“Regulating the Digital Space - Challenges in a Changing World Order”

As digital technology reshapes the way our societies function, challenges our democracies, and shifts global power structures, governments and lawmakers around the world are grappling with how to regulate the digital space. This panel will explore the evolving landscape of digital governance and regulation, from AI and data protection to anti-trust, cybersecurity, and digital platform accountability. Leading experts will discuss the challenges of promoting innovation as well as regulation aimed to safeguard the values for which digital humanism stands, and strategically positioning our liberal democracies in a world of geopolitical tensions and a changing global order.

Speaker:
Hans Akkermans, w4ra.org, the Netherlands
George Metakides, Digital Enlightenment Forum
Marc Rotenberg, Center for AI and Digital Policy, USA

Moderator: Christiane Wendehorst, University of Vienna, Austria

The Digital Humanism Lecture Series is organized by the Faculty of Informatics of TU Wien and TU Wien's Center for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (CAIML).

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Digital Europe Programme under Grant Agreement No. 101123121 (EURIDICE). This output reflects the consortium’s view and the European Commission cannot be held responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein. https://euridice.eu/