2nd Edition Workshop
AI Usage and Regulation
June 10 and 11, 2026
HEC Lausanne, Room 109, Extranef
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This two-day workshop, co-organized by UPEC and UNIL, explores how artificial intelligence is developed, applied and governed across research, education and public institutions.
This is a multidisciplinary event bringing together professors from several academic institutions (UNIL, UPEC, EPFL, HEG Genève, University of Rennes, CHUV, UNIGE, University of Grenoble, UNINE, University of Amsterdam), as well as practitioners from companies (Exoscale and Deeplink) and public institutions involved in regulating and designing best practices in the AI development (ILAAS, French MESR and COMCOM).
This year’s edition focuses on sustainability, ethics and technological sovereignty. The programme will first address concrete uses of AI, including tools for teaching and research, AI-assisted methods, and large-scale infrastructures. It will then broaden the discussion to key societal and regulatory challenges, including explainability, bias, trust, environmental impact, data governance, legal frameworks and the future of AI regulation in Europe and Switzerland.
The workshop aims to create a space for genuine interdisciplinary dialogue to question when, how and under what conditions AI should be used. By bringing together perspectives from computer science, law, economics, management, ethics, and public policy, it seeks to identify the main points of attention that should guide responsible AI development and deployment.
Participation is subject to registration by June 3rd with a contribution of CHF 15.- per attended lunch only. If this cost represents a barrier to participation, please contact us.
Venue to the workshop: HEC Lausanne, Room 109, Extranef, 1015 Chavannes-près-Renens.
Organizers:
Virginie Lurkin, UNIL, HEC, DO (virginie.lurkin@unil.ch)
Say Cam Nguyen, UNIL, HEC, DO (saycam.nguyen@unil.ch)
Arnold Vialfont, UPEC, scientific collaborator at UNIL, HEC, DO (arnold.vialfont@u-pec.fr)
DAY 1, Wednesday June 10, 2026
Welcoming Coffee (8.00 - 8.30)
Introductory Session (8.30 - 9.00) - Nicolas Salamin, Computer Science, UNIL, AI delegate for UNIL Direction
Session 1 (9.00 - 10.00): Education and Research with AI
Developping AI tools for Teaching, Katherine Tatarinov, Management, UNIL, HEC, SGS
Supporting Instructors in Large-Enrollment Mathematics Courses, Anna Sotnikova, Computer Science, EPFL, NLP Lab
Air3: AI Agent-Based Approaches to Literature Review and Scientific Integrity, Ilias Lahrach, Computer Science, UNIL, HEC, DESI
Coffee break (10.00 - 10.30)
Session 2 (10.30 - 12.00): AI Social and Environmental Impacts
The Cartography of AI, Manuel Cubero-Castan, Computer Science, EPFL, Project Manager on Sustainable IT
AI Computing and Data Centers: Accounting for Environmental Impacts in Public Research Infrastructure, Khadidja Malleck, Computer Science, EPFL, Head of Research Computing Platform, and Junior Mbuyi, Computer Science, EPFL, Service Manager Data Center
Lunch (12.00 - 13.30)
Session 3 (13.30 - 14.30): AI in Practice
Scaling AI Infrastructure: Challenges and Lessons from Practice, Sebastien Pittet, Computer Science, Ambassador at Exoscale
Deploying AI Solutions in Real-World Contexts, Jérôme Berthier, Computer Science, CEO and Founder at deeplink.ai
Session 4 (14.30-15.30): Apertus
A General Overview of Apertus, Oleg Lavrovsky, Computer Science, EPFL, AI Center
Understanding Technology as Commons: the Apertus Approach, Athanasios Priftis, Computer Science, HESSO HEG Genève
Coffee break (15.30 - 16.00)
Session 5 (16.00-17.00): Using AI at University
Using AI Tools at UNIL, Thé Van Luong, Computer Science, UNIL, Head of AI and Research IT Systems
RAGaRenn: Deploying Generative AI in Higher Education, Laurent Morin, Computer Science, University of Rennes
Session 6 (17.00-18.00): Explainability and Acceptability
Explainable Graph-Theoretical Machine Learning for Neuroimaging, Narmina Baghirova, Computer Science, CHUV
Beyond Black-Box Diagnosis: Retrieval-Based Explainable AI for Medical Imaging, Duy Cát Cãn, Computer Science, CHUV
Multilingual and Sociocultural bias in LLM, Yuanjun Feng, Computer Science, UNIL, HEC, DESI
AI-Generated Fake News, Amirsiavosh Bashardoust, Computer Science, UNIL, HEC, DESI
DAY 2, Thursday June 11, 2026
Session 7 (8.30 - 9.15): Ethics of AI
AI as a Methodological Tool in Social Sciences: Contributions, Limitations and Ethical Challenges, Marcos Centurión-Vicéncio, Economics, University of Grenoble, Visiting at UNIGE, EconomIA Project
AI, Social Justice and Basic Income, Guillaume Mathelier, Economics, HESSO HEG Genève, UNIGE
A Case Study on Workplace Health Monitoring Technologies: Ethical Issues Surrounding the Use of AI Tools, Maeva El Bouchikhi and Sophie Weerts, Law, UNIL, IDHEAP
Session 8 (9.15 - 10.15): Sustainability
UtopIA, Frédérique Chessel-Lazzarotto, Educational Sciences, EPFL, LEARN
Teaching AI Ethics to Engineering Students, Cécile Hardebolle, Computer Science, EPFL, LEARN
Coffee break (10.15 - 10.45)
Session 9 (10.45 - 11.30): AI in the Practice of Law
AI-Augmented Practice of Law, Florence Guillaume, Law, UNINE, Founder of the LexTech Institute
When Judges and AI Collaborate: Human-Centered Dimensions of the Judicial Process and Judicial Legislation, Vlada Druta, Law, UNIL, Legal Design & Code Lab
AI and Discrimination Bias in EU Law, Quitterie Rocca-Serra, Law, UPEC
Session 10 (11.30 - 12.15): Regulation of AI
Antitrust Law and AI, Thibault Schrepel, Law, VU Amsterdam
AI Washing, Célian Hirsch, Law, UNIL
AI in Finance: Identifying and Managing Emerging Risks, Pascal Favrod-Coune, Law, UNIL
Lunch (12.15 - 13.30)
Session 11 (13.30 - 14.30): Regulating AI at University
Digital Transformation, AI and Data Governance at UPEC, Gaétan Hains, Computer Science, UPEC, Vice-President for Digital Affairs
Analyzing Data Risks at University, Mikhael Salamin, Law, UNIL, DPO
The AI Charter at UPEC, Odile Demazy, Law, UPEC, AI Project Officer – Legal and Workplace Issues
Coffee break (14.30 - 15.00)
Session 12 (15.00-16.00): Sovereignty
Digital Sovereignty: Strategic Challenges and Policy Stakes, Jean-Christophe Schwaab, Law, Member of the Swiss Federal Communications Commission and Former Member of the Swiss Federal Parliament
ILaaS: Building a Sovereign and Shared Generative AI Infrastructure for Higher Education, Olivier Wong, Computer Science, University of Rennes
AI adoption and sovereignty in French Higher Education, Erwan Paitel, Public Policy, State Administrator at the General Inspectorate for Education, Sport and Research (IGESR), International Representative of the Obvia
Concluding session (16.00 - 16.15)
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