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March 16-17 – Brussels

CAN EUROPE KEEP UP WITH ITS DIGITAL LEGACY AND BE A GLOBAL AI RULE-MAKER?

FEATURED SPEAKERS

DIDIER REYNDERS

European commissioner for justice

MICHAEL KRATSIOS

chief technology o� cer of the United States, the White House

MANUEL HEITOR

minister for science, technology & higher education, Government of Portugal

MONA KEIJZER

state secretary for economic a� airs and climate policy, Government of The Netherlands

NORBERTO ANDRADE

global policy lead for digital and AI ethics, Facebook

BING SONG

vice president, Berggruen Institute, director, China Center

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6:00 PM REGISTRATION AND WELCOME COCKTAILS

6:30 PM WELCOME REMARKS by Shéhérazade Semsar-de Boisséson, CEO Europe, POLITICO

6:35 PM -

7:00 PM

ONE-ONE-ONE INTERVIEW with Michael Kratsios, chief technology offi cer of the United States, The White House

Moderator: Nicholas Vinocur, technology editor, POLITICO

7:00 PM -

7:40 PM

OUTLOOK - THE AI GLOBAL STATE OF PLAYWhat is happening across the globe (U.S., China, EU, Africa, other regions)? Where do the AI superpowers stand, and what makes them powerful?

Moderator: Nicholas Vinocur, technology editor, POLITICO

Confi rmed speakers: Ulrik Vestergaard Knudsen, deputy secretary general, OECD; former permanent secretary of state for foreign aff airs, DenmarkKaimar Karu, minister of foreign trade and information technology, government of Estonia Aharon Aharon, chief executive offi cer, Israel innovation authority, ministry of economy, government of Israel

8:15 PM -

8:45 PM

SPOTLIGHT INTERVIEW - THE NEXT FRONTIER IN AI TECHNOLOGY: WHAT ARE THE LIMITS?Should AI development be limited? Facial recognition uses and (non)regulation: is there a red line? Who should decide which uses of AI are appropriate, and which ones are not?

Moderator: Janosch Delcker, AI correspondent, POLITICO

Confi rmed speakers: Max Welling, research chair in machine learning, University of Amsterdam; senior fellow, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR); vice president technologies, QualcommJoanna Bryson, professor of ethics and technology, Hertie School of Governance

9:20 PM -

9:50 PM

PANEL DISCUSSION - AI, LOST IN TRANSLATION?Is AI a cultural matter? Does the defi nition of “trustworthy” diff er from a country to another, and how does it impact AI development across the globe?

Moderator: Laura Kayali, technology reporter, POLITICO

Confi rmed speakers: Nicolas Miailhe, co-founder and president, The Future Society, AI initiative Bing Song, vice president, Berggruen Institute, director, China Center

8:30 AM REGISTRATION AND WELCOME COFFEE

9:00 AM WELCOME REMARKS by Stephen Brown, editor in chief, POLITICO

9:05 AM INTRODUCTORY REMARKS by Wassim Chourbaji, senior vice president for government aff airs Europe, Middle East and North Africa, Qualcomm

9:10 AM INTERVIEW - BUILDING A EUROPEAN APPROACH TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Moderator: Mark Scott, chief technology correspondent, POLITICO

Confi rmed speaker: Didier Reynders, European commissioner for justice

9:35 AM JOINT MINISTERIAL INTERVIEW

Moderator: Laurens Cerulus, senior policy reporter, POLITICO

Confi rmed speakers: Philippe De Backer, minister of digital agenda, Government of Belgium; AI Summit’s co-hostManuel Heitor, minister for science, technology & higher education, Government of PortugalMona Keijzer, state secretary for economic aff airs and climate policy, Government of the Netherlands

10:20 AM SPEED NETWORKING SESSION

10:30 AM NETWORKING AND COFFEE BREAK

10:55 AM STRATEGIC ROUNDTABLE - WILL EUROPE KEEP UP WITH ITS DIGITAL LEGACY AND MAINTAIN A GLOBAL COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE?

