Summary

Following the success of last year’s AI Regulation Summit and AI in FS conference, as well as the EU AI Act Summit earlier this year, City and Financial Global is pleased to give you advanced notice of the 2nd Annual AI Regulation Summit, which will take place in Central London on 21 January next year.

This timely global summit will bring together some of the top experts to consider the various regulatory approaches that are being adopted internationally, the key legal issues involved in AI and how regulation is being coordinated at a supranational level to avoid regulatory arbitrage.

The programme will provide you with a comprehensive update on the AI Bill and the UK Government’s new approach to AI Regulation. In addition, it will explore how AI regulation is likely to evolve in the UK in the years to come and best practice risk management approaches for both providers and users of AI systems.

It will also shed light on the latest developments in relation to the EU AI Regulation and the U.S. strategy for regulating AI, and offer a detailed analysis of the implications for UK and international businesses. The regulatory sessions will be complemented by deep dives into the most important legal issues, including data privacy, consumer protection, cybersecurity, IP protection, and into the many ethical issues that AI presents.

Agenda

Here's what's scheduled for the event. All times are in GMT.

8:30 AM
Registration and networking
 
9:00 AM
Introduction

Maurice Button, Chief Executive, City & Financial Global

9:05 AM
Chair’s opening remarks

Michael Birtwistle, Associate Director for Law and Policy, Ada Lovelace Institute

9:10 AM
Keynote address

An AI Regulatory Stock Take. Reviewing The Current Challenges in the UK and Europe

Jane Finlayson-Brown, Partner and Global Co-Head, Digital, Data IP & Technology, A&O Shearman

9:25 AM
Keynote address

Building a trusted AI revolution at the Bank of England

James Benford, Executive Director for Data and Analytics Transformation and Chief Data Officer, Bank of England

9:45 AM
Keynote address

AI in the boardroom

Giles Pratt, Partner and Global Head of IP/Data, Freshfields

10:00 AM
Keynote address

The Trust Equation and AI: Can you still have your data protection and innovation cake and eat it too?

John Edwards, UK Information Commissioner, Information Commissioner’s Office

10:20 AM
Keynote presentations followed by the joint Q&A

Working towards international alignment on AI regulation

Moderator:

Michael Birtwistle, Associate Director for Law and Policy, Ada Lovelace Institute

Speakers:

Lord (Chris) Holmes of Richmond MBE 

Shameek Kundu, Executive Director, AI Verify Foundation, IMDA, Singapore

11:10 AM
Morning coffee and networking
 
11:30 AM
Panel

How is AI regulation likely to evolve in the UK? Which skills are required to enable the risk, compliance and legal teams to align to modern development and technology approaches? Practical implications of the AI Bill.

Moderator:

Vivienne Artz OBE FCSI (Hon) CMgr CCMI AIGP, Senior Data Strategy and Privacy Policy Advisor to Centre for Information Policy Leadership

Panellists:

Dr Paul Dongha, Head of Responsible AI & AI Strategy, NatWest Group

Kate Jones, CEO, The Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum (DRCF)

William Malcolm, Senior Director, Regulatory Affairs, Privacy Advisory Global Lead, Google

12:20 PM
Panel

Confronting the data privacy issues posed by AI. Are we beginning to fully understand the AI risks now? Mitigating the risks of AI- powered deep fake technology.

Moderator:

Catharina Glugla, Partner, Head of Digital, Data, IP & Technology, Dusseldorf, Germany, A&O Shearman

Panellists:

Sarah Gadd, Chief Data Officer and Head of Data & Process Automation, Julius Baer

Stephan Geering, Deputy General Counsel & Compliance, Trustworthy AI and Global Privacy Officer, Anthology

Gareth Burkhill-Howarth, Global Data Protection Officer, WPP

1:10 PM
Lunch and networking
 
2:10 PM
Fireside chat

An AI industry perspective on the evolving regulatory framework

Host:

Rachael Annear, Partner, Freshfields

In conversation with:

Dr Adriano Koshiyama, Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Holistic AI

2:30 PM
Presentation

AI in the Workplace: How to implement compliant AI systems

Alexander Milner-Smith, Partner and Co-head of Data, Privacy & Cyber, Lewis Silkin

2:50 PM
Keynote address followed by a panel discussion

Will the EU AI Regulation be flexible enough to keep up with the rapid developments in AI technology?

Moderator:

Alex Shandro, Partner, A&O Shearman

Update on the EU AI Act and lessons learnt so far

Keynote speaker:

Kai Zenner, Head of Office and Digital Policy Adviser for MEP Axel Voss (EPP Group), European Parliament 

Panellists:

Professor Carsten Maple, Turing Fellow, The Alan Turing Institute; Professor of Cyber Systems Engineering, University of Warwick's Cyber Security Centre (CSC); Principal Investigator, NCSC-EPSRC Academic Centre of Excellence, Cyber Security Research

Carol Wilson, Head of Data Privacy, Data Ethics and Information Lifecycle Management, Santander UK 

Tina Maisonneuve, Chief Privacy & Data Trust Officer, Aon

3:50 PM
Afternoon tea and networking
 
4:05 PM
Keynote presentation

The U.S. strategy for regulating AI

Racheal Muldoon, Partner, Charles Russell Speechlys LLP

4:25 PM
Panel

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS SESSION WILL BE HELD UNDER THE CHATHAM HOUSE RULE

Practical implementation of ethics in corporate policies. What does ethical AI actually mean?

Moderator:

Dr Paul Dongha, Head of Responsible AI & AI Strategy, NatWest Group

Panellists:

Barry Smith, Managing Partner and Director, Smith & Guinan

Fatima Abukar, Principal Advisor, Responsible AI and Data, FCA

John Bowman, AI Ethics Market Strategy Lead, IBM

5:15 PM
Chair’s closing remarks & networking drinks

Michael Birtwistle, Associate Director for Law and Policy, Ada Lovelace Institute

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