Name: PRACTITIONERS' FORUM 2020 : Artificial Intelligence and the Space Sector - Legal and Regulatory Aspects
Start: 2020-04-23T08:50:00+00:00
End: 2020-04-23T20:00:00+00:00
Location: ESA ESOC, Darmstadt

- 09:00 → 09:30
  
  Part I: setting the scene for AI: Registration and welcome coffee
  
  [Moderator: Nicholas Puschman]
  Press Center – ESA ESOC
- 09:30 → 09:35
  
  Part I: setting the scene for AI: Welcome words from ECSL - Chehineze Bouafia, ECSL Executive Secretary
  
  [Moderator: Nicholas Puschman]
  Press Center – ESA ESOC
- 09:35 → 09:40
  
  Part I: setting the scene for AI: Video message on AI, ESA and space - Johann-Dietrich Wörner, ESA Director General
  
  [Moderator: Nicholas Puschman]
  Press Center – ESA ESOC
- 09:40 → 10:00
  
  Part I: setting the scene for AI: Setting the scene: what is AI? - Holger Hoos, University of Leiden & CLAIRE Federation of AI Labs
  
  [Moderator: Nicholas Puschman]
  Press Center – ESA ESOC
- 10:00 → 10:30
  
  Part I: setting the scene for AI: Whistle-stop tour of the legal aspects of AI (common to all sectors): liability, intellectual property, data ownership and processing Fabian Niemann, Bird & Bird Dusseldorf
  
  [Moderator: Nicholas Puschman]
  Press Center – ESA ESOC
- 10:30 → 10:50
  
  Part I: setting the scene for AI: AI-supported technology - Kim Dressendörfer, IBM
  
  [Moderator: Nicholas Puschman]
  Press Center – ESA ESOC
- 10:50 → 11:10
  
  Coffee and networking / Display of AI 20m
  
  ECSL and ESA stand available during the break
- 11:10 → 11:30
  
  Part II: AI and the space sector: The space market and AI: current state, predictions, expectations… - Maxime Puteaux, Euroconsult
  
  Moderator: Nicholas Puschman
  Press Center – ESA ESOC
- 11:30 → 11:50
  
  Part II: AI and the space sector: ESA and AI - Alessandro Donati, ESA Advanced Mission Concepts and Technologies Office
  
  Moderator: Nicholas Puschman
  Press Center – ESA ESOC
- 11:50 → 12:10
  
  Part II: AI and the space sector: Legal aspects of AI in the space sector - Philippe Achilleas, University of Paris-Saclay
  
  Moderator: Nicholas Puschman
  Press Center – ESA ESOC
- 12:10 → 12:40
  
  Part II: AI and the space sector: The view from the space sector: the current opportunities and challenges of AI and space – business, policy, legal and technical considerations moderated by Marco Ferrazzani - Agnieszka Lukaszcyk, Planet - Daniela Genta, Airbus Defence and Space - Ingo Baumann, BHO Legal - Florent Mazurelle, ESA
  
  Moderator: Nicholas Puschman
  Press Center – ESA ESOC
- 12:40 → 13:50
  
  Lunch and networking 1h 10m
- 13:50 → 14:10
  
  Part III: comparative analysis of AI and other sectors – lessons to be learned for space: Regulating AI: the use of AI in the sector of transportation - Romain Melet, AirFrance-KLM
  
  Moderator: Nicholas Puschman
- 14:10 → 14:30
  
  Part III: comparative analysis of AI and other sectors – lessons to be learned for space: Ethical aspects of AI - Cecilia Bonefeld, DigitalEurope, member of the EU HLEG
  
  Moderator: Nicholas Puschman
- 14:30 → 14:50
  
  Part III: comparative analysis of AI and other sectors – lessons to be learned for space: The challenges of AI in other sectors: security - David Sadek, ThalesGroup
  
  Moderator: Nicholas Puschman
- 14:50 → 15:20
  
  Part III: comparative analysis of AI and other sectors – lessons to be learned for space: The uses of AI today and lessons to be learned for the space sector, moderated by Jenni Tapio - Jolanda van Eijndthoven, EU Commission - Sarah Moens, DLA Piper - Holger Krag, ESA
  
  Moderator: Nicholas Puschman
- 15:20 → 15:40
  
  Coffee and networking 20m
- 15:40 → 16:40
  
  Part IV: In-depth mini-workshops- Please select one (1) of the workshops mentioned in the DESCRIPTION to participate in: -
  
  (i) Minimising risk: contracting and liability - Ingo Baumann, BHO Legal
  (ii) Industrial Partnership for Artificial Intelligence - Ana Garcia Robles, Secretary General BDVA
  (iii)Intellectual property regime in AI-developed products: law and policy - Ioanna Thoma, ESA
- 16:45 → 17:00
  
  Part III: comparative analysis of AI and other sectors – lessons to be learned for space: Q&A, closing remarks - Rolf Densing, ESA Director of Operations and Head of ESOC - Chehineze Bouafia, ECSL Executive Secretary
  
  Moderator: Nicholas Puschman
- 17:00 → 18:00
  
  Tour of ESOC Facilities 1h
  
  ESOC Centre of Operations
- 18:00 → 19:00
  
  Cocktail Reception 1h

PRACTITIONERS' FORUM 2020 : Artificial Intelligence and the Space Sector - Legal and Regulatory Aspects

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ESA ESOC, Darmstadt