Practical info-Join us at FARI for a Lunch Talk on AI regulatory sandboxes under the AI Act
From Blueprint to Reality
- Implementing AI Regulatory Sandboxes under the AI Act
Date: Tuesday, December 17, 2024
Time: 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Location: FARI Auditorium, Cantersteen 16, 1000 Brussels
Practical info-Public PhD defence of Andrés Chomczyk Penedo
MAKING CHOICES IN THE DIGITAL ECONOMY: IMPROVING TRANSPARENCY TO ASSIST CONSENT
SUPERVISORS.
- Prof. dr. Paul De Hert Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- Prof. dr. Paul Quinn Vrije Universiteit Brussel
JURY MEMBERS.
Practical info-Brussels Privacy Hub - Winter Academy "AI & Law Crossroads"
The Brussels Privacy Hub is proud to announce its first Winter Academy for AI & Law Crossroads. As AI increasingly mediates decisions impacting individuals, institutions, and society, the EU has responded with a comprehensive digital rulebook.
LSTS organises and supports a wide range of events. Regular events taking place at VUB include the Law, (Slow) Science, Technology and Society (L(S)STS) Research Gatherings, Gender, Law & Technology Series and sessions of the Weekly Research Gatherings (WRG) of the Metajuridica Department. LSTS is also involved in the organisation of major annual conferences and gatherings, such as the Computers, Privacy and Data Protection (CPDP) International Conference, and the Privacy Camp.
In addition, many other events are organised by the Brussels Privacy Hub (BPH), the d.pia.lab, the Privacy Salon and the Cyber and Data Security Lab (CDSL). The BPH notably supports the BPH Privacy & Data Protection Doctoral Seminars, the Meet the Author Series and the series on Specifying the GDPR.
LSTS is also routinely involved in the organisation of events linked to the research projects to which it participates.
Calendar
December 2024
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Past events
Practical info-LSTS Doctoral Seminar with visiting scholar Tommaso Crepax on the Right to Data Portability
On 11 September 2024, 13:00h - 14:00h CET, LSTS visiting scholar Tommaso Crepax (PhD Candidate at the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies of Pisa) will present his work-in-progress, entitled ‘The Right to Data Portability: Navigating Legal and Technical
Practical info-LSTS Doctoral Seminar with Francesco Paolo Levantino on emotion recognition uses in law enforcement
On 19 June 2024, 12:30h - 13:30h CET, LSTS visiting scholar Francesco Paolo Levantino (PhD Candidate at the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies of Pisa) will present his work-in-progress, en
Practical info-LSTS Doctoral Seminar with Zuzanna Choińska on ‘Finding a balance between privacy and public security in the era of big data – mass surveillance activities of Europol’
On 4 June 2024, 12:30h - 13:30h CET, LSTS visiting scholar Zuzanna Choińska (Ph.D.
Practical info-LSTS Doctoral Seminar with Pablo Trigo Kramcsák on ‘Legitimate interest as an Adequate Legal Ground for Processing AI Training Datasets’
On 4 April 2024, 12:30h - 13:30h CET, LSTS member Pablo Trigo Kramcsák will present his PhD research,
Practical info-"Non-objective risk to a right” seminars: Raphaël Gellert on Risk-Based Approach in Data Protection (19 March 2024)
The Brussels Laboratory for Data Protection & Privacy Impact Assessments, (d.pia.lab) is pleased to announce the first seminar in a series called "Non-objec
Practical info-PUBLIC PHD DEFENCE OF SIMONE CASIRAGHI
Simone Casiraghi will defend his PhD thesis in Law on Friday 22 March 2024 at 3 p.m., titled: ‘The “Ethification” of Artificial Intelligence.
Practical info-LSTS Seminar with Alexandra Karaiskou on profiling, fundamental rights, and power imbalances in the case of ETIAS
Alexandra Karaiskou, PhD student at the European University Institute (EUI), is visiting the LSTS during this semester.
Practical info-Public PhD defence of Juraj Sajfert
Juraj Sajfert will defend his doctoral thesis in Law, conducted under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Paul de Hert of LSTS and Prof.
Practical info-LSTS SEMINAR WITH ARJUN BANERJEE ON ‘UNDERSTANDING JUDICIAL IMPARTIALITY: A CASE LAW ANALYSIS OF THE EUROPEAN COURTS’
On 23 January 2024, 12:30h - 13:30h CET, LSTS PhD researcher Arjun Banerjee will present his work
Practical info-LSTS SEMINAR WITH VISITING SCHOLAR PAOLA GALATÀ ON ‘DATA PROTECTION IN DATA-ECONOMY: THE CONTRACTS WITH DIGITAL PLATFORMS’
Paola Galatà, PhD student at the University of Cagliari, is visiting the LSTS during this semester.
Practical info-LSTS Seminar with Sanna Toropainen on Digital Identity Wallets
On 15 December 2023, 12:30 to 13:30 CET, Sanna Toropainen (doctoral candidate at the Legal Tech Lab at Helsinki University) will present her research entitled ‘Digital identity wallets - user empowerment at the cost of privacy?’.
Practical info-Special Event of the "Gender, Law & Technology" Reading Group
The "Gender, Law & Technology" Reading Group by LSTS is set to take place at FARI premises in BeCentral (Cantersteen 16, 1000 Brussels) on November 29, 2023, from 10:00 to 12:00 CET.
Practical info-LSTS Seminar with visiting scholar Sophia Bordier
Sophia Bordier, PhD student in Political Sciences at the Université Paris 1 Panthéon – Sorbonne, is visiting the LSTS during this semester.
