2023 EUTPF

The Tech Policy Fellowship 2023

I hope your travel went well. Welcome to Brussels for the in-person week of the EU Tech Policy Fellowship 2023

Over the last month it's been a great pleasure to get to know all of you a bit better. I firmly believe that this one of the most talented groups I have worked with in my career, and I really don't say that to all the groups!

I do want to stress that we live in a "time of perils" It is up to governments around the globe to prevent us from global catastrophic risks. Therefore your career has the potential to contribute to the future of this continent and possibly to the future of countless generations.

This could be a heavy burden to carry but there is no need to carry this alone Just take a look around the room as we go through the sessions this week My hope is that this cohort will become a true fellowship, on a lifelong journey towards a safe and prosperous future for this continent and humanity.

Enjoy the journey ahead!

Jan-Willem

Bienvenue à Bruxelles!

The Tech Policy Fellowship 2023

The Program's Aims

The EU Tech Policy Fellowship was created to enable promising EU citizens to launch careers focused on regulating high-priority emerging technologies, especially AI and cybersecurity

We aim to provide you with the ambition and tools to play an important role in shaping European AI/Tech policy and to gain a head start in your career.

You will leave the programme with:

Increased knowledge of the most important aspects of AI Governance

An understanding of the regulatory landscape in Brussels

Increased exposure and a better network

Either career capital (for example, having spent several months interning at a relevant institution) or completed applications for relevant positions within the EU institutions

Our "Why"

Now is a critically important time in the development of policy Policies pertaining to the EU's regulation of AI, laid down in the coming years may greatly effect millions of lives and perhaps all future generations

We need many well intended, well informed people to work on these challenges

Gaining exposure and a relevant network is key to building career capital and influence over time “Breaking in” is challenging but once in, we believe individuals may be able to positively influence upcoming European tech policy and make substantial positive differences and help us steer a better course

By helping you at this early inflection point, we aim to to significantly increase your counterfactual impact over time.

Testing out, in a robust way, whether or not you are a good fit for various roles in policy is valuable to your decision making processes.

PROGRAM HOSTS

STEVETHOMPSON

Co-founder and Head of Training

Training for Good

Head of Moonshots & Manager of Outreach at Charity

Entrepreneurship

Background: Senior Leadership Development Consultant and Organisational Consultant at Flow Group International

JAN-WILLEMVANPUTTEN

Co-Founder and Director Training for Good

Background: Co-Founder and Board member at Stichting Elevate, Board member at Effectief Altruïsme Nederland

SARAHFÜRSTENBERG

Intern

BSc Management of International Social Challenges

European Parliament

PROGRAM SPEAKERS

NICOLASMOËS

Director, European AI Governance at The Future Society

Committee Member, ISO/IEC JTC 001/SC

42 "Artificial Intelligence", National Committee Member, AGORIA-ICT/J00142

"Artificial Intelligence", Member, OECD Network of Experts on AI, WG on Classification of AI Systems

CONNORDUNLOP

European Policy Lead at Ada Lovelace Institute

Leading and delivering the influencing and engagement strategy, worked on EU public affairs, EU AI Act, AI liability directive, EU Data Legislation

PROGRAM SPEAKERS

TEUNJANSSEN

Academy Fellow at The Clingendael Institute

Member Of The Supervisory Board at The European International Model United Nations, Project Coordinator at Platform of European Memory and Conscience

MIGNONLEBON

Digital Affairs at the Permanent Representation of the Netherlands to the EU

Diplomatic Training at the Dutch Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Rijkstrainee, Senior Policy Officer at the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate

PROGRAM COACHES

ANDREASPRENNER

Policy Officer European Commission, DG HERA

Blue Book Trainee, Analyst at Deutsche Bank, DG Economics & DG Financial Stability, Oxford University

ANUPRIYADATTA

Political Advisor at The Left in the European Parliament

Legal Affairs Trainee The Left, National Negotiation Skills Winner ELSA (The Netherlands), Member of the Faculty Council, Faculty Assistant

PROGRAM COACHES

ANKAREUEL

Computer Science Ph.D. Student at Stanford

AI and Equality Initiative, Founder Different GbRs, Co-Founder KIRA, AI Fairness Working Group

FELLOWS

LORENZOPACCHIARDI

PhD in Statistics

MSc in Physics

Working on Safety of Large Language Models (SERI MATS), Technical Standards for the EU AI Act (with FLI)

LISASODER

LSE Masters in Regulation

GovAI Summer Research Fellow

Strategy Consulting at BCG

NGO on global health

FABIANULMER

MSc Computer Science

Digital Policy Trainee at the European Commission

Digital Transformation in Public Administration at the UN Mc Kinsey, German Ministry of Finance

