The EU AI Act and EU-Funded Research Projects: Implications, Challenges, and Good Practices
DATE: 07/05/2026 | 13:30 CET
MODE: Online event
ABOUT THE WEBINAR
This workshop will explore the implications of the EU AI Act for EU-funded research and innovation projects, with a particular focus on practical challenges, emerging obligations, and good governance approaches for consortia and project partners.
The session is co-organised by SYNAPSE project, CURIUM project, CONSENTIS project, and PANDORA Horizon Europe project and aims to foster discussion on how research projects can prepare for and respond to the evolving AI regulatory landscape.
13:30 – 13:40 Welcome & Objectives Prof. Christiana Markou, Eunomia Ltd
13:40 – 14:00 High-level overview of the AI ACT Mr. Nikolaos Koulierakis. Eunomia Ltd
14:00 – 14:15 High-risk AI system: classification & Requirements Ms. Christina Nanou, Eunomia Ltd
14:15 – 14:30 General Purpose AI models Dr. Giovana Lopex, Technology and Society
14:30 – 14:45 Conformity assessment for high-risk systems: the role of testing Argyro Chatzopoulou, Apiroplus Service
Break: 5 min
Part B: Implications for EU-Funded Research Projects
14:50 – 15:05 The AI Act research exemption and Horizon Europe AI ethics framework Ms. Christina Nanou, Eunomia Ltd
15:05 – 15:20 AI Governance good practices for EU projects Mr. Nikolaos, Eunomia Ltd
15:20 – 15:35 GDPR-AI Act intersection: data governance Dr. Giovana Lopes, Technology and Society
15:35 – 15:50 Interplay between the AI Act and the Cyber Resilience Act: overlapping requirements Argyro Chatxopoulou, Apiroplus Services
15:50 – 16:05 Q&A Moderator: Prof. Christiana Markou, Eunomia Ltd
about synapse
SYNAPSE is a European project that brings together 14 entities from different countries (Spain, Italy, Greece, Germany, Cyprus, Ireland, Norway, Switzerland) to provide an integrated cybersecurity risk management and resilience platform. This platform, attractive for many critical infrastructures, must integrate all those mechanisms that allow addressing the three essential pillars of SYNAPSE: Situational awareness (Pillar-I), incident response (Pillar-II) and preparedness (Pillar-III). To achieve this, multiple technologies, techniques, tools and methodologies are widely considered to drive and foster these 3 pillars, and in some way promote dynamic risk management, proactive detection, monitoring and tracking of attacks, and response against potential threats, offering guarantees of business continuity at all times.