ILA Biennial Conference 2026 Vienna
18 August 2026 |Open Session | Artificial Intelligence and Technology Law
ILA Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Technology Law
The Centre for International Law (CIL), National University of Singapore, is pleased to support the panels of the International Law Association Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Technology Law at the ILA Biennial Conference 2026 in Vienna.
From 17–21 August 2026, the international law community will gather in Vienna for the 82nd ILA Biennial International Law Conference, under the theme ‘Contours of International Law: Encounters and Evolutions’. Held every two years in a different jurisdiction, the Biennial Conference provides a major forum for ILA Committees and Study Groups to present their work, exchange views on current questions of international law and discuss reports and proposed resolutions. The Vienna programme brings together more than 20 committees and study groups working across a wide range of areas of international law.
As part of the 2026 programme, the ILA Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Technology Law will convene its Open Session on Tuesday, 18 August 2026, from 14:00 to 15:30 at U 18, Juridicum, Faculty of Law, University of Vienna. The session will present the ongoing work and future plans of the Committee's five Sub-Committees covering Global Norms, Governance and Comparative Regulation; Accountability and Cross-Border Governance; AI and Sectoral Legal Frameworks; AI and Human Rights; and Sustainable and Ethical AI Development. The programme will include opening remarks, an overview of the Committee's work, Sub-Committee presentations, a moderated discussion and concluding remarks.
CIL is pleased to support the Committee's work in Vienna together with the UNESCO Chair on AI Law and Sustainability at CIL, contributing to continuing international discussion on the legal and governance questions raised by artificial intelligence and emerging technologies.
Details:
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DATE |
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VENUE |
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Tuesday, 18 August 2026 |
14:00-15:30 |
U 18, Juridicum |
Open Session Programme
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Time |
Programme item |
Lead / speaker |
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14:00-14:10 |
Introduction and Opening Remarks |
Dr Jon Truby, Chair |
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14:10-14:20 |
Overview of the Committee's Work and Progress of the Sub-Committees |
Dr Rafael Dean Brown, Co-Rapporteur |
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14:20-14:30 |
Global Norms, Governance and Comparative Regulation |
Sub-Committee Presentation |
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14:30-14:40 |
Accountability and Cross-Border Governance |
Sub-Committee Presentation |
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14:40-14:50 |
AI and Sectoral Legal Frameworks |
Sub-Committee Presentation |
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14:50-15:00 |
AI and Human Rights |
Sub-Committee Presentation |
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15:00-15:10 |
Sustainable and Ethical AI Development |
Sub-Committee Presentation |
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15:10-15:25 |
Moderated Q&A Session |
Dr Jon Truby and Dr Rafael Dean Brown |
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15:25-15:30 |
Concluding Remarks |
Sheikh Sultan Aadil Huque, Secretary |
Speakers and Committee Participants
Dr Jon Mark Truby (Speaker) | Chair, ILA Committee on AI & Technology Law | UNESCO Chair on AI Law & Sustainability | Visiting Research Associate Professor, CIL, NUS
Dr Jon Truby is UNESCO Chair in Artificial Intelligence Law and Sustainability at the Centre for International Law, National University of Singapore, where he serves as Visiting Research Associate Professor. He chairs the International Law Association Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Technology Law. His work examines AI governance, sustainability and public international law, including AI and climate change, international standards and the legal implications of emerging technologies. At the Vienna Open Session, he will deliver the introduction and opening remarks and will co-moderate the Q&A session.
Dr Rafael Dean Brown (Speaker) | Co-Rapporteur, ILA Committee on AI & Technology Law | Clinical Associate Professor, Qatar University College of Law
Dr Rafael Dean Brown is a Clinical Associate Professor at Qatar University College of Law and Co-Rapporteur of the ILA Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Technology Law. His research addresses AI law and regulation, including AI personhood and regulatory sandboxes, and he contributes to international discussions on the relationship between law and technology. He was appointed Co-Rapporteur of the Committee in 2025 and also serves as an ambassador for Digital Learning and Online Education. In Vienna, he will present an overview of the Committee's work and the progress of its sub-committees and will co-moderate the Q&A session.
