels of risk involved, with appropriate regulatory restrictions and exemptions specified in the regulatory framework. Which type of AI would constitute an “unacceptable risks” that may be strictly prohibited? How can these areas be defined clearly? What kind of applications should be exempted? The European Union’s proposed AI Act (Apr 2021) and ongoing discussion in 2022 has taken a significant step along this approach; initiatives in Asia-Pacific will also be discussed.
 

Speakers:

Prof Toby Walsh 
Scientia Professor of Artificial Intelligence, University of New South Wales, Australia
 

Toby Walsh is an ARC Laureate Fellow and Scientia Professor of AI at UNSW and CSIRO Data61, and adjunct professor at QUT. He is a strong advocate for limits to ensure AI is used to improve our lives, having spoken at the UN, and to heads of state, parliamentary bodies, company boards and many other bodies on this topic. He is a Fellow of the Australia Academy of Science, and was named on the international "Who's Who in AI" list of influencers. He has authored three books on AI for a general audience, the most recent entitled "Machines Behaving Badly: the morality of AI".

Ms Alexandra Geese 
Member of the European Parliament
 

Alexandra Geese has been a Member of the European Parliament since 2019 and is responsible for the “Digital Services Act” on behalf of the Greens/EFA parliamentary group. As a digital expert, she is a member of the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee, advocates for gender-equal budgeting as a member of the Budget Committee, and is the Green Parliamentary Group coordinator in the Artificial Intelligence Special Committee.

Prof Jiro Kokuryo 
Professor, Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University, Japan

Jiro Kokuryo is Professor at the Faculty of Policy Management of Keio University where he served as Dean from 2009 to 2013. He also served as the university’s Vice President from 2013 to 2021. His research and teaching interests are focused on developing business and social models that maximize the benefits of information technologies to society.

Moderator:

Ms Zora Siebert 
Head of EU Democracy & Digital Policy Programme, Heinrich Böll Stiftung European Union

 

Contacts for enquiry:

Ms Lucia Siu
Programme Manager, Heinrich Böll Stiftung, Hong Kong, Asia | Global Dialogue
Email: Lucia.Siu [at] hk.boell.org

Ms Christina Schönleber
Senior Director, Policy and Research Programs, APRU
Email: policyprograms [at] apru.org