IViR Lecture

IViR is pleased to announce that Sapna Kumar will give a lecture entitled Access to Medicine During Pandemics: Is Compulsory Licensing the Answer?on Tuesday 11 October 2022 Wealthy countries with major pharmaceutical industries have historically supported strong patent rights and opposed temporarily abrogating them—even to save lives. However, as COVID-19-related drug shortages arose, governments began… Continue reading IViR Lecture Series: Access to Medicine During Pandemics: Is Compulsory Licensing the Answer?

IViR is pleased to announce thatProf. Eldar Haberwill give a lecture entitledGenerative Crimeson 26 April 2024 The advent of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) has ushered in a new era of technological innovation, poised to revolutionize various sectors by democratizing creativity, enhancing productivity, and fostering advancements across a myriad of fields. But this technology also has… Continue reading IViR Lecture Series: Generative Crimes

IViR is pleased to announce thatDr. Michael Vealewill give a lecture entitledGoverning AI’s Intermediarieson 15 March 2024 Like much of the digital economy before it, AI is consolidating into a platform business model. Intermediaries in this space are appearing around every corner, to provide data, computing and storage, to host open-source models, to train, tweak,… Continue reading IViR Lecture: Governing AI’s Intermediaries

IViR is pleased to announce thatProf. Ben Wagnerwill give a lecture entitledManaging Visibility in Online Platforms: Transparency and Accountability after the DSAon 2 February 2024 Ben Wagner is Associate Professor Human Rights and Technology at the Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management and Director of the AI ​​Futures Lab at TU Delft. He is also Professor of Media,… Continue reading IViR Lecture: Managing Visibility in Online Platforms: Transparency and Accountability after the DSA

IViR is pleased to announce thatProf. Colin Bennettwill give a lecture entitledBiometrics and the Registration and Authentication of Voters: Is there a Global Trend?on Friday 23 June 2023 All democratic countries require reliable methods to authenticate the identity of eligible voters. They need ways to ensure that only those eligible to vote are included in… Continue reading IViR Lecture: Biometrics and the Registration and Authentication of Voters: Is there a Global Trend?

IViR is pleased to announce that Daniel Müggewill give a lecture entitledEffective AI regulation in the face of global interdependenceon Friday 9 September 2022 Across the EU, stakeholders currently debate how artificial intelligence should be regulated, building on the 2021 Commission proposal for an AI Act. There is insufficient recognition, however, that both the shape… Continue reading IViR Lecture Series: Effective AI regulation in the face of global interdependence

IViR is pleased to announce that Ádám Földeswill give a lecture entitledInformation Policies of the Coronavirus Crisison Friday 3 June 2022 It is the first time since World War II that countries introduced some form of state of emergency on such a broad scale and thereby imposed considerable restrictions on fundamental rights. In most EU… Continue reading IViR Lecture: Information Policies of the Coronavirus Crisis

IViR is pleased to announce that Catalina Goanta & Giovanni De Gregoriowill give a lecture entitledThe Influencer Republic: Monetizing Political Speech on Social Mediaon Friday 29 April 2022 This lecture addresses the specific challenges arising from the monetization of political speech on social media, and propose a normative argument to extend consumer disclosures to political… Continue reading IViR Lecture Series: The Influencer Republic: Monetizing Political Speech on Social Media

IViR is pleased to announce thatMartin Husovecwill give a lecture entitled(Ir)Responsible Legislature? Speech Risks under the EU’s Rules on Delegated Digital Enforcementon Friday 25 March 2022 Countries around the world are legitimately demanding that the providers of digital spaces fix the problem of illegal content on their services. The European Union legislature is increasingly entrusting various… Continue reading IViR Lecture Series: (Ir)Responsible Legislature? Speech Risks under the EU’s Rules on Delegated Digital Enforcement

IViR is pleased to announce that Professor Sofia Ranchordás will give a lecture aboutEmpathy in Digital Government on Friday 4 February 2022. Humans make mistakes. Humans make mistakes especially while filling out tax returns, benefit applications, and other government forms, which are often tainted with complex language, requirements, and short deadlines. However, the unique human… Continue reading IViR Lecture Series: Empathy in Digital Government