- AI & Fundamental Rights
This pillar focuses on ensuring that artificial intelligence systems operate transparently, fairly, and in a manner that preserves fundamental human rights such as dignity, equality, and privacy. Discussions will explore mechanisms for conducting bias audits to detect and mitigate discriminatory outputs, advancing algorithmic explainability to foster public trust, strengthening data protection laws, and upholding the principle of human-in-the-loop to maintain human oversight in automated decision-making processes.
- AI, Accountability & Liability
This theme addresses the complex question of how legal systems should assign responsibility when AI systems cause harm or unintended consequences. It will examine both regulatory and tort-based approaches to algorithmic decision-making, explore frameworks for effective risk management, and develop systemic liability allocation models that ensure accountability without stifling innovation.
- Cybersecurity & Autonomous Defence
As AI increasingly powers cyber operations and blurs the boundaries between digital and kinetic warfare, this pillar investigates the legal and ethical challenges arising from AI enabled cyber conflicts, autonomous weapon systems, and drone warfare.
- Law for Quantum & Decentralized Technologies
This pillar explores how legal systems can proactively anticipate and regulate disruptive quantum and decentralized technologies. Topics include the recognition and enforcement of smart contracts, governance implications of zero-knowledge proofs, formulation of quantum secure encryption standards, and preparing regulatory frameworks for the rise of post-quantum cryptography to protect critical digital infrastructure.
- Digital Trade, Competition & Intellectual Property
This theme analyses the changing dynamics of the global digital economy, focusing on cross-border data flows, digital trade regulations, and challenges posed by digital monopolies. It will examine how intellectual property doctrines can adapt to AI-generated works, address competition law concerns in AI-driven markets, and ensure equitable access, innovation, and fair market practices in the digital era.
- RegTech & LegalTech Innovation
This pillar showcases how AI-powered technologies are transforming the legal and regulatory sectors. It will highlight innovations such as AI-enabled compliance and risk management tools, smart contract adjudication platforms, and digital dispute resolution mechanisms, all aimed at enhancing legal efficiency, transparency, and access to justice for individuals, businesses, and governments.