[event] Pēteris Zilgalvis: AI at the CJUE

Speaker: Pēteris Zilgalvis entered office as Judge of the General Court of the European Union in 2021. Before joining the General Court, Mr Zilgalvis served as Head of Unit for Digital Innovation and Blockchain at the European Commission and also held several positions at the European Commission, Council of Europe, and in the Latvian administration.

Description: This seminar is an exceptional opportunity to engage directly with Judge Pēteris Zilgalvis (EU General Court) on the recently adopted CJEU Artificial Intelligence Ethics Charter. At a time when courts are increasingly confronted with the promises and perils of AI, the Charter signals an ambitious attempt to reconcile technological efficiency with the foundational principles of adjudication, i.e., human oversight, independence, and fundamental rights. The talk will shed light on how the CJEU is operationalising these principles in practice, and on the broader implications for the future of judicial decision-making in an AI-driven environment.

Organizer: Thibault Schrepel, Associate Professor at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (ALTI).

Format: Judge Zilgalvis will give a 30-minute talk, followed by a discussion moderated by Dr. Thibault Schrepel and a Q&A with the audience.