Seminars and Conferences

The logic of trade-offs

5 October 2022, 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM

Prof. Avv. Oreste Pollicino will participate in the seminar “The logic of trade-offs” as Chair, organised by the Bocconi School of Law, LL.M. in Law of Internet Technology, and the Baffi Carefin Centre. Greetings by Prof. Pietro Sirena, Director of the Bocconi School of Law, will be followed by the keynote speech of Prof. Luciano Floridi, Alma Mater University of Bologna. Prof. Pollicino will moderate the discussion during which Prof. Mariateresa Maggiolino, Bocconi University, Prof. Giovanni Tuzet, Avv. Marco Bassini, Bocconi University, and Dr. Giovanni De Gregorio, Catholic University of Lisbon will take the floor.

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Seminar “Rights in the Infosphere”

4 October 2022, 3:00 – 6:30 PM

Prof. Avv. Oreste Pollicino will take part in the hybrid seminar “Rights in the Infosphere”, which will take place on 4 October 2022 at the Università Commerciale “L. Bocconi”, Milan.
The event, which will be introduced by the greetings of Prof. Donato Masciandro, aims to analyse the ethical and legal consequences of the application of technologies, starting from the philosophical analysis of Prof. Luciano Floridi, University of Bologna, who will be entrusted with the event’s conclusions. The debate will be joined by Prof. Avv. Giusella Finocchiaro, Prof. Laura Ammannati, University of Milan, Prof. Damiano Canale, Bocconi University, Prof. Carlo Casonato, University of Trento, Prof. Massimo Durante, University of Turin, Pres. Alessandro Pajno, Leonardo Foundation and President Emeritus of the Council of State, Prof. Andrea Simoncini, University of Florence and Pres. Luciano Violante, Leonardo Foundation.

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AI & Sustainability

3 October 2022, 16:45 – 8:30 PM

Prof. Avv. Oreste Pollicino will moderate the Conference “AI & Sustainability” organised by EuropIA.it in collaboration with Bocconi AI & Neuroscience Students Association (BAINSA) and Build Sustainable Innovation (BSI). During the event, which will be introduced by the opening greetings of Dr. Marco Landi, former President of Apple Europe, Dr. Fabio Salviato, President of Etisos and Founder of Banca Etica, Dr. Stefano Petrillo, Co-Founder of Enjoyricondizionati.it, Dr. Anna Mareschi Danieli, Member of the Executive Board of Danieli & C SpA, Dr. Alberto Baccati, Head of Innovation at Laya, and Dr. Katerina Serada LL.M., Founder of SDGHub.

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State of Privacy 2022

23 September 2022

Prof. Avv. Oreste Pollicino will participate on 23 September 2022 in the “State of Privacy 2022”, an event organised by the Italia Data Protection Authority to celebrate its first 25 years of activity. The Professor, who will join the session as a Member of the Management Board European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), will sit at the table dedicated to Human Rights, where the main challenges for the near future will be outlined. The debate will be led by Avv. Alessandra Pierucci, Chair of the Commission on Convention 108, and will also be attended by Prof. Joe Cannataci, University of Malta, Prof. Giovanna De Minico, University Federico II of Naples, Mr. Bruno Gencarelli, Deputy to the Director and Head of Unit at the European Commission, Avv. Jan Kleijssen, Council of Europe, Ms. Estelle Massé, Access Now, and Pres. Fabrizio Petri, MAECI.

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IACL’s Junior Scholars Forum

12 September 2022, 4:00 – 6:00 PM

Prof. Avv. Oreste Pollicino will take part in the Junior Scholars Forum organised by IACL, The International Association of Constitutional Law, an event whose purpose is to allow young researchers from various parts of the world to present their research.
The Professor will join the panel “Expanding the Boundaries of Rights” and participate in the discussion, moderated by Prof. Pablo Riberi, University of Cordoba, as a commentator together with Prof. Mariana Mota Prado, University of Toronto.

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The Strengthened Code of Practice on Disinformation: a new “source of law”?

22 July 2022, 11:00 AM – 13:00 PM

Prof. Avv. Oreste Pollicino will speak at the seminar on the Code of Conduct against disinformation, organized by the Center for Media, Pluralism, and Freedom at the European University Institute.
The seminar aims to highlight the strengths and weaknesses of self-regulatory and co-regulatory mechanisms to deal with online disinformation, the nature of the Code of Conduct as a source of law, the Code's connections with the DSA, the governance options proposed by the European strategy to deal with disinformation, also taking into account the possible consequences on citizens' fundamental rights.
The Professor will give a keynote speech together with Dr. Giovanni De Gregorio, University of Oxford; the debate will be introduced by Prof. Elda Brogi, EUI, and Member of the Executive Board of EDMO, European Digital Media Observatory, and by Prof. Andrea Simoncini, University of Florence.

Disinformation overload: can we redesign online information flows?

14 July 2022, 1:00 – 2:00 PM

Prof. Avv. Oreste Pollicino will take part in the live event themed “Disinformation overload: can we redesign online information flows?” organised by Euroconsumer, and which will be broadcast on their LinkedIn page.
The Professor will discuss the new code against disinformation together with Harriet Kingaby, Co-chair Conscious Advertising Network, and Lara Levet, Public Policy Manager EU Affairs, Meta.

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ELI Digital Law Speaker Series

13 July 2022, 5:00 – 6:00 PM

Prof. Avv. Oreste Pollicino will join today a new meeting of the “ELI Digital Law Speaker Series” which, on this occasion, will be dedicated to “Tackling Disinformation through Procedural Safeguards: The European Union Approach in the Digital Services Act”. The Professor will illustrate the topic together with Dr. De Gregorio, Post-doc at the University of Oxford.
The meeting is hosted by the European Law Institute (ELI) and will be moderated by Prof. Christoph Busch, University of Osnabrück, and Prof. Alberto De Franceschi, University of Ferrara and KU Leuven.

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Seminar “Algoritmi e amministratori”

15 July 2022, 5:00 PM 

Prof. Avv. Oreste Pollicino will participate in the Seminar organised on the occasion of the presentation of the book, 'Business Law and Artificial Intelligence. From fintech to corptech' by Niccolò Abriani and Giulia Schneider, published by Il Mulino. The author will be introduced by Prof. Maria Lillà Montagnani, Bocconi University, followed by a discussion with Prof. Pollicino and Prof. Riccardo Zecchina, Bocconi University.

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Webinar ‘L’utilizzo dell’intelligenza artificiale per il contrasto del crimine finanziario’

13 July 2022, 10:00 AM

Prof. Avv. Oreste Pollicino will speak at the event “The use of Artificial Intelligence to combat financial crime” organised by the Intesa San Paolo Group on the occasion of the establishment of the Anti Financial Crime Digital Hub - a consortium company promoted by Intesa Sanpaolo with the Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center, University of Turin, Turin Polytechnic and CentAI (Center of Artificial Intelligence) with the aim of using artificial intelligence to combat financial crime. The Professor will take part in the panel discussion which will be moderated by journalist Maria Latella, and will also be joined by Prof. Paolo Benanti, Extraordinary Professor Pontifical Gregorian University, Piero Boccassino, Chief Compliance Officer Intesa Sanpaolo, Mario Rasetti, Chairman CentAI Scientific Committee, and Pres. Luciano Violante, Leonardo Foundation.

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