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The European Law Institute (ELI) invites practitioners, policymakers, academics, and stakeholders to a webinar discussing ELI’s response to the European Commission’s consultation on the simplification of the EU digital acquis.

The Commission’s initiative on the Digital Package and Digital Omnibus, including the Digital Omnibus on AI, aims to simplify and streamline the EU’s digital regulatory framework. While broadly supportive of the initiative, ELI has proposed a number of targeted revisions designed to enhance legal clarity, ensure coherence across the digital acquis, and safeguard fundamental rights while supporting innovation and economic competitiveness.

During this webinar, ELI experts will present the key elements of ELI’s response and discuss proposed revisions affecting major EU digital instruments, including the AI Act, GDPR, Data Act, Data Governance Act, Free Flow of Data Regulation, and Open Data Directive.

The session will provide an opportunity to engage directly with the authors of the ELI response, explore the legal implications of the proposed reforms, and reflect on the future evolution of the EU digital regulatory framework.

CPD Statement

This webinar qualifies as 1.5 hours of structured legal training (self-declared CPD) for lawyers and legal professionals.

Attendance will be verified through the webinar platform’s digital attendance record. Participants attending the full session who wish to receive a Certificate of Attendance stating the duration and learning objectives of the training are kindly invited to email the ELI Secretariat following the webinar.

Speakers 

Chair

• Teresa Rodríguez de las Heras Ballell (ELI President; Professor, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid; Director of the Chair AI: Foundations & Frontiers)

ELI Co-Authors

• Christiane Wendehorst (ELI Scientific Director; Professor of civil law and deputy head of the Department for Innovation and Digitalisation in Law at the University of Vienna, Austria)

• Agata Szeliga (Attorney at law, partner at Sołtysiński Kawecki & Szlęzak in charge of the personal data and privacy law practice)

• Bernhard Nessler (Research Manager Intelligent Systems and Certification of AI at the Software Competence Center Hagenberg, lecturer at the Institute for Machine Learning at the Johannes Kepler University Linz and Vice-President of the Austrian Society for Artificial Intelligence (ASAI), Austria) 

European Parliament:

• Michael McNamara (European Parliament Member)

Webinar Structure

The webinar aims to discuss the ELI’s Response to the European Commission’s Public Consultation on Simplification – digital package and omnibus. While broadly supportive of the overall direction, the ELI seeks to support the consultation’s objectives by offering constructive observations and targeted recommendations to enhance legal clarity, provide better protection for the rights of citizens and businesses, and enhance economic competitiveness and growth in Europe.

Pre-Reading

ELI Response to the European Commission Consultation on the Digital Omnibus. 

Final Action-Oriented Learning Objectives

By the end of the webinar, participants will be able to:

• Analyse the policy rationale and objectives of the European Commission’s initiative to simplify the EU digital acquis, including the Digital Omnibus and Digital Omnibus on AI.
• Identify the key proposed revisions to major EU digital instruments, including the AI Act, GDPR, Data Act, Data Governance Act, Free Flow of Data Regulation, and Open Data Directive.
• Assess the legal and regulatory implications of the proposed simplification measures for legal certainty, regulatory coherence, and fundamental rights protection.
• Evaluate the key recommendations contained in the European Law Institute’s response to the Commission’s consultation and their relevance for policymakers, practitioners, and stakeholders.
• Reflect on the potential impact of the proposed reforms on compliance, regulatory practice, and the competitiveness of the EU digital economy.