Over the past few years, the AI governance landscape in Europe has advanced substantially: The EU AI Act is almost finalised and the development of harmonised standards to underpin the Act is underway. At the same time, a plethora of AI ethics and trustworthiness frameworks have emerged in a variety of consortiums as well as national and multi-national forums. EUREL members are home to numerous experts and activities in Artificial Intelligence. With AI expected to remain one of the key technology-driven disruptions for years to come, EUREL has created the Committee on AI and Digital Trust to exchange and coordinate insights and actions.
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EUREL Committee on AI and Digital Trust
What is the Committee working on?
Goal of the Committee is to take an important step beyond the ongoing discussion of the “optimum” way of governing and regulating AI in Europe for promoting the beneficial use of AI while mitigating downsides. The Committee is working for example on:
- Recognizing the limitations of solely focusing on AI technology or usage for addressing its downsides
- Prioritizing strategies for enhancing the resilience of the digital space against AI-generated deceptive content and bots
- Building necessary infrastructures and protocols for trust and identity in the digital space
- Exploring how industry can be supported in the implementation of AI regulation
- Considering broader perspectives on regulating generative AI
Our Committee
The Committee on AI and Digital Trust is chaired by Sebastian Hallensleben (Head of AI & Digital Trust at VDE, Chair of CEN-CENELEC JTC21, Co-Chair of OECD ONE.AI Risk & Accountability).
Dr Sebastian Hallensleben
Dr Sebastian Hallensleben is the Chair of CEN-CENELEC JTC 21 where European AI standards to underpin EU regulation are being developed, and Chair of the Trusted Information working group in the EU StandICT programme. He co-chairs the AI risk and accountability work at OECD and has roles in AI committees at the Council of Europe and UNESCO.
Dr Sebastian Hallensleben is the Chair of CEN-CENELEC JTC 21 where European AI standards to underpin EU regulation are being developed, and Chair of the Trusted Information working group in the EU StandICT programme. He co-chairs the AI risk and accountability work at OECD and has roles in AI committees at the Council of Europe and UNESCO.
Sebastian Hallensleben heads Digitalisation and Artificial Intelligence at VDE Association for Electrical, Electronic and Information Technologies where he is responsible for new product and service development as well as for giving advice and developing frameworks for the German parliament and federal ministries as well as the European Commission. He focuses in particular on AI ethics, on handling the impact of generative AI, building privacy-preserving trust infrastructures as well as characterizing AI quality. Find more information about Sebastian Hallensleben on LinkedIn.