1st European AI Office webinar on Risk Management Approach in the AI Act

Initially scheduled for 16 May, now postponed for few days, date will be confirmed shortly on this page.

In this webinar, you will learn:

• The AI Act’s regulatory logic with insights into risk and quality management systems compliance requirements for high-risk AI systems;
• Essential elements for developing risk assessments on general purpose AI models with systemic risks;
  How to be ahead of the curve and future-proof your regulatory compliance with the AI Act;
• Whether available international standards, such as recent ISO 42001 are sufficient for the regulatory compliance under the AI Act.

Organizational details

• Date tbc
• Insights from main experts of the AI Office (Dr. Tatjana Evas and Antoine-Alexandre André) and the EC Joint Research Centre (Josep Soler Garrido).

Who should attend

• Organizations developing or deploying AI systems or general-purpose AI models;
• Head of R&D;
• Head of Regulatory Compliance;
• Standardisation experts;
• Civil society organizations.

Background

The EU AI Act is expected to enter into force in June/July 2024. It follows a New-Legislative Framework product safety approach. This means that high-level essential requirements, such as the requirement for risk-management system are set in the legal act, while technical operationalisation can be ensured through harmonised standards. The European Commission has requested the European standardisation organisations to develop European harmonized standards to support the AI Act. Those standards, if developed in line with the AI Act, will be essential tools for the implementation of the AI Act, and for the presumption of conformity.

The risk management system is one of the key requirements for high-risk AI systems (Article 10) and one of the obligations for general-purpose AI models with systemic risks (Article 55).

The AI Office, one of the key governance bodies under the AI Act, is organizing a series of webinars to help organisations to prepare for correct and timely implementation of the AI Act.

Key references

• The AI Act (Corrigendum; Final text after revisions by lawyer-linguists) (pdf)
• CEN/CENELEC Joint Technical Committee 21
• European Commission JRC/DG CNECT Report "Analysis of the preliminary AI standardisation work plan in support of the AI Act"