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SUMMARY:Harmonised Standards & the AI Act
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UID:indico-event-346@events.asc.ac.at
CONTACT:training@ai-at.eu
DESCRIPTION:Date: 02 September 2026\, 14:00 – 15:00 (CET) Price: Free
  (for eligible participants)Format: AI:AT Webinar\, ONLINE (Zoom) Target
  audience: Industry\, public admin\, academiaLanguage: English Organize
 r: AI:ATHarmonised standards can help you devote more time to building in
 novative products by helping you get legal compliance right — one step a
 t a time.Have you ever looked at the AI Act and wondered: How am I suppose
 d to implement this? In this case\, harmonised standards for the AI Act ar
 e for you. Harmonised standards contain detailed technical specifications 
 which\, step-by-step\, lead you to compliance. This webinar helps you und
 erstand what harmonised standards are\, how they are different from other 
 types of standards and what you can do with them. We will look specificall
 y into how harmonised standards can be read and applied\, then dive deeper
  into the harmonised standard for quality management pursuant to Art. 17 A
 I Act. You will learn more about the timeline for harmonised standards\, w
 hy you might want to get involved in standardisation and how to do it\, as
  well as where you can learn more about harmonised standards.  Target aud
 ienceThis webinar is open and free of charge for all participants from aca
 demia\, industry\, and public administration from EU and/or EuroHPC JU mem
 ber countries.This webinar is most useful for providers of high-risk AI sy
 stems as well as anyone interested in implementing state-of-the-art techni
 ques for ensuring the product quality of their AI systems. Small organisat
 ions such as SMEs\, as well as organisations unfamiliar with product safet
 y regulation (such as the AI Act)\, will benefit the most from this webina
 r.Entry level & prerequisitesBasic - no previous experience required.Agend
 aWelcome & Presentation of AI Factory Austria AI:AT Introduction of the s
 peakersWhat is a harmonised standard?Diving into the presumption of confor
 mityHow to read a harmonised standardApplying harmonised standardsDeep div
 e: EN 18228:2026 for quality managementOverview and timeline of harmonised
  standardsWhy and how to get involved in standardisationSummary and furthe
 r informationQuestions & Discussion    SpeakersValerie Hafez (Austrian
  Federal Chancellery)  Valerie Hafez is a policy officer at the Austrian
  Federal Chancellery and responsible for implementing the AI Act. She serv
 es as co-chair of the AI Board subgroup on standards and is delegated to C
 EN-CENELEC JTC 21 WG 2 as an Austrian expert\, where she has contributed t
 o EN 18286:2026 (Quality management) and prEN 18228:2026 (Risk management)
 .Mélanie Gornet (AI Office of the European Commission)  Mélanie Gornet
  is a Technology Specialist in Artificial Intelligence at the European Com
 mission (DG CNECT\, AI Office\; Unit A.2 Regulation and Compliance)\, wher
 e she supports the implementation of the EU AI Act\, including standardisa
 tion activities. In this role\, she contributes to the monitoring and revi
 ew of harmonised standards under development in CEN-CENELEC JTC 21\, and p
 rovides support for the AI Board subgroup on standards.LanguageEnglishDate
 \, time\, and location02.09.2026\, 14:00 – 15:00 (CET)\, LIVE ONLINE WEB
 INAR (Zoom)RegistrationRegistration is required\, the link to the registra
 tion form can be found on the top of this page in the menu on the left. Pl
 ease register with your official institutional email address to prove your
  affiliation.You will get the Zoom link in the automatic confirmation by e
 mail (subject starting with "[Indico] Registration")\, please check your S
 pam/Junk folders). We will also send 1–2 reminders before the webinar.Pl
 ease do not hesitate to contact us at training@ai-at.eu if you have any qu
 estions.OrganizersThis webinar is organized by AI Factory Austria AI:AT.Ac
 knowledgementsAI Factory Austria AI:AT has received funding from the Europ
 ean High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (JU) under grant agreemen
 t No 101253078. The JU receives support from the Horizon Europe Programm o
 f the European Union and Austria (BMIMI / FFG). \n\nhttps://events.asc.ac
 .at/event/346/
LOCATION:Zoom (ONLINE)
URL:https://events.asc.ac.at/event/346/
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