Conferences and seminars
Alessandria, 13 December 2023, Winter School “EUDICRI- Digital Criminal Investigation and Evidence in EU Law”. Lecture: EU cross border cooperation, MLA & institutional framework
Rome, 23 November 2023, AIAKOS Exchange Programme for Judicial Trainees. Lecture: AI for judges. The case of judicial cooperation
Lisbon, 10-11 November 2023, Faculdade de Direito. Intensive Postgraduate Program “AI in Legal Practice and its Regulation”. Lectures: Predictive Algorithms for Judges; MultiAgent Systems for Deciding about the Relevance and Admissibility of Evidence; LLM technology for judges; Bayesian Network for Judges (with Marcello Di Bello)
Genova/online, 2 November 2023, Seminar within the EPPITALY Research Project; Lecture: EPPO: i primi rinvii pregiudiziali e la «rule of law»
Como, Villa Vigoni, 17 October 2023, Conference: “The European Public Prosecutor‘s Office as Motor for Transformation in the European „Area of Freedom, Security and Justice”. Speech: The EPPO as a “guardian of the rule of law” and European values?
Milano, ICON-S Italian Chapter, 13 October 2023. Speech: Public-Private Partnerships e Cybersecurity. Cybersicurezza in ecosistemi cyber-fisici: sfide e prospettive della politica dell’Unione europea
Scuola Superiore della Magistratura, Scadicci, 5 October 2023, Corso di formazione “Tecnologie informatiche e giustizia penale”; Lecture: Le indagini penali e l’intelligenza artificiale: riconoscimento facciale, predictive policing e nuove modalità diricostruzione dei fatti tramite IA
Luxembourg, 3 July 2023, Conference: “Private Actors as Judges and Enforcers in the Technology-Driven World”. Speech: Public private partnerships in AML/CFT. A new way to outsource criminal investigations?
Girona, 30 June 2023, Lecture in Spanish: “Admisibilidad de las pruebas digitales”, Universitat de Girona
Genova, 15 June 2023, Conference: “La giustizia penale alla prova della transizione digitale: Italia e Spagna a confronto”. Speech: Digitalizzazione della giustizia penale: Quale ruolo per la difesa?
Göttingen/online, 13 June 2023, Forschungsstelle für lateinamerikanisches Straf- und Strafprozessrecht. Seminar „Fundamentos del derecho probatorio en materia penal - Segunda Parte. Tecnología y prueba en el proceso penal”. Discussant to the paper of Prof. Serena Quattrocolo “¿Es el razonamiento probatorio computable?”
Parma, 22 May 2023, Corso di dottorato di ricerca in Scienze giuridiche in convenzione fra le Università di Parma e di Modena-Reggio Emilia: “Intelligenza artificiale e processo penale”. Speech: IA, algoritmi, automazione: Quale ruolo per la difesa?
Bologna, 18 May 2023, 12th Conference on the Future of Adversarial and Inquisitorial Systems “Bias and Criminal Justice”. Chair of the Panel Politics and bias in criminal justice (Annalisa Mangiaracina, Brandon Garrett, Klaudia Lozyk)
Leuven/online, 16 May 2023, UNA EUROPA, Future Crime Webinar Series “AI and Criminal Law Enforcement”. Speech: The AI potential in defensive strategies
Roma, 12 May 2023, Closing Conference of the EU-funded Project “Public-Private Partnerships on Terrorism Financing” (ParTFin): “Developing Public-Private Information Sharing to Strengthen the Fight against Terrorism Financing, Money Laundering and Sanctions Evasion”. Speech: Providing financial institutions with investigative leads to monitor suspects and to analyse financial flows
Bologna, 19 April 2023, Seminari del Corso di informatica forense “Modalità di contrasto al riciclaggio per mezzo di criptovalute”. Speech: Public private partnerships nell’antiriciclaggio e antiterrorismo. Nuove forme di outsourcing del processo penale?
