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Forum KI-Recht 2024

Adrian Ott

Partner, Chief AI Officer

Presentation topic:
"GenAI in Firmen – welche Use Cases funktionieren wirklich?"

Adrian Ott is EY Switzerland’s Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer and a Partner in the Forensic department.

He joined EY in 2017 and has over 15 years of professional experience within the area of digital innovation, solution design and Artificial Intelligence – especially in the context of analyzing large amounts of data in a forensically sound manner and aligned with external and internal regulatory requirements.

Prior to this, he was heading the Forensics and Integrity Services department in Switzerland, where he worked with his team to integrate the latest GenAI technologies into traditional investigation workflows and he was leading projects related to Cyber Crime, Investigations as well as supporting clients in international and national court proceedings.

Adrian comes from an IT engineering background where, prior to joining EY in 2017, he worked for the Federal Prosecutor’s Office in Switzerland building up the Digital Forensics department and subsequentially leading the department over the course of five years.

Urs Gasser

Prof. Dr. iur., LL.M.

Presentation topic:
"Key Note"

Urs Gasser is Professor of Public Policy, Governance, and Innovative Technology at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), where he serves as Dean of the TUM School of Social Sciences and Technology and Rector of the Munich School of Politics and Public Policy. He co-leads the TUM Generative AI Task Force and founded the Quantum Social Lab at the TUM Think Tank. Before joining TUM, Urs Gasser was Executive Director of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University and Professor of Practice at Harvard Law School. He served on Angela Merkel’s Digital Council, the Colombian President’s Commission of Experts on AI, and is currently Chair of Thailand’s International Policy Advisory Panel on AI. He is also a member of the WEF Resilient Governance and Regulation Working Group, and the UNSECO High-Level Expert Group (HLEG) on the implementation of the AI recommendation, among other committees. Together with Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, he is the author of Guardrails: Guiding Human Decisions in the Age of AI (Princeton University Press, March 2024).

Adrienne Fichter

Investigative Tech Reporter Republik.ch und CO-Herausgeberin für DNIP.ch

Presentation topic:
"10 Fragen an..."

Adrienne Fichter completed a master’s degree in political science, economic and social history and constitutional law at the University of Zurich. In 2009, Fichter cofounded the the web-start-up politnetz.ch as a community manager. She then worked as a social media editor for the comany Orell Füssli Wirtschaftsinformationen (now CRIF AG). Fichter started her journalistic career in 2014 as a social media editor at the newspaper Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ). Since 2017, she has been working as an investigative tech reporter for the magazine Republik.ch and also writes for her own blog dnip.ch (Das Netz ist politisch). She has won various awards for her journalistic work.

David Rosenthal

Partner

Presentation topic:
"Panel"

David Rosenthal has studied law at the University of Basel, he has been a software developer and journalist, is specialized in data and technology law and heads this practice at VISCHER. He also runs the VISCHER Legal Innovation Lab.

Anna Zeiter

Chief Privacy Officer & Vice President for Privacy, Data & AI Responsibility

Presentation topic:
"Implementation of Responsible AI in a Global Acting Company"

Anna Zeiter is Chief Privacy Officer and Vice President for Privacy, Data & AI Responsibility at eBay Inc. Since March 2022 she is also managing director of the eBay Marketplaces GmbH, the holding company of eBay’s international business. Anna is regularly giving key notes at international Privacy and AI conferences and teaches Privacy and Responsible AI at several universities e.g., in Bern, Zurich, St. Gallen, Göttingen, and Stanford. Since 2020, Anna is serving as board member of the IAPP (International Association of Privacy Professionals), and she is – besides the Chief Privacy Officers of Google, Microsoft, IBM and OpenAI – also member of the Global AI Governance Advisory Board. In 2020, she also joined the Digital Transformations Working Group of the World Economic Forum (WEF), co-leading the workstream Business of Data & Data Valuation until 2022. Since 2022, Anna is also member of the Privacy & Security Advisory Board of Flo Health Inc. (a global leading female health tracking app).

Sandra Marmy-Brändli

Dr. iur, Partner Schiffbau Attorneys at Law

Presentation topic:
"KI-Anwendungen als Herausforderung für das Urheberrecht"

Sandra Marmy-Brändli is a partner at Schiffbau Attorneys at Law in Zurich. She advises international and national clients in the areas of intellectual property and commercial law. Before joining Schiffbau Attorneys at Law, she was a Senior Associate in the IP Tech team of Baker McKenzie in Zurich. She studied Law & Economics at the University of St. Gallen and wrote her dissertation on the the flexibility of copyright exception systems (“The flexibility of copyright exception systems. A comparative legal analysis using the example of digital challenges.”)

Nino Weingart

MSc ETH

Presentation topic:
"Künstliche Intelligenz: Eine grundlegende Übersicht"

Nino Weingart specializes in AI and Machine Learning. At D ONE, he develops solutions and consults clients to generate value from data. Nino also lectures on AI Management at HWZ.

Isabelle Wildhaber

Prof. Dr. iur., LL.M.

Presentation topic:
"Genügen unsere Haftungsgrundlagen für KI?"

Isabelle Wildhaber is a Full Professor for Private Law and Business Law at the University of St. Gallen and a Co-Founder of the Law & Tech Lab at the University of St. Gallen.

Kai Zenner

Head of Office and Digital Policy Adviser for MEP Axel Voss (European People’s Party Group) in the European Parliament

Presentation topic:
"AI Act - Herausforderungen und Stolpersteine in der praktischen Umsetzung"

Kai Zenner is Head of Office and Digital Policy Advisor to MEP Axel Voss (EPP Group) in the European Parliament and focuses on AI, data and digital transformation in the EU. Currently, he is involved in the political negotiations on the AI Liability Directive, the eprivacy Regulation and the revision of the GDPR. Before joining the European Parliament, he worked as a research assistant at the European Office of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Brussels. Mr. Zenner is a member of the OECD.AI Network of Experts and of the expert group supporting the United Nations High-Level Advisory Body on AI. He was awarded Best MEP Assistant 2023 and ranked 13th in Politico’s Power 40 – class 2023.

Kerstin Johansson Baker

Head of CNAI Unit, Swiss Federal Statistical Office

Presentation topic:
"KI in der Bundesverwaltung und öffentliches Vertrauen"

Dr Kerstin Johansson Baker is currently Head of the Competence Network for Artificial Intelligence (CNAI) unit at the Swiss Federal Statistical Office. This network aims to build trust in AI and facilitate an active and sustainable knowledge exchange, both within the Swiss Federal Administration and beyond. Dr Johansson Baker participates in UN working groups such as “Responsible AI” and “Privacy-enhancing technologies Legal subgroup”, and works closely with the Data science competence center at the FSO in these areas. With her deep understanding of the issues surrounding AI and its impact on democracy and the rule of law, she follows the development of digital law and data protection and advocates for responsible, trustworthy and ethical AI practices. Dr Johansson Baker holds a PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Geneva and has a strong background in academic diabetes research. She more recently retrained as a data scientist and completed a Certificate of Open Studies in Data Science and Machine Learning at the EPFL Extension School.