New trends in digital regulation

DAY 1, 24 June 2025: Artificial Intelligence in Regulation

Lectures:

Introduction to generative AI

The role of AI in regulation

Monitoring the responsible use of algorithms – case study on The Netherlands

Group exercise

Visit Palazzo Buontalenti

DAY 2, 25 June 2025: Data in regulation

Lectures:

Evolving role of data protection authorities and their interaction with other regulators

G2G data sharing

REGULATORY ROUNDTABLE: Establishment of a Data Unit

Group exercise

DAY 3, 26 June 2025: New Regulatory co-operation and adaptation in an evolving connectivity landscape

Lectures:

How can we improve national and international regulatory cooperation?

How can we improve regulatory co-operation and adaptation in an evolving connectivity landscape?

Designing a national digital policy: case study on Norway

• Compare how Artificial Intelligence affects the work of regulators and public institutions.
• Identify the role of data sharing and data protection rules in the work of government institutions.
• Appraise new regulatory approaches in the digital age, such as the importance of networks of regulators and regulatory sandboxes.
• Analyse how regulators are adapting to face the challenges stemming from digital transformation.

In addition to these learning outcomes, you will also:

• Exchange insights and expertise with fellow participants from diverse sectors and countries.
• Expand your professional network.

• Officials from competition authorities.
• Officials from telecom regulatory authorities.
• Officials from data protection authorities.
• Officials from financial regulatory authorities and central banks.
• Government officials responsible for coordinating the national digital policy.

At the end of the course, participants who have regularly attended the residential course program will receive a ‘Certificate of Participation’.

The certificates is granted by the European University Institute, a leading post-graduate research centre founded in 1972 by the Member States of the European Union.

Attendance in the Florence Digitalisation Summer Conference is not compulsory to obtain the Certificate of Participation.

Participation fees

Thanks to public funding received from the CDS, the Centre is pleased to offer 20 reduced participation fees of €1,000 for the upcoming course. These will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.

Once the 20 reduced-fee places have been allocated, the standard fee of €2,000 will apply.

Participation fees include:

Online resources

• Before the course, access to the preparatory materials stored on the EUI training platform.
• After the course, access to the classes’ video recordings stored on the EUI training platform.

Residential activities

• In-person participation to the training course on 24-26 June 2025.
• In-person participation to the Florence Digitalisation Summer Conference, Digital Sovereignty in a post-Globalised World. 
• Participation in social activities (welcome cocktail on 24 June and dinner on 26 June)
• Coffee breaks and lunches.

Participation fee does not cover travel and accommodation costs in Florence.

Cancellation Policy:

• Fifty per cent (50%) of the fees paid will be returned when registration is cancelled before 1^st June 2025.
• There will be no return of fees for cancellations after 1^st June 2025.

Up to 4 scholarships available

The EUI Widening Europe Programme offers up to 4 scholarships to support the participation of selected applicants to the training course New Trends in Digital Regulation.

Each scholarship will provide € 800 to help cover travel expenses and accommodation in Florence for the selected participants. The grant amount is contingent on course and attendance of the final conference ‘Digital sovereignty in a post-globalised world‘. A daily signature will be required, and any absences will reduce the grant—specifically, €200 for each missed day.

Please note that this scholarship does not cover the course tuition fees.

Eligibility conditions:

• Applicants must be nationals of one of the countries targeted by the Widening Europe programme:

Inside the European Union: Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia.

Outside the European Union: Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Georgia, Kosovo⁽¹⁾, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Moldova, and Ukraine.

^{(1) This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244(1999) and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.}

• Applicants must be public officials who are also affiliated with an academic institution based in a country targeted by the Widening Europe programme (e.g., students currently enrolled in a master/doctoral program; postdoctoral researchers, lecturers, or professors).

The scholarship application deadline is May 4, 2025.

Applicants should submit their applications via this application form. Each application must include a CV, proof of nationality, and documentation of their affiliation with an academic institution based in a country targeted by the Widening Europe programme.

Participants will be informed about the selection results by mid-May 2025. After being selected for the scholarship, the applicants should complete the course registration form and the payment of the tuition fee at the latest by 1 June 2025.