Sheikh Sultan Aadil Huque (Speaker & Moderator) | Secretary, ILA Committee on AI & Technology Law | Research Associate, Centre for International Law, National University of Singapore
Sheikh Sultan Aadil Huque is Secretary of the ILA Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Technology Law and a Research Associate at the Centre for International Law, National University of Singapore. His research covers international law, human rights, European and international governance and the regulation of emerging technologies. He holds an LL.M. in Legal Research and Pedagogy from NALSAR University of Law and a Master of Advanced Studies in European and International Governance from the University of Geneva. His previous research experience includes the Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy and the United Nations Office at Geneva, where he supported members of the International Law Commission. He will deliver the concluding remarks at the Vienna Open Session.
Ahmed Essa Al-Sulaiti | Co-Rapporteur, ILA Committee on AI & Technology Law | Lecturer, College of Law, Hamad Bin Khalifa University
Ahmed Essa Al-Sulaiti is a Lecturer at the College of Law, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, a licensed attorney before the Qatari Appellate Court and Co-Rapporteur of the ILA Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Technology Law. He previously served as Director of the Office of the State of Qatar to the WTO, WIPO and UNCTAD from 2022 to 2025 and earlier as a diplomat and legal counsel at Qatar's Permanent Mission in Geneva. His work spans international trade law, intellectual property and dispute resolution, including negotiation, mediation and arbitration. He has also held leadership roles in the ILA GCC Branch, the Berne Union and the WTO Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices.
Panellists
Professor Niloufer Selvadurai | Lead, Accountability & Cross-Border Governance Sub-Committee | Professor and Director of Law & Policy, Applied AI Research Centre, Macquarie University
Professor Niloufer Selvadurai leads the Accountability and Cross-Border Governance Sub-Committee of the ILA Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Technology Law. She is Professor at Macquarie Law School and Director of Law and Policy at Macquarie University's Applied AI Research Centre. Her scholarship focuses on technology law, particularly the regulation and governance of artificial intelligence, alongside data privacy, digital finance, cybercrime and telecommunications law. Her work frequently brings legal analysis together with computing, engineering, finance and health research. Before academia, she practised as a solicitor in technology, media and telecommunications. She holds a BA LLB with First Class Honours from the University of Sydney, a PhD from Macquarie University and is admitted as a solicitor in New South Wales.
Jonathan Brosseau-Rioux | Co-Lead, Accountability & Cross-Border Governance Sub-Committee | DCL/PhD Candidate, McGill University and Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
Jonathan Brosseau-Rioux is Co-Lead of the Accountability and Cross-Border Governance Sub-Committee and a Canadian international lawyer pursuing a DCL/PhD in comparative law at McGill University and Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. Supervised by Professors Andrea Bjorklund and Mathias Audit, his doctoral research examines civil procedure in State immunity litigation and has been supported by doctoral funding from the École Doctorale de Droit de la Sorbonne, Canada's Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, and Canadian and Quebec scholarships. A member of the Quebec Bar, he previously worked in international arbitration at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in Paris and served as a Judicial Fellow to Judge Peter Tomka at the International Court of Justice. He has also been a Visiting Fellow at Oxford's Institute for European and Comparative Law, a Research Fellow at the United Nations University and a Europaeum Scholar, and holds an LLM from the University of Cambridge as well as common law and civil law degrees with honours from McGill University.
Asha Hemrajani | Lead, AI and Sectoral Legal Frameworks Sub-Committee | Senior Fellow, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University
Asha Hemrajani leads the AI and Sectoral Legal Frameworks Sub-Committee and is a Senior Fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University. Her research covers AI safety and security, cybersecurity policy and law, scams, digital infrastructure and Critical Information Infrastructure. Her commentary has appeared in outlets including Bloomberg, The Business Times, ChannelNewsAsia, The Diplomat and the Lowy Institute's The Interpreter. She previously served on the Board of Directors of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. Her academic background includes electrical engineering and postgraduate study in cybersecurity by design. She is identified in the supporting Vienna profile pack as an online participant and presenter.
