AI Pact Events

The AI Pact encourages organisations to prepare for the implementation of the AI Act. The events follow the Pact’s two-pillar structure:

• Under Pillar I, regular webinars are held to provide participants with a better understanding of the AI Act and its implementation. A series of thematic monthly webinars, open to everyone, is foreseen from January 2025. Register to be notified of the seminars and activities of the AI Pact Pillar I.
• Under Pillar II, workshops tailored to specific aspects of the AI Act provide a platform for participants to exchange best practices. These workshops are exclusive to AI Pact signatories.

Future events

Stay tuned for information on other upcoming webinars.

Past events

• 7th AI Pact webinar on AI Innovation for SMEs and startups (27 November 2025) This session focused on AI Innovation for SMEs and Startups: Sandboxes, real-world testing, AI Act Service Desk and European Digital Innovation Hubs (EDIHs). It explored how the European Union is fostering AI innovation while ensuring compliance with the AI Act, particularly for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and startups.
• 6th webinar on the General-Purpose AI Models and Code of Practice (23 September 2025) - This webinar provided an overview of the EU's guidelines on General Purpose AI, voluntary Code of Practice and training data transparency template for AI Act compliance.
• 5th webinar - AI Continent Action Plan and Apply AI Strategy (27 May 2025) - An in-depth exploration of the AI Continent Action Plan and the soon to be published Apply AI Strategy.
• 4th webinar - Guidelines for Prohibited AI Practices and the definition of an AI system (3 April 2025) - This session focused on the Commission’s interpretation of prohibited AI practices. Experts discussed what is outside the scope of the prohibitions, the broader context of the AI Act’s risk-based approach and how these guidelines align with the EU’s commitment to safeguarding fundamental rights and ethical AI development.
• 3rd webinar - AI literacy (20 February 2025) - The first part of this session focused on article 4 of the AI Act (AI literacy requirements) and introduced a repository of practices shared by AI Pact signatories. During the second part, there was a dialogue on these practices, followed by a Q&A session.
• 2nd webinar exploring the Architecture of the AI Act (17 December 2024) - This session focused on the obligations that providers and deployers need to implement by February 2025, the regulation of General Purpose AI (GPAI) models, and the requirements for high-risk AI systems.
• 1st webinar exploring the Architecture of the AI Act (28 November 2024) - This webinar offered participants an in-depth look into the AI Act objectives, its risk-based framework, and the governance mechanisms it introduces, including the central role of the EU AI Office.
• Official signature of AI Pact pledges (25 September 2024) - The first one hundred signed the AI Pact pledges (pillar II) in an official ceremony.
• 1st European AI Office webinar (30 May 2024) - The webinar covered the AI Act's risk management logic, compliance requirements for high-risk AI systems, and the role of international standards in regulatory compliance (recording and slides available through the link).