The School of Public Administration of Catalonia (EAPC) is organizing the session: “Artificial intelligence from a legal perspective”, within the framework of the XXXV edition of the “Seminar of legal study and practice” 2026. This session will be recorded and can be viewed for free online and in “streaming”.

Day: July 3 2026

Time: from 9:15 a.m. to 14:15 p.m.

place: Assembly Hall of the School of Public Administration of Catalonia (EAPC)

Access: XXXV Seminar on legal study and practice. 2nd session

Program

8.45 a.m. Accreditations

9.15 am Presentation by Jose Luis Martinez-Alonso, director of the Legal Office

9.30 am Strategy and active and responsible use of AI to strengthen the public sector. Participants:

• Albert Tort, secretary of Telecommunications and Digital Transformation
• Jaume Miralles, Director General of Artificial Intelligence, Efficiency and Data at the Administration of the Generalitat of Catalonia

1:55 p.m. Debate

10.45 a.m. Break

11.15 am First round table: “Lights and shadows of the use of artificial intelligence in public administrations”. Participating:

• Clara Isabel Velasco, Serra Húnter Associate Professor of Administrative Law at Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) on leave and vice-president of the Commission for the Guarantee of the Right of Access to Public Information (GAIP)
• Agustí Cerrillo, professor of administrative law at the Open University of Catalonia (UOC) and member of the Legal Advisory Commission (CJA)

1:55 p.m. Debate

12.45 pm Second round table: “Data protection, proactivity and personalization, and good administration”. Participating:

• Juli Ponce, professor of administrative law at the University of Barcelona (UB) and co-director of the Barcelona Chair of Housing Studies. “Reserve of humanity, pro-activity and personalization and protection of
  data: possibility and legal limits of artificial intelligence for the effectiveness of good administration in the public sector”.
• Xavier Urios, head of the Legal Advisory Service of the Catalan Data Protection Authority (APDCAT) and professor of administrative law at the University of Barcelona (UB). “The legal ethics of artificial intelligence and data protection in the functioning of public administrations”.

1:55 p.m. Debate

14.15 pm Closing