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

Thursday 23 Apr 2020, 08:50 → 20:00 UTC

Press Centre (ESA ESOC, Darmstadt)

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Programme Practitioner's Forum 2020 .pdf

09:00 → 09:30 Part I: setting the scene for AI: Registration and welcome coffee

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09:30 → 09:35 Part I: setting the scene for AI: Welcome words from ECSL - Chehineze Bouafia, ECSL Executive Secretary

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09:35 → 09:40 Part I: setting the scene for AI: Video message on AI, ESA and space - Johann-Dietrich Wörner, ESA Director General

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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

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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

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10:30 → 10:50 Part I: setting the scene for AI: AI-supported technology - Kim Dressendörfer, IBM

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10:50 → 11:10 Coffee and networking / Display of AI

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

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11:30 → 11:50 Part II: AI and the space sector: ESA and AI - Alessandro Donati, ESA Advanced Mission Concepts and Technologies Office

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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

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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

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12:40 → 13:50 Lunch and networking

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

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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

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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

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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

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15:20 → 15:40 Coffee and networking

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

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17:00 → 18:00 Tour of ESOC Facilities

ESOC Centre of Operations

18:00 → 19:00 Cocktail Reception