The second edition of The Athens Roundtable on Artificial Intelligence and the Rule of Law, held on November 16-17 2020, sought to advance the sound development of policies, educational initiatives and evidence-based instruments, including standards and certifications, to enable the trustworthy adoption of AI in legal systems, the practice of law, and related regulatory compliance. The 2020 Roundtable was organized by The Future Society and ELONTech, held under the patronage of H.E. the President of the Hellenic Republic Ms. Katerina Sakellaropoulou, and co-hosted with UNESCO, European Parliament (STOA), the National Judicial Center, Covington & Burling, the Center on Civil Justice at NYU School of Law, H5, and the Jain Family Institute.
The two-day roundtable, hosted virtually from New York City, welcomed back many of the first edition’s participants to create continuity in purpose, but also expanded participation to the Global South, with the support of UNESCO. Approximately 1,000 attendees joined the gathering. The objective of the 2020 proceedings was to review the progress of the AI governance initiatives of key participating legislative, regulatory and non-regulatory bodies, to hear the perspectives of General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officers of global corporations and other civil society stakeholders, to exchange views on emerging best practices, to discuss the world’s most mature AI standards and certifications initiatives, and to examine those initiatives in the context of specific real-world AI applications.
You can watch the opening remarks: