Summit Thematic Pillars
GSAIET2025 is structured around six core thematic pillars that address the most critical aspects of AI governance and emerging technology law:
- AI & Fundamental Rights
This pillar focuses on the intersection of artificial intelligence with fundamental human rights, addressing critical issues such as:
- Transparency Requirements: Ensuring AI systems operate with sufficient transparency to protect individual rights
- Bias Audits: Implementing comprehensive bias detection and mitigation strategies
- Human-in-the-Loop Safeguards: Maintaining human oversight in AI decision-making processes
- Privacy Protection: Balancing AI innovation with the protection of personal privacy rights
- AI, Accountability and Liability
This theme addresses one of the most complex challenges in AI governance:
- Legal Attribution: Determining liability when AI systems cause harm or make erroneous decisions
- Corporate Responsibility: Establishing frameworks for organizational accountability in AI deployment
- Insurance and Risk Management: Developing new models for managing AI-related risks
- Judicial Precedents: Creating legal frameworks for AI-related disputes
- Cyber-security & Autonomous Defence
This pillar examines the security implications of AI technologies:
- Kinetic-Cyber Convergence: Addressing the intersection of physical and digital security threats
- Autonomous Defense Systems: Regulating AI-powered security and defense applications
- Drone Warfare Lessons: Learning from existing autonomous weapons systems
- Critical Infrastructure Protection: Securing AI-enabled infrastructure against cyber threats
- Law for Decentralised & Quantum Tech
This theme addresses emerging technologies beyond traditional AI:
- Zero-Knowledge Proofs: Legal frameworks for privacy-preserving technologies
- Quantum-Secure Cryptography: Preparing for post-quantum cryptographic challenges
- Blockchain Integration: Governing decentralized AI systems
- Distributed Governance: Creating legal frameworks for decentralized technologies
- Digital Trade, Competition & IP
This pillar focuses on the economic and commercial aspects of AI governance:
- Data Localization: Balancing global AI development with national data sovereignty
- AI and Intellectual Property Rights: Protecting IP in AI-generated content and systems
- Competition Law: Preventing AI-driven monopolization and ensuring fair competition
- Trade Regulations: Harmonizing international trade rules for AI technologies
- RegTech & LegalTech Innovation
This theme explores the role of technology in legal and regulatory systems:
- AI-Powered Compliance: Using AI to enhance regulatory compliance
- Smart Contract Adjudication: Developing legal frameworks for automated contract enforcement
- Digital Courts: Implementing AI in judicial processes
- Regulatory Sandboxes: Creating safe spaces for AI innovation