Bio Rex Lasipalatsi
Mannerheimintie 22–24
00100 Helsinki
Krogerus Data Symposium 2024
Krogerus Data Symposium, one of Finland's largest events focusing on data and AI regulation and utilisation, was held on Wednesday, 23 October 2024 at Bio Rex Lasipalatsi in Helsinki. The event brought together hundreds of experts and professionals in the field and was organised in partnership with the Technology Industries of Finland.
The EU's comprehensive data and AI regulatory package is about to become operational. The Data Act is already in force, and the AI Act has been finally approved. In the coming years, these regulations will profoundly impact how companies and communities utilise the data they generate, how data usage agreements are formed, and the application of AI.
The Data Symposium's programme highlighted some of the more practical challenges that the Data Act and the AI Act will present to companies' operations. In particular, we discussed the contractual, intellectual property and competition law implications of the new regulations.
Thank you to all our fantastic guest speakers and event attendees!
Krogerus' Technology, Data & IP team
Programme
Registration and welcome coffee
Opening remarks
- Kalle Hynönen, Partner, Head of Technology, Data & IP, Krogerus
- Pessi Honkasalo, Partner, Krogerus
State of the (European) Union: Data and AI Regulations
- Kalle Hynönen, Partner, Head of Technology, Data & IP, Krogerus
- Saara Leino, Senior Associate, Krogerus
- Iiris Rantanen, Senior Associate, Krogerus
Strategic Implications of the AI Revolution
Tero Ojanperä, Co-Founder, Silo AI and Professor of Practice, Aalto University
Coffee break
Music Industry Perspective on AI Training Data and Copyrights
- Lauri Rechardt, Chief Legal Officer, IFPI
Navigating Uncharted Territory: IP and Data Rights in the Brave New World of AI
- Ingrid Viitanen, VP, General Counsel Strategy & Technology, Nokia
Deepfakes, IP, and Personality Rights: Navigating the Legal Landscape
- Pessi Honkasalo, Partner, Krogerus
- Alexander Bützow, Senior Associate, Krogerus
Lunch break
Insights on the Model Contractual Terms for Data Sharing under the Data Act
- Univ-Prof Dr. Christiane Wendehorst, Professor of Civil Law and Co-Head of the Department of Innovation and Digitalisation in Law, University of Vienna and Scientific Director of the European Law Institute (remotely)
Model Contractual Terms - Industry Comments
- Jussi Mäkinen, Director, EU Regulation, Technology Industries of Finland
National Implementation of the Data Act - Where Do We Stand?
- Anna Aurora Wennäkoski, Senior Specialist, Finnish Ministry of Transport and Communications
Coffee break
AI: The Emerging Regulatory and Competition Law Landscape
- Morris Schonberg, Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills
AI: Some Finnish Regulatory Considerations
- Simo Autio, Partner, Head of Competition & Regulatory, Krogerus
Digital Empires: The Global Battle to Regulate Technology
- Anu Bradford, Henry L. Moses Professor of Law and International Organization and Director, The European Legal Studies Center, Columbia Law School (remotely)
Closing remarks
- Kalle Hynönen, Partner, Head of Technology, Data & IP, Krogerus
- Pessi Honkasalo, Partner, Krogerus
Cocktails
Presentations
See below the recordings of the event's presentations (including speakers who have been able to give their permission for their recordings to be published).
Meet our speakers
Henry L. Moses Professor of Law and International Organizations
Director, The European Legal Studies Center
Columbia Law School
Anu Bradford is Henry L. Moses Professor of Law and International Organizations at Columbia Law School. She is also a director for Columbia’s European Legal Studies Center and a Senior Scholar at Jerome A. Chazen Institute for Global Business at Columbia Business School. She is an expert on European Union law, digital regulation, international trade law, and comparative and international antitrust law. Bradford is the author of “The Brussels Effect: How the European Union Rules the World” (OUP 2020), which was named one of the Best Books of 2020 by Foreign Affairs. Her most recent book “Digital Empires: The Global Battle to Regulate Technology” was published by Oxford University Press in September 2023, and was recognized as one of the Best Books of 2023 by Financial Times.
Director, EU Regulation
Technology Industries of Finland
Jussi leads the EU Regulatory Team at the Technology Industries of Finland. He has a long background in influencing and developing contractual practices related to data and digitalisation. Jussi is also part of the Commission's expert group on model data agreements between companies.
Co-Founder, Silo AI
Professor of Practice, Aalto University
Dr. Tero Ojanperä has versatile abilities and a background at the intersection of technology, business, and creativity. He is a co-founder of Silo AI, the largest private AI lab in the Nordics, and Professor of Practise, Aalto University, Finland. Tero is the author of AI Revolution and a co-author of Platform Strategy. Previously, he was Nokia’s CTO and Chief Strategy Officer and served on the Nokia Executive Board.
Chief Legal Officer
IFPI, representing the recording industry worldwide
Based in London Mr Lauri Rechardt heads the IFPI global legal team, covering legal policy, licensing, litigation, and trade policy.
The IFPI legal team is responsible for formulating global legal policy priorities for the industry, coordinating strategic litigation across territories, and coordinating the work of music industry Music Licensing Companies globally.
Before his current role as the Chief Legal Officer of IFPI Lauri has held different roles at IFPI and worked in private practise as a partner and head of IP at Procopé & Hornborg one of the leading law firms in his native Helsinki.
Apart from his day-to-day duties, he is a frequent speaker at international conferences and industry events. Lauri holds a Master of Laws degree from the University of Helsinki.