Dr Anne Steinbrück | Member, AI and Sectoral Legal Frameworks Sub-Committee, ILA Committee on AI & Technology Law
Dr Anne Steinbrück is a member of the AI and Sectoral Legal Frameworks Sub-Committee of the ILA Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Technology Law. Her legal research has examined data protection, IT security law, identity management and the interaction between legal requirements and technical system design under the GDPR. She previously worked as an academic researcher at the Centre for Applied Legal Studies at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, including on the KASTEL and SecUnity projects. Her publications address subjects such as IT security law, data protection impact assessment and risk evaluation, digital identity and legal questions arising from technology design. The Vienna profile materials record her intention to attend the committee sessions in person.
Associate Professor WooJung Jon | Lead, Global Norms, Governance and Comparative Regulation Sub-Committee | Associate Professor, KAIST
Associate Professor WooJung Jon leads the Global Norms, Governance and Comparative Regulation Sub-Committee of the ILA Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Technology Law and is an Associate Professor at KAIST's Moon Soul Graduate School of Future Strategy. Her research interests include artificial intelligence and legal technology, cross-border data protection, virtual assets and FinTech, intellectual property finance and North Korean law. She studied law in South Korea, China and the United Kingdom, including graduate legal studies at Peking University, Tsinghua University and the University of Oxford. Her professional experience includes arbitration and legal advisory roles as well as visiting research appointments at the University of Tokyo and the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law.
Zoltán Turbék | Deputy Lead (Research & Projects), Global Norms, Governance and Comparative Regulation Sub-Committee | Independent Expert in AI Governance and Multilateral Diplomacy
Zoltán Turbék is Deputy Lead for Research and Projects in the Global Norms, Governance and Comparative Regulation Sub-Committee. An independent expert in AI governance, multilateral diplomacy and international law, he has more than two decades of experience as a career diplomat and as a legal officer within the United Nations system, including the IAEA and WHO. He contributed to work on the Council of Europe's AI treaty and the UNESCO Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence. His diplomatic roles have included Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva, Director for International Organisations and Human Rights and Vice-Chair of the UN General Assembly's Sixth Committee. He is an Executive-in-Residence Fellow at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy.
András Hárs | Member, Global Norms, Governance and Comparative Regulation Sub-Committee | Senior Lecturer, Ludovika University of Public Service
András Hárs is a Senior Lecturer at Ludovika University of Public Service in Budapest and a member of the Global Norms, Governance and Comparative Regulation Sub-Committee. He has around a decade of teaching experience in international law and related subjects. His research covers artificial intelligence and international law, international criminal law and sexual exploitation and abuse in United Nations peace operations, the latter forming the subject of his doctoral thesis completed in 2021. He has taught or presented in more than twenty countries, published widely in his areas of research and supervised numerous student theses and international moot court teams. He also serves as Treasurer of the Hungarian Branch of the International Law Association.
Cecilia Inés Silberberg | Member, Global Norms, Governance and Comparative Regulation Sub-Committee
Cecilia Inés Silberberg is a professor in the PhD and Master's programmes in International Relations at the University of Belgrano in Argentina, where she teaches International Organisations and International Law. A career diplomat, she is Counsellor at the Argentine Permanent Mission to the United Nations in Vienna and the Argentine Embassy in Austria. She has previously served in the Legal and International Organisations divisions of Argentina's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and at Argentine embassies in Algeria, Canada and India. She holds a PhD in International Law and International Relations and an Advanced Studies degree from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, as well as a law degree from the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Within the ILA Committee, she is a member of the Global Norms sub-committee and Draft Lead of Micro-Team 2.
Dr Emmanuel Opoku Awuku | Member, AI and Sectoral Legal Frameworks Sub-Committee | International Lawyer and Arbitrator
Dr Emmanuel Opoku Awuku is an international lawyer, scholar and arbitrator with more than three decades of experience across international law, trade and economic law, competition law, human rights, dispute resolution and sustainable development. From 2007 to 2025 he served as Legal Counsel to the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States, following earlier service as Senior Programme Officer and Legal Adviser at the Commonwealth Secretariat. He has served on the WTO Indicative List of Panelists and the ICSID Panel of Arbitrators and is a solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales. A long-standing member of the International Law Association, he contributes to its AI and Technology Law Committee through the AI and Sectoral Legal Frameworks Sub-Committee.
