Parallel Session 6 | Data For Policy

05/08/2026

Session A6 (Auditorium):

Chair: Dr Antoni Rubi-Puig – Universitat Pompeu Fabra

“What AI Regulatory Frameworks Reveal About Accountability in the Global Policy Landscape.” ; Maria Lorena Florez Rojas – Assistant Professor, University of Groningen and Miriam Weigand – Senior Data & Analytics Executive moving into Product Management at MeMo² a Kantar. (Submission #139)
“AI agents as a regulatory data collection instrument: the case of occupational licensing” ; Vít Macháček – Government of the Czech Republic, Jakub Mirovský– Government of the Czech Republic, Karolína Hájková – Government of the Czech Republic and Štěpán Růt – Government of the Czech Republic. (Submission #134)
“Structural Barriers to the Ethical Agency of Engineers and the Rise of Compliance Theatre in AI Development” ; Alessia M. Vlasceanu – The University of Manchester, Computer Science, Emily Collins – The University of Manchester and Caroline Jay -The University of Manchester. (Submission #DAP-2026-0208)
“AI compliance tools: where is the human in the loop?.” ; Anne Elisabeth Beumer – Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Trento, Italy and Giulia Olivato – Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Trento, Italy. (Submission #170)

Session B6: (Room B)

Chair: Viivi Lähteenoja, University of Helsinki

“Data Cooperatives and Power Asymmetries in Rural Tanzania: How emerging regulatory principles, institutional design and digital literacy affect the digital sovereignty of marginalized women.” ; Kyoung Yang Kim – GIZ GmbH, Stephanie Arnold – Brussels School of Governance, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and Emma Nkonoki – Häme University of Applied Sciences, HAMK. (Submission #168)
“Configuring Data Sharing Collaborations for Social Good: Data as Economic Goods, Governance, and Value Capture Logic as Interdependent Dimensions.” ; Andres Alberto Perez Asiain – Politecnico di Milano, Department of Management Engineering, Federico Bartolomucci – Politecnico di Milano, Department of Management Engineering, Dwayne Ansah – Utrecht University, Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development and Iryna Susha – Utrecht University, Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development. (Submission #73)
“An Ostromian Theory of Data Infrastructure Governance.” ; Simon Sun – National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University School of Law and Anjanette Raymond – Indiana University Kelly School of Business. (Submission #85)

DS Special Track Session C6: AI & Compliance (Room C)

Chair: Dr Viviana Bastidas – University of Cambridge.

“From Instrument to Infrastructure: Metadata Governance for Agentic AI in the Public Sector.” ; Halfdan Lynge – Danish Agency for Digital Government. (Submission #11)
“Building an AI-Ready Dissemination Infrastructure for Official Statistics: Governing Algorithmic Mediation at Mexico’s National Statistics Office.” ; Andrea Fernandez Conde – INEGI. (Submission #111)
“Governance with AI: Reliability Scoring for Decision Support in EU Customs Risk Management.” ; Andrea Cerasa – European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Matteo Zardin – European Commission, Joint Research Centre and Domenico Perrotta – European Commission, Joint Research Centre. (Submission #17)

Session D6: (Room D)

Chair: Prof Marta Poblet, RMIT University and The Data Tank

“Bless or Curse? An Empirical Analysis of the Effects of U.S. Export Controls on China’s High-Tech Innovation Through the Lens of Entity-Listed Firms.” ; Siqi Xie – The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Xuan Zeng – The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Masaru Yarime – The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. (Submission #133)
“A longitudinal study on the Ethical, Legal, and Societal aspects of robotics in EU-funded projects since 2007 from FP7 to Horizon Europe.” ; Chloe Gros – Leiden University, eLaw – Center for Law and Digital Technologies and Eduard Fosch-Villaronga – Leiden University, eLaw – Center for Law and Digital Technologies. (Submission #61)
“Algorithmic Environmental Stewardship in Africa: A Doctrinal Proposal for Bridging Innovation and Ecological Protection.” ; Angwe Rachel Lekunze – Center for Environmental Justice, University of Pretoria. (Submission #29)