European Union AI Act – Compliance Approach

Course Duration: 2 Days

This two-day training course is designed to provide attendees a detailed understanding of the EU AI Act and how to comply with this important European regulation that will affect organizations worldwide.

This course will cover how to perform assessment of AI risks, the obligations and measures that can be used in accordance to AI risk levels, AI governance, AI databases, and AI continual activities.

Equipped with the knowledge gained in this course, attendees and their organizations can be better equipped to develop a plan to comply with this crucial AI regulation.

Training Methodology

This course will have a total of four breakout exercises performed in groups that are designed to reinforce and apply the knowledge gained using specific use cases. Active participation in discussions on aspects of the EU AI Act is expected from all participants.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

  • List and discuss the various EU AI Act risk levels
  • Associate EU AI Act obligations to the risk levels
  • Distinguish among the various AI models
  • Discuss the various measures in the EU AI Act
  • Describe the governance, databases, and continual activities aspects in the regulation
  • Develop an organization plan to comply with the EU AI regulation for a specific organization and use case
  • Develop an audit plan to audit an organization-specific product or service for compliance with the EU AI regulation

Course Outline

Day One

· Chapter 1: Introduction and Overview

o Introduction to Course

o Review of AI, AI Systems, and AI Services

o AI Risk Assessment and Levels of Risk in the EU AI Act

o Overview of the Regulation

· Chapter 2: Prohibited Practices and High-Risk Systems

o Prohibited AI Practices

o Classification Rules for High-Risk AI Systems

o Requirements for High-Risk AI Systems

o Obligations of Providers and Deployers of High-Risk AI Systems and Other Parties

o Notifying Authorities and Notified Bodies

o Breakout Exercise 1: Develop a List of Obligations for a Specific Company and AI System

· Chapter 3: AI Systems with Limited Risk, and Low and Minimum Risk – Models & Innovation Measures

o Transparency Obligations for Providers

o Transparency Obligations for Deployers

o Classification of AI Models

o Obligations for Providers of AI Models

o AI Regulatory Sandboxes

o Measures in Support of Innovation

o Breakout Exercise 2: Develop a List of Measures with Traceability to Obligations for a Specific Company and AI System

Seminar Agenda (cont’d)

Day Two

· Chapter 4: Governance, Databases, and Continual Activities

o Governance at Union Level

o National Competent Authorities

o EU Database for High-Risk AI Systems

o Post-Market Monitoring

o Sharing of Information & Enforcement

o Supervision, Investigation, and Monitoring of Provider

· Chapter 5: Codes of Conduct, Delegation of Power, Penalties

o Codes of Conduct & Guidelines

o Delegation of Power

o Penalties

o Final Provisions

o Breakout Exercise 3: Develop an AI Policy

· Chapter 6: Regulation Compliance, Auditing, and Other Considerations

o Complying with the EU AI Regulation

o Developing a Compliance Plan

o Auditing an AI System for Compliance

o Other Considerations

o Course Summary and Takeaways

o Breakout Exercise 4: Develop an EU AI Act Compliance Plan

Who Should Attend

A wide range of professionals will benefit from this course, particularly:

  • Business Leaders and Managers
  • Project Managers and Technical Leaders
  • Data scientists and analysts
  • Researchers and Academics
  • Entrepreneurs and start-up founders
  • Government professionals with AI responsibilities
  • Venture capitalists and investors
  • Compliance professionals and officers

Course Materials

Each participant will receive a seminar manual including breakout exercises.

Note: Omnex does not provide copies of standard(s) during training courses, but clients are encouraged to have their own copy.

Pre-Requisite

Background in development projects, software development, and quality management systems will be helpful.

A basic understanding of AI systems, AI applications, and software engineering processes is helpful, but not required.

Upcoming Training

European Union AI Act – Compliance Approach Program is available in multiple locations globally, including the USA, Canada, Mexico, India, Europe, Thailand, Singapore, Middle East and China.