About
The international SOLAIR Conference (Society, Law, Artificial Intelligence and Robotics) organized primarily by the Institute of State and Law of the Czech Academy of Sciences was established in 2018. Since the first year the conference gained very positive publicity and hosted a number of leading experts on law and artificial intelligence from the public sphere, academia and business.
The main purpose of the conference is to create an open space and platform for discussion of inspiring and innovative ideas related to law and artificial intelligence and to support discussions as well as partnership between the public and private spheres.
Each year of the SOLAIR Conference is focused on a specific topic:
- SOLAIR 2018: International Harmonization of Private Law with Regard to Artificial Intelligence and Intelligent Autonomous Robotics
- SOLAIR 2019: Human Centric Artificial Intelligence
- SOLAIR 2020: Fundamental Rights and Values in the Digital Age
- SOLAIR 2021: Artificial Intelligence from the Perspective of Horizontal and Sectoral Legislation
- SOLAIR 2022: Artificial Intelligence for the Safer World: The EU – US – IL Perspective
- SOLAIR 2023: Future-Proof Regulation of Artificial Intelligence
- SOLAIR 2024: The Year of AI Regulations
The SOLAIR Conference has been supported by multiple partners and the number of partners is growing every year.
In 2019, the SOLAIR Conference was organized jointly by the Institute of State and Law of the Czech Academy of Sciences, the Government Office of the Czech Republic, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic, and Microsoft. The conference was supported by Strategy AV21.
In 2020, the SOLAIR Conference was organized jointly by the Institute of State and Law of the CAS, the Czech Academy of Sciences, the Government Office of the Czech Republic, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic, Microsoft, UNCITRAL, Ministry of Justice of Japan and Japan International Dispute Resolution Center (JIDRC). The conference was supported by Strategy AV21.
In 2021, the SOLAIR Conference was organized jointly by the United Nation’s UNCITRAL, the Institute of State and Law of the CAS, the Office of the Government of the Czech Republic, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic, the Ministry of Finance of the Czech Republic, UNIDROIT, the Czech Academy of Sciences, Microsoft, Happenee, and the initiative Czech Women in Artificial Intelligence. The conference was organized under the auspices of Věra Jourová – Vice-President of the European Commission for Values and Transparency, Alena Schillerová – Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of the Czech Republic, and Eva Zažímalová – President of the Czech Academy of Sciences. The conference was supported by Strategy AV21.
In 2022, the SOLAIR Conference was organized jointly by the Institute of State and Law of the CAS, the Czech Technical University, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic, the Ministry of Finance of the Czech Republic, the Czech Academy of Sciences, UNIDROIT, Atlantic Council, CEDMO, Microsoft, Amazon, and Amazon Web Services. The event was organized under the auspices of the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Petr Fiala, the President of the Czech Academy of Sciences Eva Zažímalová, the Minister of Finance Zbyněk Stanjura, and the U.S. Embassy Prague. The conference was organized as part of Czech Digital Week and it was also an official event related to the Czech Presidency of the Council of the European Union. The conference was supported by Strategy AV21.
In 2023, the SOLAIR Conference was organized jointly by the Institute of State and Law of the CAS, UNCITRAL, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic, the Czech Academy of Sciences, UNIDROIT, Microsoft, and the Czech Company Lawyers Association. The event was organized under the auspices of the President of the Czech Republic Petr Pavel, the Minister of Industry and Trade Josef Síkela, and the President of the Czech Academy of Sciences Eva Zažímalová. The conference was supported by Strategy AV21.
In 2024, the SOLAIR Conference was organized jointly by the Institute of State and Law of the CAS, UNCITRAL, UNIDROIT, Association for Personal Data Protection, Microsoft, Czech AI Association, and DLA Piper. The conference was supported by Strategy AV21.
The conference usually takes place in the second week in September.
Conference chair
Alžběta Solarczyk Krausová (Institute of State and Law of the Czech Academy of Sciences)Conference Committee in 2025
- TBD
Contact: cicero@ilaw.cas.cz
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