Event Agenda
03/17/2026
08:30
08:30 - 09:00
Registration - Welcome Coffee
09:00
09:00 - 09:10
Welcome & Opening Remarks
- Welcoming words – Alain Herrmann (Commissioner, CNPD)
- Opening Remarks – David Benhamou (AI Sandbox Lead, CNPD)
09:10 - 09:35
Contributions of Research Institutes to the AI Ecosystem
- Deepfakes and Digital Deception: Detection Challenges for Trustworthy – Dr. Nicla Notarangelo and Dr. Mohamed Adel Mohamed Ali (Computer Vision, Imaging and Machine Intelligence Research Group - SnT)
- Engaging discussion with the audience: Q&A
09:35 - 10:00
The Regulators and the AI Ecosystem
- The role of ALIA and the transparency obligations for Generative AI under the AI act – Théo Antunes (Legal Officer - ALIA)
- Engaging discussion with the audience: Q&A
10:00
10:00 - 10:30
Luxembourg Companies and AI
- Data & AI For Road Safety – Nicolas Vivarelli (Head of Data & AI at DEEP - POST Telecom)
- Engaging discussion with the audience
10:30 - 11:00
The Working Groups of the REMI Initiative 1st Part - Moderation by Sadia Berdai (Head of AI Division, CNPD)
- WG 4 - Best Practices for Pre trained model selection (sustainable, trustworthy, ethical, etc.)
- AI visit note assistant – Marina Tsikintikou (Legal Advisor in Data Protection at Uni), Ulf Herbig (CEO Kreios), Alexandre Delphis (CEO Governys)
- Email triage assistant - Liliana Grigor (CTO Esst Luxembourg), Niels Tilch (CTO Governys)
- Open discussion and Q&A
11:00
11:00 - 11:20
Coffee Break – 20 minutes
11:20 - 11:50
Contributions of support organizations to the AI Ecosystem
- The AI Experience Center: Driving Innovation in Finance - Dr. Esli Spahiu (AI Experience Centre Manager at the LHoFT Foundation)
- AI Academy: Skills, Projects and Professional Impact – Marc Lemmer (Digital Learning Hub)
11:50 - 13:20
The Working Groups of the REMI Initiative 2nd Part – Moderation by Rosa-Andre Lynn (Project Manager AI Factory, LuxInnovation) and Sadia Berdai (Head of AI Division, CNPD)
- Evaluating Luxembourg's Present AI Testing Landscape - Dr Alessio Buscemi (R&T Engineer at AIRA, LIST) & Giuseppe Tarantino (Manager Market Intelligence, LuxInnovation)
- Defining internal control within the context of AI system conformity assessment: A matter of embeddings? - Philippe Valoggia (Head of Mission - CNPD)
- Responsible AI – Embedding Risk Mitigation into the AI Lifecycle – Darren Douglas (CEO of RegsearchAI & Luxembourg Ambassador to the Global Council for Responsible AI)
- Cybersecurity & AI – Emilia Tantar (Chief AI Officer- LHC)
- Open discussion and Q&A
13:20
13:20 - 13:25
Closing Remarks & Next Steps – Speaker(s) : Stefano Pozzi Mucelli (Head of Ecosystem Innovation Project - LuxInnovation) and Alain Herrmann (Commissioner - CNPD)
- Key takeaways
