The aim of the seminar is to give an overview of AI, and present and discuss the benefits and harms of AI in ​​information security and cybersecurity.

Objectives:

• State of art of AI landscape in the LAC region;
• Development and deployment of AI;
• Interfaces between AI and cybersecurity;
• Policy responses;
• The ENISA framework to cybersecurity risk and mitigation in AI;
• Recommendations and take-aways;

Participants: open to national and regional policymakers of LAC4 member countries: Antigua and Barbuda, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Estonia, Honduras, the Netherlands, Panama, Uruguay.

Speakers:

• Amit Ashkenazi (Israel, EUCN expert): law and technology expert, consulting on policy and compliance aspects of cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, data protection, cloud use and ICT procurement. Amit was the legal advisor of the Israeli National Cyber Directorate (INCD), and in the Israel’s Data Protection Authority. He is a teaching and research affiliate at four Israeli universities.

• Luis Adrian Salazar (Costa Rica, EUCN expert): digitalisation, cybersecurity and new technologies expert. Luis is the former Minister of Science, Technology and Telecommunications of Costa Rica. He is teaching at three universities in the areas of technology management, digitalisation and market development.

Duration: 2,5h

Language:  English, with simultaneous interpretation to Spanish

Format: Interactive seminar featuring expert speakers and participant contribution

How to participate: Please register by 10 August 2024 to the seminar via registration link: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAsde2qrDIoGddAUA1MZfFJAJwr6PlX1zxv

NB! Participation is limited up to 50 participants per country on a first-come-first-serve basis.

Next save-the-date: the next LAC4 members-only seminar will take place on Thursday 31 October on the Commercial IT tools misuse regulation.