Paris Nanterre, 3 April 2023, Journée d’études: “Principes et pratiques de l’enquête pénale à l’épreuve des nouvelles technologies (Projet NTIS). Réceptions comparées de la jurisprudence européenne sur la conservation et l’accès aux données en procédure pénale”. Speech: La réception en Italie (with Michele Caianiello)
Istanbul/online, 16 December 2022, 25th Bilgi Law Conference “Digitalisation of Criminal Justice”. Speech: Digitalisation of Criminal Justice in Italy
Lund/online, 15 November 2022, North Sea Group, On-line Seminars on Legal Evidence, Fall Programm 2022. Speech: Criteria for Admission of Digital Evidence
Lisbon, 11-12 November 2022, Faculdade de Direito. Intensive Postgraduate Program “AI in Legal Practice and its Regulation”. Lectures: Predictive Algorithms for Judges (11 November); MultiAgent Systems for Deciding about the Relevance and Admissibility of Evidence (12 November); Bayesian Network for Judges (12 November, main lecturer: Marcello Di Bello)
Tübingen, 30 September 2022, Gesellschaft für Rechtsvergleichung, 39. Tagung für Rechtsverglaeichung „Digitalisierung“. Speech: The impact of digital technology in Italian criminal proceedings
Bologna, 17 September 2022, ICON-S Italy. Il futuro dello Stato. Panel 114. Speech: Diritto al rimedio effettivo e decisione automatizzata
Bologna, 16 settembre 2022, ICON-S Italy. Il futuro dello Stato. Panel 17. Intervento: Tecnologie del controllo e sorveglianza: quale possibile uso a fini difensivi?
Wroclaw, 5 July 2022, ICON-S International Annual Conference: Global Problems and Prospects in Public Law. Panel: Digital Searches. In Quest for a New European Standard. Speech: Digital Searches in Italy
European Central Bank, Frankfurt Am Main, 21 June 2022. Invited to present and discuss the draft working paper entitled The Enforcement of ECB Sanctions in light of the Proportionality Principle: Is There a Need for a Guide to Define a Solid Legal Framework?, prepared as part of the financing granted by the ECB Legal Research Programme 2022. Co-author/presenter: S. Allegrezza
Girona, 23-27 May 2022, 1st Michele Taruffo Girona Evidence Week. Speaker of the plenary panel “Factual errors in evidential legal reasoning: identification and strategies of reduction”. Speech: Miscarriages of Justice, Forensic Evidence and Evidential Legal Reasoning: A Focus on False Confessions
Bologna, 30 March 2022, University of Bologna. Seminars: Sfide recenti e nuovi paradigmi dell’informatica forense. Speech: Policing via Multi-Agent Systems: un nuovo volto per la digital forensics (e non solo)?
