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title: "University of Ferrara hosts conference on safeguarding the human person in the age of AI, Ferrara; international AI governance discourse"
sdDatePublished: "2026-08-03T13:00:00Z"
source: "https://europeanlawinstitute.eu/fileadmin/user_upload/p_eli/SIGs/Environmental_Law_SIG/The_Safeguard_of_Human_Person_and_AI__14.09.2026__1_.pdf"
topics:
  - name: "study of law"
    identifier: "medtop:20000749"
locations:
  - "Ferrara"
---


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