Events Ralf Bendrath (Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament): "How the EU's AI Act came about. Insights from a Negotiator" ComAI-Lectures Datum: 19. November 2024Time: 18:30Street: Schnoor 27Location: Bremer Presse-ClubAbstract Ralf Bendrath was involved in the negotiations on the European Union’s Artificial Intelligence Act, the first law world-wide to regulate AI specifically. He will give an insight into how the negotiations went, what the most interesting and salient conflicts were, and what the result is. He will also bring pictures from the negotiations, and anecdotes from the personal and institutional quarrels. Bio Ralf Bendrath is adviser for civil liberties, justice and home affairs for the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament. In this capacity, he took part in the negotiations not only of the AI Act, but also the General Data Protection Regulation, the Data Act, or the Data Governance Act, among others. Before moving to Brussels in 2009, he was researching the societal and political effects and the governance of digital technologies at universities in Berlin, Bremen, Delft, Washington DC and New York City.