Practical info-LSTS Seminar with Suvina Singal - ‘Making the Value of Privacy’
Suvina Singal, Ph.D. candidate in sociology at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, USA, is visiting the LSTS during this semester.
Practical info-Brussels Privacy Hub Doctoral Seminar with Lisa Koutsoviti Koumeri on ‘Measuring Bias in Automated Decision-Making: Comparing Fairness Metrics’
The Brussels Privacy Hub (BPH) is hosting a Doctoral Seminar series, providing a platform for PhD candidates working on privacy and data protection topics at the Law, Science, Technology and Society (LSTS) to present and discuss their work in progress.
Practical info-Re-articulating data? Critical issues under the GDPR and beyond
The ALTEP-DP Team is pleased to announce the final event of the VUB-funded ALTEP-DP project titled “Re-articulating data? Critical Issues under the GDPR and beyond”. This one-day event will explore ongoing debates on the legal transformations and ordering of data, and discuss the role of science in accompanying, supporting and/or questioning these developments. The event will take place on 20 October 2023 at Universitaire Stichting (Rue d'Egmont 11 - 1000 Brussels) from 9:30 to 16:45. For more information, such as the registration link or the event programme, click on the event title.
Practical info-Brussels Privacy Hub Doctoral Seminar with Pia Groenewolt on ‘Exploring the Legal Landscape and (ir)regulation Behind the Data Economy in Food Systems’
The Brussels Privacy Hub (BPH) is hosting a Doctoral Seminar series, providing a platform for PhD candidates working on privacy and data protection topics at the Law, Science, Technology and Society
Practical info-LSTS seminar with Prof. Ricard Martínez - ‘Challenges for data-driven research: building the European Health Data Space and Federated Data Spaces’
Ricard Martínez, professor in the Department of Constitutional Law and Political Science at the University of Valencia, is visiting the LSTS during this semester.
Practical info-Databases and Artificial Intelligences: a scholarly and artistic perspective (6 June 2023)
On the 6th of June a seminar will take place on the topic of Databases and Artificial Intelligences: a scholarly and artistic perspective (10 AM - 5 PM). This seminar forms part of the DATAUNION Seminar Series of the DATAUNION project of PI Prof.
Practical info-LSTS seminar with Jaroslaw Greser - ‘Synthetic data and Medical AI – Legal and regulatory challenges’
Dr Jaroslaw Greser, assistant professor at the Warsaw University of Technology, is visiting the LSTS during this semester. He is currently working on the legal possibilities and limitations of using synthetic data in the medical sector.
Practical info-Brussels Privacy Hub Doctoral Seminar with Elisabetta Biasin - ‘Re-considering the Conceptualisation of Accuracy as a Principle of Data Processing (and Beyond)’
The Brussels Privacy Hub (BPH) is organising a Doctoral Seminar series to give the opportunity to Ph.D. candidates working on privacy and data protection topics at the Law, Science, Technology and Society (LSTS) to present and discuss their work in progress.
Practical info-Brussels Privacy Hub Doctoral Seminar with LSTS visiting scholar Samar Abbas Nawaz - ‘Piercing the Mundane: Safety and Security Implications of Drone Infrastructure’
The Brussels Privacy Hub (BPH) is organising a Doctoral Seminar series to give the opportunity to Ph.D. candidates working on privacy and data protection topics at the Law, Science, Technology and Society (LSTS) to present and discuss their work in progress.
Practical info-Public PhD defence René Mahieu
On the 24th of April 2023 at 16h00 LSTS researcer René Mahieu will publicly defend his doctoral thesis entitled 'The right of access of personal data in the EU. A Legal and empirical analysis'.
Practical info-‘Governing Artificial Intelligence Designing Legal and Regulatory Responses’ symposium
The PROTECT MSCA ITN is coming to an end and its closing symposium, titled ‘Governing Artificial Intelligence Designing Legal and Regulatory Responses’, will take plac
Practical info-Brussels Privacy Hub Doctoral Seminar with Natalia Menéndez González – ‘With great power comes great responsibility: proportionality within the use of facial recognition technology’
The Brussels Privacy Hub (BPH) is organising a Doctoral Seminar series to give the opportunity to Ph.D. candidates working on privacy and data protection topics at the Law, Science, Technology and Society (LSTS) to present and discuss their work in progress.
Practical info-Brussels Privacy Hub Doctoral Seminar with Maciej Otmianowski on ‘Power, technology and law: Investigating power relations through EU regulatory impact assessment’
The Brussels Privacy Hub (BPH) is organising a Doctoral Seminar series to give the opportunity to Ph.D. candidates working on privacy and data protection topics at the Law, Science, Technology and Society (LSTS) to present and discuss their work in progress.
Practical info-HEalth, Law, and Technology (HELT) Symposium 2023
The Health and Ageing Law Lab (HALL) is organising its inaugural HELT (Health, law, and Technology) Symposium 2023. The symposium will take place on 26th April 2023 at the ‘Sparks Venue – Rue Ravenstein 60’ in the center of Brussels.
Practical info-The Data Integration of Europe. Database interoperability in European police and border cooperation. Inception workshop of the DATAUNION project
Workshop introduction and objective
Practical info-Book discussion with Prof. Fleur Johns on her new work ‘#Help: Digital Humanitarianism and the Remaking of International Order’
The COHUBICOL project is organising an event on 24 March 2023 on Prof.
