| Date: | 17 February 2026, 11:00 – 12:00 (CET) | Price: | Free (for eligible participants) | |
| Format: | AI:AT Webinar, ONLINE (Zoom) | Target audience: | Academia, industry, public admin | |
| Language: | English | Organizer: | AI:AT & ASC |
Artificial intelligence (AI) must be human-centered and trustworthy. This concept is based on three specific requirements: AI must be lawful, ethical, and robust.
This webinar builds on the previous event Fundamentals of Trustworthy AI and provides in-depth insights into the legal requirements that must be met when developing and using AI. In a one-hour online seminar, knowledge about requirements arising from the AI Act, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and copyright law is imparted.
At the end of the webinar, participants will know which risk classes the AI Act recognizes and what requirements arise from them. Furthermore, a solid understanding of data protection challenges will be conveyed and the tasks that organizations must perform in order to use AI in a data protection compliant manner will be discussed. Finally, an overview of copyright law will be provided in order to convey sensitivity to the use of works for training AI and awareness of the use of generative AI results.
Target audience
The webinar is aimed at individuals who are involved in ensuring compliance with legal requirements within organizations.
This webinar is open and free of charge for all participants from academia, industry, and public administration from EU and/or EuroHPC JU member countries.
Entry level & prerequisites
Advanced – participants should have a solid basic understanding of how AI works and the legal system.
Agenda
11:00 Welcome & Presentation of AI-Factory Austria AI:AT
11:05 Trustworthy AI: Ethical Aspects
11:50 Questions & Discussion
Speakers
Michael Löffler (AI Factory Austria AI:AT)
DI Michael Löffler is a computer scientist currently studying law. At AI Factory Austria AI:AT, he coordinates Law, Ethics, and Regulation. He has been working on issues at the intersection of technology and law for more than 17 years. During this time, he worked for renowned law firms, served as the Data Protection Officer (DPO) and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) of the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology – Austria's largest non-university research institution – and conducted research on digital fundamental rights. As an editorial board member of the journal Datenschutz konkret (Dako), he continuously publishes on data protection issues and is involved in training data protection officers in collaboration with Business Circle.
Krisztina Rozgonyi (AI Factory Austria AI:AT)
DDr. phil. et iur. Krisztina Rozgonyi MBA is a Senior Scientist at the Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT) within the Center for Innovation Systems & Policy. Her work focuses on infocommunication policy and societal transformations, digital platform governance, AI ethics and policy change, as well as the rule of law in governance. She has an extensive track record as a senior international expert in media, telecommunications, and intellectual property law and policy. She has collaborated with international and European organizations (such as the ITU/UN, UNESCO, Council of Europe, European Commission, World Bank InfoDev, OSCE, and BBC MA), national governments, and regulators as an adviser on media freedom, spectrum policy, and digital platform governance. She has also been deeply involved in legal and policy reform processes. Before her academic career, she served as the head of a Telecommunications Regulatory Authority in an EU Member State. Currently, Dr. Rozgonyi is also affiliated with the Institute for Comparative Media and Communication Studies (CMC) at the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW), where her research focuses on comparative media systems. She is furthermore a fellow with the policy platform at the Department of Communication of the University of Vienna. At AI:AT, she collaborates closely with the Legal & Ethics Team, supporting projects that embed trustworthy AI by design, with a particular emphasis on intellectual property aspects of AI development and deployment.
Language
English
Date, time, and location
17.02.2026, 11:00 – 12:00 (CET), LIVE ONLINE WEBINAR (Zoom)
Registration
Registration is required, the link to the registration form can be found on the top of this page in the menu on the left. Please register with your official institutional email address to prove your affiliation.
You will get the Zoom link in the automatic confirmation by email (subject starting with "[Indico] Registration"), please check your Spam/Junk folders). We will also send 1–2 reminders before the webinar.
Please do not hesitate to contact us at training@ai-at.eu if you have any questions.
Organizers
This webinar is jointly organized by AI Factory Austria AI:AT and Austrian Scientific Computing (ASC) (aka ASC Research Center, TU Wien).
Acknowledgements
AI Factory Austria AI:AT has received funding from the European High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (JU) under grant agreement No 101253078. The JU receives support from the Horizon Europe Programm of the European Union and Austria (BMIMI / FFG).