Partner
Herbert Smith Freehills
Morris is a regulatory and competition lawyer, with significant expertise in relation to EU regulatory issues and behavioural matters in the tech sector. Morris' work has included advising companies in relation to the emerging AI regulatory framework and competition law issues in the AI area, as well as other major EU tech regulation, including the Digital Services Act, the Digital Markets Act and the eIDAS Regulation on digital identity. He has advised companies on investigations in this space and has also represented clients in major litigation before the EU Courts in relation to regulatory and competition decisions / instruments.
VP, General Counsel Strategy & Technology
Nokia
Ingrid is General Counsel for Nokia’s Strategy and Technology unit and is currently leading a company-wide project to formalize Nokia’s AI governance and compliance. Ingrid has specialist expertise in intellectual property and technology transactions, and previously served as General Counsel of Nokia Technologies, Nokia’s IP monetization business.
Ingrid believes strongly in the importance of harnessing every person’s unique potential and sees AI as a powerful tool in enhancing individual human skills and optimizing the value-add of lawyers and legal teams.
Ingrid is based at Nokia’s headquarters in Espoo, Finland. She is originally from Brisbane, Australia and has also lived several years in Japan. Before joining Nokia in 2013 she worked for major Australian and U.S. law firms in Sydney, Australia, and Tokyo, Japan.
Professor of Civil Law and Co-Head of the Department of Innovation and Digitalisation in Law, University of Vienna
Scientific Director of the European Law Institute
Christiane Wendehorst has been Professor of Civil Law at the University of Vienna since 2008. She is, among other things, a founding member, past President (2017-2021) and since 2022 Scientific Director of the European Law Institute (ELI), as well as Co-Head of the Department of Innovation and Digitalisation in Law. She is a member of the Bioethics Commission at the Austrian Federal Chancellery and Vice-President of the Austrian Jurists' Association (ÖJT). She is President of the Humanities and Social Sciences Division of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) for the term 2022-2027. She is also an elected member of the Academia Europea (AE), the International Academy for Comparative Law (IACL) and the American Law Institute (ALI).
Senior Specialist
The Finnish Ministry of Transport and Communications
Anna Aurora Wennäkoski works as a Senior Specialist at the Finnish Ministry of Transport and Communications. She has worked extensively on various aspects of the data law and the data economy. She currently chairs the national working group on the implementation of the Data Act in Finland.
Partner, Head of Competition & Regulatory
Krogerus
Simo heads our Competition & Regulatory practice. He is an experienced competition lawyer with a broad range of expertise covering contentious and non-contentious aspects of antitrust, public procurement and state aid law.
Simo frequently advises domestic and international clients on merger control and foreign direct investment (FDI). His practice also covers sector-specific legislation in life sciences and other fields.
Senior Associate
Krogerus
Alexander specialises in matters related to intellectual property law, commercial contracts, technology and data protection. He has notable experience advising clients in matters relating to research and development, particularly in the life sciences. Prior to joining Krogerus, Alexander worked as a legal counsel in the University of Helsinki's Research Services.
Partner
Krogerus
Pessi advises clients in commercial contracts and outsourcing, technology-related assignments including the application of artificial intelligence, protection of and transactions involving both personal and non-personal data, as well as intellectual property, with a particular focus on copyright and related rights. A certified information privacy professional, Pessi draws from his in-house experience to represent domestic and international clients in sectors ranging from ICT, media and creative industries to biotech and pharmaceuticals.
Partner
Krogerus
Kalle heads Krogerus' Technology, Data & IP practice. He advises clients on both contentious and non-contentious intellectual property matters with a particular focus on copyrights and trademarks, and he is an authorised trademark attorney in Finland. He has extensive experience in commercial contracts and transactions relating to intellectual property, data, technology and media. Kalle also regularly provides counsel on marketing law and data protection matters and he is a CIPP/E (Certified Information Privacy Professional/Europe). Prior to joining our firm, he worked as an in-house IPR counsel at a leading European media and learning solutions corporation.
Senior Associate
Krogerus
Saara advises clients in complex data protection matters and legal issues related to new technologies. She has worked with technical experts and is keen to assist in more technical assessments as well. Due to her experience she has strong knowledge on working with both Finnish and European Data Protection Authorities. Prior to joining Krogerus, Saara worked as a senior officer at the Finnish Data Protection Authority.
Senior Associate
Krogerus
Iiris specialises in intellectual property law, data protection and European law. Additionally, she provides counsel in assignments relating to commercial contracts, technology, consumer protection and marketing law. Iiris began working at our firm already as a law student, prior to which she worked as a trainee in another law firm in Finland. She has also gained notable experience in EU litigation while working in a judge's cabinet at the General Court of the European Union.
Event venue
The Krogerus Data Symposium 2024 was held at Bio Rex Lasipalatsi, a unique event space in the heart of Helsinki.
Bio Rex Lasipalatsi
Mannerheimintie 22–24
00100 Helsinki
In partnership: Technology Industries of Finland
The Krogerus Data Symposium 2024 was organised in partnership with the Technology Industries of Finland.
Krogerus Data Symposium 2023
About Krogerus
Krogerus is one of the leading business law firms in Finland, advising Finnish and international clients in a broad spectrum of regulatory, transactional and dispute resolution matters. We are particularly apt at issues that pertain to the technology, energy, finance, food and beverage, healthcare, real estate, and communications sectors. Krogerus is regularly retained in some of the most challenging and high-profile assignments in the market. Find out more about our expertise here.
