TILTing 2024 Special Issue introduction

Sunimal Mendis; Marco Bassini; Friso Bostoen; Max Baumgart; Shweta Degalahal; Brenda Espinosa Apráez; Aviva  de Groot

doi:10.71265/bn3r0d95

Authors

dr. Sunimal Mendis Tilburg University https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4272-1706
dr. Marco Bassini Tilburg University
dr. Friso Bostoen Tilburg University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9410-2774
dr. Max Baumgart Tilburg University
Shweta Degalahal Tilburg University
dr. Brenda Espinosa Apráez Tilburg University
dr. Aviva de Groot Tilburg University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.71265/bn3r0d95

Keywords:

TILTing, Technology regulation, FRT, bias, non-discrimination, Indigenous Knowledge, cultural heritage content, algorithms, cybersecurity , trust, regulatory space

Abstract

The 8^th edition of the TILTing Perspectives Conference took place over three days in July 2024, with the theme “Looking back, moving forward: Re-assessing technology regulation in digitalized worlds”. The conference was organized by a team of academics (TILTies) at the Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society (TILT) comprising Sunimal Mendis as academic lead, Friso Bostoen as co-academic lead and six Track Leaders. Aviva de Groot led Track A (AI as a Knowledge-making Power in the Majority Worlds) and the Deep-Dive Panel on Teaching about AI and Society. Gijs van Maanen led Track B (Problematizing ‘Data Governance’) and Brenda Espinosa Apráez led Track C (Regulation and Innovation in Digital Markets). Track D (Regulating Sectors in Transition: Energy, Finance & Health) was led by Max Baumgart and Track E (AI and Data Protection) by Marco Bassini. Shweta Degalahal was the leader of Track F (The Evolving Cybersecurity Landscape and Regulatory Approaches in Cybersecurity).

As the conference coincided with the 30^th anniversary of TILT, we considered this a fitting moment to take stock of decades of technology regulation and how it impacts our lives and the digitalized worlds around us. We specifically aimed to explore the following questions as part of our mission to “look back, move forward”:

What has been accomplished? By whom? And where? What is missing? Who is missing? What can we say about the relations between technology-focused regulation and other regulatory foci and modes of standard-setting?