(online) Better_AI_Meetup: How will the AI Act affect your business and research?

Juraj Čorba is responsible for the regulation and governance of digital technologies, especially AI (Department of Digital Strategies, Regulation and International Cooperation). He represents Slovakia in the negotiations on the AI Act of the EU and the AI Convention of the Council of Europe. He is the chairman of the OECD Working Party on Artificial Intelligence Governance (AIGO OECD) and Chairman of the EU Policy Makers’ Reflection Group on Large General Use Models. He represents Slovakia in the Steering Committee of the Partnership on AI. He is also responsible for leading the joint international initiative of MIRRI SR with IEEE for Adaptive AI Governance. Juraj is a former attorney and representative of Slovakia in the EU Courts.

Matúš Mesarčík is a senior researcher in Ethics and Law in KInIT. He holds a Phd degree in Administrative Law from Comenius University in Bratislava. Matúš has a background in data protection law and AI regulation. He lectures courses on IT Law and Data Protection Law and is the author of the first data protection textbook for university students in Slovakia. Apart from his research activities, Matúš worked as a privacy consultant in a law office focused on privacy and new technologies and currently advises public authorities on the topics of data protection, AI regulation and cyber-security.