GenAI tools in the public sector : how to address the needs of administrations and universities while remaining sovereign?
Les outils GenAI dans le secteur public : comment répondre aux besoins des administrations et des universités tout en préservant leur souveraineté?
16 March 2026 (3 pm to 5.15 pm)
The workshop will take place within the EU AI Week 2026
Like other innovative tools, Generative AI, if adequately integrated, can help to fulfill the missions of the public sector. But the GenAI implementation within public administrations and universities should also remain as sovereign as possible (ASAP). Relying on those two use cases and several experiments, the workshop aims to identify and discuss the challenges and requirements of an ASAP integration of GenAI within the public sector.
Comme d'autres outils innovants, l'IA générative (GenAI), si elle est correctement intégrée, peut aider à accomplir les missions du secteur public. Mais la mise en œuvre de la GenAI au sein des administrations publiques et des universités devrait aussi rester aussi souveraine que possible. En s'appuyant sur deux cas d’usage et plusieurs expérimentations, l'atelier vise à identifier et discuter les défis et les exigences d'une intégration souveraine de la GenAI.
The Elliptic research group of CRIDES, in particular Alain Strowel and Patricia Nouveau, have designed this program in collaboration with the BOSA (SPF Stratégie et appui). 15h00 - 15h20: INTRODUCTORY WORDS Alain STROWEL, Prof. UCLouvain HOW IS THE AI SOVEREIGNTY DEBATE FRAMED IN THE EU? Patricia NOUVEAU, Prof. UCLouvain Alexandre DE STREEL, Prof. UNamur |
15h20 - 16h: PART 1 - SOVEREIGN AI IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Saskia LENSINK, Product Manager GPT-NL, TNO-Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research Maria Chiara PROPERZI, Analyst, Centre for Cybersecurity Belgium Malgorzata NIKOWSKA, Head of Unit, AI Office, European Commission |
16h - 17h: PART 2 : SOVEREIGN AI IN UNIVERSITIES Yves DEVILLE, Prof. UCLouvain, senior advisor for AI strategy Jens BURGER, Leuven.AI, KULeuven Lucie JACQUET- MALO, Coordinatrice du programme IA de l’Institut Mines-Télécom, France Bertrand de LONGUEVILLE, Head of AI Competence Centre, JRC-Joint Research Centre, European Commission |
17h - 17h15: DEBATE WITH THE AUDIENCE AND WRAP UP |
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Adress | SPF BOSA - Boulevard Simon Bolivar 30, Internal Postal Box 1, 1000 Bruxelles
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Participation is free. On site presence is limited. Online participation is possible if you register with this link.
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The Elliptic research group of CRIDES, in particular Alain Strowel and Patricia Nouveau, have designed this program in collaboration with the BOSA (SPF Stratégie et appui).

