Monday 30th October 2023

Venue: University of Lapland, rooms: A141LY and A140LY

13:00 – 17:30 PhD workshop (Call for Abstracts has finished)

13.00 – 13.10 Introduction to the WS – Béatrice Schütte and Dino Girardi (Organizers of the workshop, University of Lapland)

13.10 – 13.30 “Digital lawyers with methodological skills - a mission impossible?” Ahti Saarenpää – (Emeritus Professor, University of Lapland)

13.30 – 17.30 Parallel Sessions – Presentation of the abstracts and discussion

PARALLEL SESSION 1
Commentators: Rob van den Hoven van Genderen, Béatrice Schütte and Beata Mäihäniemi
13.30 – 14.05 Ana Paula Gonzalez Torres
14.05 – 14.40 Samar Nawaz
14.40 – 15.15 Bjorn Aslak Juliussen

PARALLEL SESSION 2
Commentators: Juhana Riekkinen, Ahti Saarenpää and Rosa Ballardini
13.30 – 14.05 Laura Lassila
14.05 – 14.40 Essi Puhakainen
14.40 – 15.15 Artha Dermawan

15.15 – 15.45 Coffee Break

PARALLEL SESSION 1
Commentators: Rob van den Hoven van Genderen and Béatrice Schütte

15.45 – 16.20 Alexander Antonov
16.20 – 16.55 Anu Ojala
16.55 – 17.30 Renate Heggelund

PARALLEL SESSION 2
Commentators: Juhana Riekkinen and Ahti Saarenpää

15.45 – 16.20 Naomi Lintvedt 
16.20 – 16.55 Didem Polad
16.55 – 17.30 Ebru Metin

Commentators:
Rosa Ballardini (University Professor, University of Lapland)
Rob van den Hoven van Genderen (University Researcher, University of Lapland)
Ahti Saarenpää (Emeritus Professor, University of Lapland)
Beata Mäihäniemi (University Researcher, University of Lapland)
Juhana Riekkinen (University Lecturer, University of Lapland)
Béatrice Schütte (Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Lapland)

18:00 – 19:30 Get together reception at Petronella, the University of Lapland

Tuesday 31st October 2023

Venue: University of Lapland, room: B126LY

8:30 – Registration

09:00 – 09:10 Welcoming words
Soili Nysten-Haarala, Vice Rector of Research (University of Lapland, Finland) and organising committee

SESSION 1: ONGOING REGULATORY TRENDS IN THE EU

9:10 – 9:20 Introduction to topic
Chair: Ahti Saarenpää (University of Lapland, Finland)

09:20 – 10:00 AI and society – the interplay of innovation and regulation
Pekka Ala-Pietilä (Huhtamäki, Finland)

10:00 – 10:30 Legal Incentives for Innovations in the Emotional AI Domain
Rosa Ballardini and Rob van den Hoven van Genderen (University of Lapland, Finland)

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 – 11:30 Development of Legal Informatics
Erich Schweighofer (University of Vienna, Austria)

11:30 – 12:15 Pitches presentations on ongoing research projects around the conference topic
Chair: Piia Kaave (University of Lapland, Finland)
1- Tobias Mahler and Mona Naomi Lintvedt (University of Oslo, Norway), Project: Vulnerability in the Robot Society – VIROS
2- Sari Järvinen (VTT, Finland), Project: Human-technology interoperability and artificial emotional intelligence – HIPE
3- Juha Vesala (University of Lapland, Finland), Project: Anticipating Multisectoral Service Use with AI – National Pilot Concerning Elderly Clients - MAITE
4- Béatrice Schütte (University of Helsinki and University of Lapland, Finland), Project: The Automated Administration: Governance of ADM in the public sector - ADM GOV
5- Emmanuel Salami (University of Lapland, Finland), Project: Education network for automated and connected transport for sustainable cities -ENACT

12:15 – 13:30 Lunch Break

SESSION 2: DEALING WITH SENSITIVE DATA AND AI

13:30 – 13:40 Introduction to topic
Chair: Juhana Riekkinen (University of Lapland, Finland)

13:40 – 14.10
Privacy in the archives - a haven for AI?
Cecilia Magnusson Sjöberg (Stockholm University, Sweden)

14:10 – 14:40 Critical view to the implementation of public AI use cases
Tanel Kerikmäe (Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia)

14:40 – 15:10 Algorithmically generated suspicion: Introducing intelligence-led and predictive policing to the Danish National Police
Anja Møller Pedersen (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)

15:10 – 15:30 Coffee Break

15:30 – 16:15 Panel discussions, Topic: AI in Future Societies - Proactive Regulation and the Ethics of Data Efficiency
Chair: Jouko Nuottila (University of Lapland, Finland)
Panelists: Pekka Ala-Pietilä (Huuhtamäki, Finland), Tanel Kerikmäe (Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia), Cecilia Magnusson Sjöberg (Stockholm University, Sweden), Rob van den Hoven van Genderen (University of Lapland, Finland)

18:00 Conference Dinner, Arctic Restaurant

Wednesday 1st November 2023

Venue: University of Lapland, room: B126LY

SESSION 3: SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCE WITH AND THROUGH AI

9:00 – 9:10 Introduction to topic
Chair: Jukka Similä (University of Lapland, Finland)

9:10 – 9:40 Fair data economy
Reijo Aarnio (Sitra, Finland)

9:40 – 10:10 Sustainable legal education
Peter Wahlgren (Stockholm University, Sweden)

10:10 – 10:40 Coffee break

10:40 – 11:10 Precautionary and Risk Governance Design Patterns in Law on Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Tuomas Pöysti (Chancellor of Justice, Finland)

11:10 – 11:40 Limitations for Transnational AI Governance
Tobias Mahler (University of Oslo, Norway)

11:40 – 12:10 The principle of social and environmental wellbeing in the development and use of AI
Béatrice Schütte (University of Helsinki and University of Lapland, Finland)

12:10 – 13:30 Lunch break

SESSION 4: AI AND SUSTAINABLE SOCIETY, THE FINAL SOLUTION?

13:30 – 13:40 Introduction to topic
Chair: Eija Warma-Lehtinen (Castren and Snellman & University of Lapland, Finland)

13:40 – 14:10 Under the robot's gaze
Mona Naomi Lintvedt (University of Oslo, Norway)

14:10 – 14:40 The interface between digital platforms and sustainability – Insights from competition law & data governance regulation
Beata Mäihäniemi (University of Helsinki, Finland)

14:40 – 15:10 They should know: Interest in being informed and potential conflicts. The case study of Active and Assisted Living (AAL)
Maksymilian Kuzmicz (Stockholm University, Sweden)

15:10 – 15:40 Revolutionising contracts with AI: the case of the Ecodesign Regulation
Jouko Nuottila and Hilja Autto (University of Lapland, Finland)

15:40 – 16:00 Closing words: Organising committee
Welcoming to next year conference by next year’s hosts: Next year’s hosts (Sweden)

This program is subject to changes. Last update: October 6th, 2023.