This morning session brings together officials from the European AI Office, academia, industry and civil society to discuss the new Code of Practice.
Registration is possible both online and on premise.
Article 50 of the AI Act has applied since 2 August 2026, requiring providers of generative AI systems to make outputs machine-readable as AI-generated, and deployers to disclose deepfakes and certain AI-generated text. To operationalise these duties, the AI Office coordinated a multi-stakeholder drafting process led by independent chairs across two working groups, marking and detection for providers, and disclosure obligations for deployers. The resulting Code of Practice was published in June 2026, assessed as adequate by the Commission and the AI Board, and signed by roughly 190 organisations.
This morning session brings together the AI Office, chairs and vice-chairs of both working groups, and a small group of academics, industry and civil-society participants to take stock.
Discussion will focus on three questions: whether watermarking, digitally signed provenance metadata and the common EU label hold up in real deployment; how to label AI-generated and modified content; and how adherence will be monitored, articulated with the DSA and international provenance standards.
AGENDA
9:45–10:00 Welcome
10:00–10:15 · Opening remarks and introduction
Fabrizio Tassinari, Florence School of Transnational Governance
Francisco de Abreu Duarte, Florence School of Transnational Governance
Giovanni De Gregorio, Católica Global School of Law
10:15–10:30 · Keynote speech
Yordanka Ivanova, AI Office, European Commission
10:30–11:15 · Session I - Section 1: marking and detection for providers
Dino Pedreschi, University of Pisa
Claire Boine, Florence School of Transnational Governance
11:15–11:30 · Coffee break
11:30–12:15 · Session II - Section 2: labelling deepfakes and AI-generated text for deployers
Madalina Botan, European University Institute
Paula Gori, Florence School of Transnational Governance
12:15–12:50 · Academic and Policy Roundtable - open discussion
12:50–13:00 · Closing remarks
Francisco de Abreu Duarte, Giovanni De Gregorio
Register