JULIUSRITETR

Data Science and Business at Humboldt University

Berlin, UC Berkley & NYU

Tech and (non-profit) consulting, education startup aientrepreneurs org

AURIANETÉCOURT

BSc Physics

MSc Engineering and Policy Analysis

MIRUNAPÎSLAR

BSc Computer Science

MSc Machine Learning

Research Engineer at DeepMind

ROBERTPRAAS

BSc Economic and Econometrics

MSc Machine Learning

Research Assistant Impact Centre Erasmus

Artificial Intelligence Teaching Assistant

DAANJUIJN

BA Philosophy

BSc Maths

MSc PPE

Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs

Climate Policy Consultant

FELLOWS

NINELLOLDENBURG

BSc Linguistics/ Computational Linguistics

MSc IT & Cognition

MIT Visiting Graduate Research Assistant

MICHAŁKUBIAK

BSc Technical Physics

Polish Academy of Sciences

IT Project Management

JAMESNICHOLASBRYANT

BAI Electronic and Computer Engineering

MSc Applied Social Research

Freelance Policy Researcher/Advisor

FRANKRYAN

MSc Computer Science and Philosophy

MS Technology Policy

Data Scientist

FELLOWS

ALEXANDRATSALIDIS

BA Law

MSc Bioethics at Harvard Med

Affiliate Researcher Harvard AI ethics projects

PAULABENDIEK

Data Scientist at Ensemble Analytics

MSc Energy Systems and Data Analytics

BEng Energy and Environmental Engineering

MAXRÄUKER

Biology and Cognitive Science

Longtermist research and AI governance

Rethink Priorities Fellow

KONSTANTINPILZ

BSc Biology

MA Security Studies

Research Assistant Compute Governance

The Week in Brussels*

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Arrival hotel Brussels (3pm checkin), Collective Diner at Ricotta & Parmesan

Workshop 9-5pm (incl. guest lectures by Nicolas Moës and Anka Reuel)

Workshop 9am-5pm (incl Connor Dunlop and Teun Janssen guest lectures),

Evening: Activity of Choice**

Workshop 9am-5pm (incl. Mignon Lebon and Andreas Prenner guest lecture)

Workshop 12:30pm-1:30pm (incl. Jan-Willem and Sarah on Plux and EP)

Afternoon Site Visits (EP, Parlamentarium) & network drinks at Plux

Workshop 9am-5pm (incl Anupriya Datta guest lecture lunch)

Departures

Lunch (vegan and gluten-free options), fruits, coffee and tea will be served at the Workshop Location every day.

*Schedule is preliminary due to unforeseen circumstances and fellows' needs

** Some suggestions are: Kiosk Radio, Kings & Queens Cafe, Scavenger Hunt

*** For more detail consult the Brussels Onboarding Guide

TIMETABLE

Monday - Introduction and Communicating AI Risks

We will learn about the cruxes behind AI policy making, the chessboard of the world of AI policy and how to carefully talk about risks stemming from AI

Talks by:

Nicolas Moës on how to communicate to policymakers about AI Risks

Host & Scribe: Auriane Tecourt

Anka Reuel: Developments in AI (Governance)

Host & Scribe: Fabian Ulmer

Jan-Willem van Putten on the overall playing field

Tuesday

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Influencing Brussels

Our goal is to understand the basic premises behind EU policy making and learn about different methods to brainstorm new policies You will gain insights as well as try this out in a case by yourselves

Talks by:

Connor Dunlop: How to find levers for change in new legislation?

Host & Scribe: Ninell Oldenburg

Teun Janssen: How to influence the EU?

Host & Scribe: Konstantin Pilz

Wednesday -

Pitching skills and Q&As

We will focus on pitching skills and Q&As with experts who have are working with the EU and hear some perspectives from within the EC. Our goal is to learn more about the real life experiences that people have when working in and with EU policy and for you to be able to get your message to them.

Talks by:

Mignon Lebon: The perspective of negotiations on the AI Act through the Council

Host & Scribe: Frank Ryan

Andreas Prenner: Lunch Q&A

Host & Scribe: Max Räuker

Thursday - Going out there: networking and visits

After three days of hard work in the co-working space we will move to the policy making centre of the EU for some networking and site visits. Our goal is to learn about networking as we visit the heart of Brussels institutions

Talk by:

Jan-Willem and Sarah about Plux and the EP

Friday

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Capture learning and making plans

The purpose of this session is to cement the leanings from the week and to create plans in order to maximise your impact as policy makers You will deliver your final policy brief presentations

Talk by:

Q&A with Anupriya Datta

Host & Scribe: Michał Kubiak

Visits

During our time in Brussels, we will get the chance to network with relevant field experts and visit some of the most important sites in EU Affairs and Policy Making.

EUROPEANPARLIAMENT

The European Parliament is the directly elected legislative body of the European Union, representing the citizens of the EU member states and participating in the decision-making process on a wide range of issues affecting the European Union.

PARLAMENTARIUM

The Parlamentarium is the visitors' centre of the European Parliament and is located in the Parliament's Espace Léopold complex in Brussels. The official opening was on 14 October 2011 by President of the European Parliament Jerzy Buzek.

Thank you

Many people came together to make this program a success: the team, you, our fellows, our expert speakers and our advisors. We’d also like to sincerely thank our primary seed funder who enabled us to launch TFG and EA Funds who kindly funded the operational costs and much of Training for Good’s general expenses, making this program possible