University of Ferrara hosts conference on safeguarding the human person in the age of AI, Ferrara; international AI governance discourse
The Safeguard of the Human Person in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
14 September 2026, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm University of Ferrara Rectorate Auditorium Santa Lucia Via Ariosto 35, 44121 Ferrara
Scientific Committee
Alberto De Franceschi (University of Ferrara) and Frank Pasquale (Cornell University)
Information and Registration: alberto.defranceschi@unife.it
11:00 – Introduction Patrizio Bianchi, UNESCO Chair on Education, Growth and Equality (invited) Klaus Mainzer, President of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts (confirmed)
11:15 – I. The Permanent Value of the Human in an Age of Technological Upheaval Chair: Alberto De Franceschi, University of Ferrara (confirmed) Frank Pasquale, Cornell University (confirmed) Valerio Capraro, Bicocca University, Milan (invited) Andrea Favaro, University of Verona (confirmed) Markus Gabriel, University of Bonn (invited)
12:45 – Light Lunch
13:45 – II. Public Regulation of AI to Promote Universal Values: Social, Economic and Environmental Sustainability of Artificial Intelligence Chair: Frank Pasquale, Cornell University (confirmed) Klaus Mainzer, President of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts (confirmed) Giovanni Sartor, University of Bologna / European University Institute (invited) Paolo Passaglia, University of Pisa (confirmed) Camilla Crea, University of Sannio (confirmed)
15:15 – III. Private Regulation of AI to Preserve Labor, Rights, Privacy, and Consumer Protection Chair: Giovanni Sartor, University of Bologna / European University Institute (invited) Gianclaudio Malgieri, University of Leiden (confirmed) Hans Micklitz, European University Institute (confirmed) Geraint Howells, University of Galway (confirmed) Alberto De Franceschi, University of Ferrara (confirmed)
16:45 – Conclusions