Program
The program may be subject to changes.
Conference Time Zone: Central European Time (GMT+1) – Prague, Czech Republic
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10 September 2025
| Opening Address & Welcome | 9:30 | Alžběta Solarczyk Krausová – Institute of State and Law of the CAS (Conference Chair) |
| Keynotes
The EU AI Act & National AI Strategy |
9:45-10:40 | Prof. Radomír Pánek – President of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Irina Orssich – Head of Sector AI Act Governance and Regulatory Policy, European Commission (online) Jan Kavalírek – Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic & Government Envoy for Artificial Intelligence Kateřina Anna Magnna – Government Affairs Lead Czech Republic, Slovakia & Hungary at Microsoft |
| Coffee Break | 10:40 – 11:00 | |
| Keynotes
AI Policy & Regulation from the International Perspective |
11:00 – 12:30 | Cedric Sabbah – AI Governance Lead at Israel National Digital Agency (online)
Farouq Saber Al-Shibli – Associate Professor at University of Kalba, UAE Melanie Garson – Associate Professor in International Security at University College London |
| Lunch Break | 12:30 – 13:30 | |
| Discussion Panel
The AI Act & Large Language Models |
13:30 – 15:00 | Prof. Jan Hajič – Coordinator/director at LINDAT/CLARIAH-CZ Research Infrastructure & Coordinator of OpenEuroLLM, Charles University
Gabriela Holíková – Principal Corporate Counsel Czech Republic & Slovakia, Microsoft Lukáš Benzl – President of the Czech AI Association Přemysl Sezemský – Director of the eJustice Department, Ministry of Justice of the Czech Republic |
| Coffee Break | 15:00 – 15:30 | |
| Specialized Panel
From Principles to Practice: Legal & Corporate Implementation |
15:30 – 16:30 | Expert Kick-off with Jana Pattynová (Association for Personal Data Protection, Partner at Pierstone) and Alžběta Solarczyk Krausová (Institute of State and Law of the CAS)
Moderated discussion with the audience |
| Closing Remarks | 16:30 – 16:45 | |
| Networking Event | 16:45 – 18:30 | Informal meeting of participants at the conference venue with refreshments |