Professor Gianpaolo Maria Ruotolo | Member, ILA Committee on AI & Technology Law | Full Professor of International Law, University of Foggia, Italy
Professor Gianpaolo Maria Ruotolo is Full Professor of International Law in the Department of Law at the University of Foggia and a member of the ILA Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Technology Law. His teaching includes international law, private international law, European Union law, international and European data law and law and technology. His academic work includes the international regulation of information technologies and legal questions concerning data and digital systems. The University of Foggia has also appointed him as the Rector's delegate for external professional relations and extra-institutional appointments. His participation in the ILA Committee builds on his work at the intersection of international law and technological change.
Dr Sergio Peña-Neira | Member, ILA Committee on AI & Technology Law | Associate Professor, Universidad Mayor, Chile | Vice-President, Chilean Society of International Law
Dr Sergio Peña-Neira is Associate Professor of International Law, International Human Rights Law and Legal Theory at Universidad Mayor in Chile, Vice-President of the Chilean Society of International Law and a member of the Chilean Branch of the International Law Association. He holds a master's degree from the University of Amsterdam and completed doctoral studies in law at the Universidad Internacional de Andalucía. His postdoctoral research included work at King's College London and the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law at the University of Cambridge. His publications cover the human right to potable water, traditional knowledge, climate change and sustainability. Within the ILA Committee, he works on AI and human rights and on sustainable and ethical AI development.
Gábor Kecskés | Member, ILA Committee on AI & Technology Law | Research Fellow, Institute for Legal Studies, HUN-REN Centre for Social Sciences
Gábor Kecskés is a Research Fellow in the Department of European Union Law and International Law at the Institute for Legal Studies of the HUN-REN Centre for Social Sciences and a member of the ILA Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Technology Law. His research spans public international law, international environmental law, environmental law and nuclear law. His institutional research has also addressed legal questions arising from artificial intelligence, including the risks and opportunities associated with AI regulation and application. He is active in academic publishing and legal research in Hungary and participates in the Committee's Vienna programme as part of its wider group of attending members.
Werner Michael Zdouc | Member, ILA Committee on AI & Technology Law | Research Fellow, WU Vienna | Former Director, WTO Appellate Body Secretariat
Werner Michael Zdouc is a Research Fellow at WU Vienna and a member of the ILA Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Technology Law. He served as Director of the World Trade Organization Appellate Body Secretariat from 2006 to 2020 after earlier work in the WTO Legal Affairs Division and the Appellate Body Secretariat. He subsequently held senior responsibilities in WTO knowledge management, academic outreach and the WTO Chairs Programme. Dr Zdouc has taught or served as a visiting professor at universities in Europe and Asia, including institutions in Vienna, St Gallen, Zurich, Barcelona, Seoul and Shanghai, as well as the Geneva Graduate Institute. His background brings extensive experience in international economic law, trade dispute settlement and international institutions to the Committee's work.
Rob Houston | Member, ILA Committee on AI & Technology Law | Executive Director, The Global Pro Bono Bar Association
Rob Houston is an international lawyer advising and representing clients in complex cross-border matters involving public international law and international dispute resolution. He spent more than a decade in Singapore with the international dispute resolution practice of a global law firm, acting for and against sovereign states, state-owned entities, intergovernmental organisations, major companies and other clients. His work has ranged from international human rights advocacy to cross-border mediation and negotiation, investment treaty arbitration and international commercial arbitration. As Executive Director of The Global Pro Bono Bar Association, he is based in The Hague and is developing the Centre for Conscience and Advocacy to address gaps in access to justice in cross-border practice. He is a member of the ILA Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Technology Law.
Those interested in participating online in the Committee’s Open Session are welcome to contact Sheikh Sultan Aadil Huque at aadil.huque@nus.edu.sg for further information and online participation details.
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