Dr Maja Bogataj Jančič participates in the National Assembly debate on the EU AI Act
Dr Maja Bogataj Jančič emphasised the importance of broader involvement in Slovenia’s preparation for EU AI legislation during the debate in the National Assembly.
Dr Maja Bogataj Jančič LL.M, LL.M., founder of the Open Data and Intellectual Property Institute (ODIPI) and co-chair of the Global Partnership for Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) Data Governance Working Group, today took part in a debate on the EU AI Act proposal at the National Assembly. In her address, she stressed the importance of a concerted effort and a more intensive societal debate in Slovenia on the impact of AI on the future of work and society. She stressed that Slovenia needs greater involvement of all stakeholders in order to prepare effectively for the future challenges posed by this technology.
In June 2024, the Knowledge Rights 21 (KR21) network and Communia, published research findings in a publication entitled Copyright as an Access Right: Concretizing Positive Obligations for Rightholders to Ensure the Exercise of User Rights, which was authored by professors Christophe Geiger and Bernd Justin Jütte.
On Thursday, July 4, 2024, TV SLO 1 aired a new show Conversations about the Future with the subtitle Alternative Futures, in which three guests reflected on the dilemmas and opportunities of an increasingly digitized society. In addition to Dr. Maja Bogataj Jančič from ODIPI, were also anthropologists Dr. Dan Podjed from ZRC SAZU and computer engineer Dr. Blaž Zupan from the Faculty of Computer Science and Informatics UL.
In the first week of July 2024, the Summer Course on International Copyright Law and Policy took place in Amsterdam, which was also attended by the young researcher Laura Pipan from ODIPI.
On Friday, June 14, 2024, the second day of the Global Conference on AI and Human Rights took place at the Faculty of Law of the University of Ljubljana. Dr. Maja Bogataj Jančič gave a lecture as part of the 14th panel entitled AI and Intellectual Property: Revolution or Robbery?