24 march 2025
The 68th session of the Working Group Electronic Commerce of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) opens in New York on March 24. Professor Finocchiaro, after chairing the Group from 2014 to 2022, is now the Italian representative. Following completion of work on the topic of the use of artificial intelligence and automation in contracting at its sixty-seventh session, the Group is expected to continue working on the formulation of default rules on data provision contracts.

5 February 2025, 11:30 AM

"It is certainly no coincidence that one of the most multifaceted and significant personalities of the 20th century, Henry Kissinger, devoted the last years of his long life to studying the historical implications of artificial intelligence on the development of human beings and our societies”*. Thus opens the FLE report edited by Professor Giovanni Guzzetta presented on 5 February 2025 at the Luigi Einaudi Foundation. An important opportunity to debate the challenges of artificial intelligence in which Professor Finocchiaro will also take part.

30 January 2025, 5:00-6:00 PM
Secondary use of data is at the heart of the Regulation on the European Health Data Space, which was recently approved by the Council and will soon be in the Official Journal, but also appears in the GDPR and the Data Governance Act. What is meant by secondary use? What opportunities does it bring and what are the limits? The topic will be addressed on 30 January at Officine Dati's event ‘The Secondary Use of Data in the New Technological Context, Between New Opportunities and Limits’. Among the speakers will be Professor Finocchiaro.

5 December 2024

What is the impact of artificial intelligence on the exercise of jurisdiction? The issue will be addressed during the conference "Intelligenza artificiale ed esercizio della giurisdizione", organised by the Decentralised Training Structure of the Catania District of the Superior School of the Magistracy and the Council of the Bar Association of Catania. Among the speakers will be Professor Finocchiaro, who will discuss the new European regulation on AI, the now famous "AI Act”.

29 November 2024
The Annual Meeting of Alliance Against Cancer, the National Oncology Network of the Ministry of Health chaired by Professor Ruggero De Maria, is now in its ninth year. The focus of the proceedings is on innovative and cutting-edge translational aspects in the study of cancer research and treatment. Speakers include Professor Finocchiaro, who will address oncology research, data protection and potential, and AI, in a presentation entitled “AI and Big Data in oncological research. Regulatory constraints and possible ways forward”

The 67th session of the Working Group Electronic Commerce of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) opens in Vienna on November 18. Professor Finocchiaro, after chairing the Group from 2014 to 2022, is now the Italian representative. The session will be focused on the guide to enactment of the model law on contracts concluded through automated systems and data provision contracts.