The International Summer School on ''Artificial Intelligence and Law” took place September 8-12 at University of Split.
Organized in the framework of project ''Human Rights and Technology: Bridging the Gap with AI Applications'' and fully funded by German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and Germany’s Federal Foreign Office, the Summer School took place at Faculty of Law and brought together twenty-three students from Croatia and abroad, as well as lecturers from Saarland University’s Europa Institute and law faculties from Belgrade, Sarajevo, Niš, Split, Zenica, and Zagreb. All lectures, as well as practical classes, were conducted in English. Summer school was intended for law students at various levels of study.
Head of the Summer School, prof. Petar Bačić Ph.D., emphasized the importance of a comprehensive approach to the increasingly significant impact of modern technologies on various aspects of modern society, especially concerning new challenges that technological progress poses to the legal system and democratic institutions. Lecturers at the Summer School included professors Thomas Giegerich, Maja Nastić, Petar Bačić, Marija Boban, Enis Omerović, and Nina Gumzej, as well as assistants Ana Memeti and Lejla Hasanović. They introduced participants to recent research concerning development of human rights in the technological age, impact of digitalization on the electoral process, connection between artificial intelligence and data protection, humanitarian law, legal aspects of business operations, scientific research and education of lawyers.
