Présentation

The EMILDAI Summer School 2026 brings together international students, researchers, and institutional experts to explore the future of Public Artificial Intelligence in Europe. From the development of data commons to the challenges of regulatory compliance, this five-day interdisciplinary event addresses the foundational, institutional, and technical aspects of building a sustainable, transparent, and legally sound AI frameworks for the public sector.

Programme

Monday 1st June

9.00 : Registration and welcome coffee

Epildai doctoral colloquium - Part I

Chair : Edoardo Celeste, Dublin City University

Discussant : Harshvardhan Pandit, Trinity College Dublin

9.30 : Responsible AI in Defence : Legal and Strategic Consequences of a (dis)United Approach to Military AI in the EU
Oscar Josefat Ferzuli, Dublin City University

Governing the Hidden Code : Balancing Secrecy and Transparency for Public AI
Claudia Losito, Università di Bari & Dublin City University

Turning Regulation into Reasoning Through a Semantic Web-Based Impact Assessment Tool
Tytti Rintamäki, Dublin City University

Toward a European Cybersecurity Data Commons : Anonymisation Techniques for Cross-Border Incident Sharing
Loya Haughton, Universidad de León

Traceability of Training Data in Open Language Models : Legal Implications for Rights and Intellectual Property
Hichem Semmar, Avignon University

AI Infrastructure and EU Strategic Partnerships : Reshaping Global Supply Chains
Victor Henriquez Diaz, Dublin City University

11.30 : Coffee break

Epidai doctoral colloquium - Part II

Chair : Gaël Depoorter, Avignon Université

Discussant : Afroditi Marketou, Université de Paris-Est Créteil

12.00 : Rethinking the Sustainability of Data Centres in the EU
Clara Boggini, Erasmus University Rotterdam

Judicial Content Moderation as a Constitutional Problem : Brazilian Courts and Digital Constitutionalism
Ana Luiza Marques, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais & DCU

Explainability of Automated Administrative Decisions : Bridging Law in Action and Technical Approaches
Philippine Ducros, Université de Paris-Est Créteil

Data Governance in EU Smart Mobility : Competing Visions of Access, Privacy, and Cybersecurity in Connected Vehicles
Mustapha Jid, Télécom Paris

Digital Twins and Environmental Law
Renée Knoop, Erasmus University Rotterdam

13:30 : Lunch (at the Villa Créative)

15:00 : Emildai meets harness
Víctor Rodríguez Doncel, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Edoardo Celeste, Dublin City University

15:30 : Emildai-Upec research partnership Territorial Differentiation in the DSA Transparency Database : a case study of TikTok’s Moderation Decisions
Rym Badran, Mrishana Rajanah, Maxime Zimmer, Nathan Trouvé

16:30 : Exhibition guided tour infodroit - Computer Science x Law : Recent Research at Université Paris-Est Créteil
Noé Wagener, Université de Paris-Est Créteil

17:00 : Free time to visit the exhibition

18:00 : End of the day

Tuesday 2nd June

Cultural activity - Historical visit of Avignon University Campus

10.00 – 12.30 : Please join your assigned group at the designated time. A virtual tour of the Pharmacy is available for students to discover while waiting their turn.

Meeting point : Campus Hannah Arendt, Ground Floor, bâtiment Nord

Group 1 10.00–10.30

Group 2 10.30–11.00

Group 3 11.00–11.30

Group 4 11.30–12.00

Group 5 12.00–12.30

Madics Symposium

Students are invited to attend the conference sessions when they are not participating in their scheduled campus tour.

Venue : Campus Hannah Arendt

9:00 : Welcome and Coffee

9:30 : Opening Session

10:00 : Keynote
Eric Gaussier

11:00 – 13:00 : Working Groups, Workshops (GT RECAST Program, Action SIMDAC Program, Actions EXMIA and DSChem Program, Action DAE Program)

12:30 : Lunch at Restaurant Universitaire

(Bâtiment Sud, Ground Floor - EMILDAI students)

14.30 : Institutional welcome
(Auditorium Villa Créative)
Georges Linares, President of Avignon Université
Guillaume Marrel, Director of ICPSN
Gaël Depoorter & CHRISTINA KOUMPLI, EMILDAI Coordinators at Avignon Université
Edoardo Celeste, EMILDAI Programme Chair

Panel 1 - Harnessing and steering public AI : foundational aspects

Chair : Adriana Suarez Corona, Universidad de León

15.00 : Defining the object of study : what is Public AI ?
CHRISTINA KOUMPLI, Avignon Université

Simplifying compliance with the EU AI Act using Semantic Web technologies
Dave Lewis, Trinity College Dublin & ADAPT Centre

What can economics tell about the future of Generative AI's economy and sustainability ?
Nicolas Jullien, IMT Atlantique

16:15 : Coffee Break

Panel 2 - Governing & implementing public AI : institutional aspects

Chair : Tamara Alvarez Robles, Universidad de León

16.45 : Akoma Ntoso : Enabling AI and Interoperability in Public Administration with Open Legal Standards
Monica Palmirani, Università di Bologna

Building Hybrid Public AI in the Health Sector
Yann Favier, Université Savoie Mont Blanc

