Understanding the AI Act and Its Approach to AI Governance

• Ability to understand the nature and practical implications of the AI Act for operators.
• Ability to follow and contribute to the on-going regulatory discussions concerning the AI Act.
• Ability to identify certain operator and system classifications under the AI Act.
• Ability to assess the applicability of the AI Act to a given AI system or a general purpose AI model from multiple perspectives.

13:30-13:35h Introduction

13:35-14:45h Understanding the AI Act and Its Approach to AI Governance

14:45-15:00h Q&A

Dr. Osman Gazi Güçlütürk

Dr. Osman Gazi Güçlütürk is AI Ethics & Trustworthy AI Lead at TUBITAK AI Institute and an Assistant Professor of IT Law at Galatasaray University Faculty of Law. He is also Affiliated Fellow at Yale Law School’s Information Society Project. He obtained his LLB, LLM, and MJur from Galatasaray University, the London School of Economics, and the University of Oxford. Dr. Güçlütürk holds a PhD from Galatasaray University on the lawful use of data in AI. Previously having worked as an Assistant Professor of IT Law at Boğaziçi University and as the Legal and Regulatory Lead at Holistic AI, a London-based AI audit firm, Dr. Güçlütürk focuses on technology law and policy and, in addition to his academic studies, actively contributes to global AI governance under organisations such as OECD and CAI.

• Understanding the nature of the AI Act as an EU legislation.
• Understanding on-going regulatory discussions and their practical implications.
• Understanding the scope as well as application timeline of the AI Act.