Product liability in the age of artificial intelligence

Organisers: 
-    Jean-Sébastien Borghetti, Professor, Paris Panthéon-Assas University
-    Maxime Cormier, Assistant Professor, Paris Panthéon-Assas University

Research centres supporting the event:
-    Institut de droit comparé
-    Laboratoire de droit civil 
Language: English
 

Registration: 

• Professionals’ continuing education: This conference is approved for continuing education credits for legal professionals (5.5 hours)
• Registration fees for legal professionals: €300
• Registration fees for students and researchers: free of charge

Further information: maxime.cormier@assas-universite.fr 

Programme

Introduction (13:30-14:00)

• Opening remarks
• Where We Stand with the Transposition of the New Product Liability Directive
  Duncan Fairgrieve, Paris Dauphine University

First Session – How Modern is the New Product Liability Directive? (14:00-16:00)

• Adapting Product Liability to the Digital Challenge: Are the Changes to the Directive Artificial or Intelligent ? Bernhard KOCH, University of Innsbruck
• Roundtable: Gaps and Shortcomings in the New Product Liability Directive
  Jonas KNETSCH, Panthéon-Sorbonne University
  Pascal PICHONNAZ, University of Fribourg
  Eleonora RAJNERI, University of Eastern Piedmont
  Moderator: Jean-Sébastien BORGHETTI, Paris Panthéon-Assas University

Discussion

Break

Second Session – Looking Beyond the EU (16:00-17:30)

• After Brexit: Reforming UK Product Liability Law for the Digital Era
  Solène ROWAN, King’s College London & Law Commission of England and Wales
• Roundtable: Towards a ‘Brussels Effect’? The Influence of the New Product Liability Directive Beyond the EU    
  Başak BAYSAL, Bilkent University    
  Pascal PICHONNAZ, University of Fribourg
  Moderator: Maxime CORMIER, Paris Panthéon-Assas University
• Latest Developments in US Product Liability Law, Especially Regarding Platforms and AI 
  Jonathan CARDI, Wake Forest University

Discussion

Third Session – Facing the AI Challenge (17:30-19:00)

• Liability for AI Output
  Gerhard WAGNER, Humboldt University of Berlin
• Roundtable: Applying the New Product Liability Directive to AI
  Thibault DOUVILLE, University of Caen Normandy
  Duncan FAIRGRIEVE, Paris Dauphine University
  Sylvie GALLAGE-ALWIS, Signature Litigation
  Moderator: Diane GALBOIS-LEHALLE, Institut Catholique de Paris

Discussion