Legal Practice Design : what design-theory has to offer for AI-applications in the judiciary
Cees Zweistra & Julie Hoppenbrouwers, Erasmus University of Rotterdam

Public Sector AI in Real Life : Analysing Ille-et-Vilaine's Register of Algorithmic Processing
Thomas Le Goff, Télécom Paris

Balancing competing interests in public AI : A multi-stakeholder roundtable

Moderator : CHRISTINA KOUMPLI, Avignon Université

18.30 : With Nicolas Berkouk, AI scientific expert at CNIL AI department
Victor Delavaud, Head of Institutional Relations for Artificial Intelligence, DINUM
Anna Dolganov, Roman historian and papyrologist, Austrian Archaeological Institute
William El Sayed, Member of the Mistral AI team
Dimitris Vlitas, CEO of SAIL AI

19.30 : Reception at Jardins de la Villa Créative

Wednesday 3ʳᵈ June

9.30 : Morning Coffee

Panel 3 - Framing and certifying public AI : regulatory aspects

Chair : Alberto Quintavalla, Erasmus University Rotterdam

10.00 : Certifying Algorithmic Supervision : Architecture of Compliance for Public AI in the EU
Tamara Favaro, Università di Pisa

AI Sovereignty: Lessons from the Global Majority
Filipe Medon, FGV Rio

AI charters in the public sector
Thibault Carrère, Avignon Université

Interoperability as Infrastructure for AI in the Public Interest
Enrique Santamaria Echeverria, Erasmus University Rotterdam

11.30 : Coffee Break

Panel 4 - Building & developing public AI : technical aspects

Chair : Yannick Esteve, Avignon Université

12:00 : Techno-Legal Perspectives for Managing Sustainable Relationships for Trusted Data Exchange
Beatriz Esteves, IDLab, Ghent University - imec

Embedding Explainability in Public AI
Lucie Cluzel Metayer, Université de Nantes

The subtle danger of « accurate » AI
Ellen Rushe, Dublin City University

Embrace the opaque : a sociology of the Explainable AI
Nicolas Berkouk, AI scientific expert at CNIL AI department

13:30 : Lunch at the Villa

15:00 : Reflecting on the EMILDAI experience
(EMILDAI students and academics only)

Art exhibition au Grenier à sel

(2 rue du Rempart st Lazare, Avignon)

16.30 : Des raisonnements déraisonnables
Julien Prévieux

18.30 : End of the day

Thursday 4th June

9.30 : Morning coffee

Master student research symposium - Part I

Chair : Ilton Robl Filho, IDP Brasil and Universidade Federal do Paraná

Discussant : Noé Wagener, Université Paris-Est Créteil

10.00 : De Jure Brussels Effect : Lessons to the European Union about Digital Regulatory Frameworks according to the experiences of Brazil and Mexico
Luisa Maciel Perez - Law Data Governance (UNIPI)

Beyond Borders : Exploring Data Embassies as a Strategy for Digital Sovereignty in Africa
Samuel Frank Matinou - Law Data Governance (UNIPI)

Rewiring Neutrality: Infrastructure, Control and the Rise of Managed Network Governance in the EU
Ana Luiza Klingl - Law Data Governance (DCU)

11:30 : Coffee Break

Master student research symposium - Part II

Chair : Luc Pellissier, Université Paris-Est Créteil

Discussant : Felipe Medon, FGV

12.00 : Bridging the Divide : A Framework for AI Regulatory Interoperability through Comparative Analysis and Value-Sensitive Standardization
Dawn Sheng - Law Data Governance (DCU)

Chatbot-related damages : allocating liability between developers and deploying companies in the EU and Brazil
Isadora dos Santos Rodrigues – Law Data Governance (DCU)

Deepfakes, Liar's Dividend and Fair Trial
Bruno Paterlini – Law Cybersecurity (DCU)

The Use of GenAI in Autonomous Targeting Systems : Who is Accountable ?
Maram Soualmi – Law Data Governance (UNIPI)

13:30 : Lunch at the Villa Créative

Master student research symposium - Part III

Chair : Pierre Valarcher, Université Paris-Est Créteil

Discussant : Iton Robl Filho, IDP Brasil and Universidade Federal do Paraná, Loya Haughton, Universidad de León, EOSC-SIESTA Project

15.00 : Security or Surveillance ? Facial Recognition in Public AI
Shana Schlottfeldt Santos - Law Data Governance (DCU)

Designing Algorithmic Trust : How AI-Driven Surveillance in CBDC Architectures Challenges Europe’s Privacy Commitments
Jessica Egaavil Arbanil - Computing Cybersecurity (DCU)

Data Retention vs Right to be Forgotten : Balancing Privacy and Technology in the Insurance industry
Reine Lyla U. Atete - Law Data Governance (DCU)

Can alliance contracts function as a governance tool for AI development collaborations under the GDPR and the AI Act ?
Cristina Bugallo Vera - Law Cybersecurity (DCU)

16:30 : Coffee Break

17:00 : Student Award Ceremony

18:00 : End of the day

Friday 5th June

10.00 : Cultural activity - Visit of Palais des Papes

12.00 : Pinic and farewell
Rocher des Doms

Registration required by QR Code on the programme