Moderator: Janosch Delcker, AI correspondent, POLITICO

OPENING 10-MINUTE INTERVIEW with Fabrice Brégier, president, Palantir France

The strategic roundtable will then bring together 10-12 anchor participants - senior leaders in their fields - for a deep-dive moderated discussion on important topics and will inform the discussions later in the day. See list of anchor-participants on the previous page.

12:30 PM WALKING LUNCH

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NETWORKING AND PROGRAMMING DINNER - THE AI GLOBAL STATE OF PLAY

MARCH 17, 2020 MORNING PROGRAM - EUROPE’S APPROACH TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

1:30 PM SPOTLIGHT DISCUSSION - OVERCOMING THE BIASES OF AICan standards and testing for AI, that enable to identify algorithm bias and work against it, be developed?

Moderator: Laurens Cerulus, senior policy reporter, POLITICO

Confi rmed speakers: Alexandra Geese, member of the European parliament (Greens/European Free Alliance, Germany)Katarzyna Szymielewicz, human rights activist, lawyer and president of the Panoptykon FoundationJan Kleijssen, director of information society and action against crime, Council of EuropeNorberto Andrade, global policy lead for digital and ai ethics, Facebook

2:15 PM PANEL DISCUSSION 1 - THE INSIDE VIEW: DIVING INTO AI CORPORATE IMPLEMENTATIONHow can the transition of this new industrial revolution be managed? What are CTOs currently working on? What’s next?

Moderator: Mark Scott, chief technology correspondent, POLITICO

Confi rmed speakers: Jeroen Tas, chief innovation and strategy o� cer, Philips Abraham Liu, vice-president European region, Huawei

3:00 PM PANEL DISCUSSION 2 - AI NATIONAL STRATEGIES: THE VIEWS FROM MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENTSFour MPs from di� erent nationalities will share their insights on stage on the main features of their country’s AI national strategy and explore the potential for cross-collaboration opportunities.

Moderator: Janosch Delcker, AI correspondent, POLITICO

Confi rmed speakers: Christine Hennion, member of the French parliament; member of the French-German joint AI working group Lord Tim Clement-Jones, CBE, former chair, House of Lords select committee on AI & co-chair of All-Party Parliamentary group on AI, U.K. House of LordsAlessandro Fusacchia, chairman of the interparliamentary group on AI, Italian parliamentTankred Schipanski, member of the German Bundestag

3:45 PM TRANSITION BREAK TO THE ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS

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4:00 PM SILMULTANEOUS ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS

What are the EU and member states doing to facilitate access to capital, data and skills, needed to develop strong AI solutions?

Participants will be able to select one of the roundtables, each of which will be led by a POLITICO journalist and two or three co-chairs.

ROUNDTABLE 1ACCESS TO DATA

Moderator: Laurens Cerulus, senior policy reporter, POLITICO

Confi rmed co-chairs:Elettra Ronchi, senior policy analyst, OECDAli Shah, head of technology, U.K.’s Information Commissioner’s O� ceDamian Boeselager, member of the European parliament (Greens/European Free Alliance, Germany)

ROUNDTABLE 2ACCESS TO CAPITAL

Moderator: Melissa Heikkilä, technology reporter, POLITICO

Confi rmed co-chairs:Nicolas Brien, chief executive o� cer, France DigitaleErik Stadigh, investor, Crane Venture PartnersPierre Pozzi, chairman and chief executive o� cer, Worldstone Ventures

ROUNDTABLE 3ACCESS TO TALENT

Moderator: Laura Kayali, technology reporter, POLITICO

Confi rmed co-chairs:Teemu Roos, leader of the AI Education program, Finnish Center for AI; professor, University of HelsinkiProf. dr. Mark Levels, program director at the research centre for education and the labor market, Maastricht University; consortium leader, TechnequalityPierre Pozzi, chairman and chief executive o� cer, Worldstone Ventures

5:15 PM CLOSING SESSION - SUMMARY OF THE ROUNDTABLES’ CONCLUSIONS

The roundtables’ moderators will gather on stage to share issues and solutions raised during the roundtables’ discussions.

5:45 PM END OF THE SUMMIT AND CLOSING DRINKS

AFTERNOON PROGRAM - ACCESS NEEDS AND STRATEGIES FOR AI IMPLEMENTATION

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