Bologna, 25 February 2022, University of Bologna. Organization of the final conference of the CrossJustice Project (https://site.unibo.it/cross-justice/en/agenda/crossjustice-final-conference ), entitled Empowering Defence Rights Through Algorithms and AI. Speech: Conclusive Remarks of the conference and the Project
Wroclaw, 20 January 2022, Digital Justice Center of the Faculty of Law, Administration and Economics of Wroclaw (Poland). Lecture on Artificial Intelligence and EU Criminal Justice: challenges and opportunities
Wroclaw, 19 January 2022, Digital Justice Center of the Faculty of Law, Administration and Economics of Wroclaw (Poland). Lecture on Admissibility of Digital Evidence in the EU
ERA, Academy of European Law, 10 December 2021. Conference: Criminal Law and Human Rights: Recent ECtHR Case Law. Improving Standards of the Defence in Criminal Proceedings through Recent ECtHR Case Law. Speech 1: Implications of “ne bis in idem” (Nodet v France; Velkov v Bulgaria; Mihalache v Romania). Speech 2: The relationship between the case law of the ECtHR and of the CJEU regarding “ne bis in idem”
Bologna, 2 December 2021, University of Bologna. Conference: German-Italian Dialogue on Smart Algorithms, Trust and (the Diffusion of) Power. Speech: Presentazione del Progetto di ricerca CrossJustice
Roma (online), 19 November 2021, University Sapienza. Conference: La valutazione della prova scientifica. Speech: Errore giudiziario e false confessioni. Spunti per una riflessione sulla valutazione della prova
Trento (online), 12 November 2021, University of Trento, Conference: Intelligenza artificiale e processo penale. Indagini, prove, giudizio. Speech: Difendersi dall’IA o difendersi con l’IA? Verso un cambio di paradigma
Bologna (online), 20 October 2021, Fondazione Forense Bolognese, Conference: Diritto al silenzio e presunzione d’innocenza tra prassi giudiziaria italiana e prospettive europee alla luce della direttiva 2016/343/EU. Speech: Il diritto al silenzio e a non autoincriminarsi nel dialogo fra Corte costituzionale e Corte di giustizia
Bologna/Leuven (online), 8 June 2021, Conference funded by the Research Project EmpRiSe: Il diritto al silenzio. Tra pratica giudiziaria e prospettive europee. Speech: Il dialogo fra Corte costituzionale e Corte di giustizia sul diritto a non autoincriminarsi
Bologna, 3 May 2021, University of Bologna, Seminars of Digital Forensics: Deepfake: la nuova frontiera del falso d’autore. Speech at the roundtable: Quale dialettica tra intelligenza artificiale e informatica forense? on the application of AI technology to digital forensics in AML/CFT
Bologna, 22 April 2021, University of Bologna, Seminars of Digital Forensics: Verso standard comuni europei per lo scambio della Digital Evidence. Speech: Overview of the European legal framework
ERA, Academy of European Law, 15 April 2021. Conference: Procedural Rights in the Context of Evidence-Gathering. Speech: The admissibility of (electronic) evidence in the EU
Consob, Seminario Ufficio Sanzioni Amministrative, 31 March 2021. Conference: Prospettive europee di diritto sanzionatorio dei mercati finanziari. Prime esperienze. Speech: Il dialogo Corte Costituzionale/Corte di Giustizia sul privilegio contro la autoincriminazione e il diritto di rimanere in silenzio. Le garanzie di fair trial nei procedimenti sanzionatori: lezioni per la supervisione
Bologna, Scuola di specializzazione per le professioni legali E. Redenti, 29 March 2021. Seminar: Amending the charges and giudizio abbreviato (about Sez. un., n. 5788/2020)
Fiesole-European University Institute/online, 22-23 February 2021. Transnational Training and Conference, organized within the Research Project: CrossJustice (DG JUST).
Speech: Presentation of the CrossJustice Project and of the Main Legal Challenges in the Implementation of the Criminal Procedure Directives
Torino/online, 26 January 2021. Final conference of the Project: InterLex (DG JUST). Speech: Presentation of the CrossJustice Project
Frankfurt Am Main, Goethe-Universität, 25 January 2021. Kolloquium Recent Developments in European Criminal Law. Seminar: The right to remain silent in the case law of the Court of Justice and the Court in Strasbourg
Bologna, Scuola di specializzazione per le professioni legali E. Redenti, 11 January 2021. Seminar: In absentia trial and the appointment of a lawyer (about Sez. un., 23948/2020)
Siracusa, Conference of AIDP Young Penalist and X Corso di Formazione interdottorale di Diritto e Procedura Penale “Giuliano Vassalli”, 22- 24 October 2020. Conference: I nuovi volti del sistema penale fra cooperazione pubblico-privato e meccanismi di integrazione fra hard law e soft law. Speech: L’introduzione di meccanismi di Public Private Partnerships in materia di antiriclaggio e antiterrorismo: un'analisi comparata sulle nuove tendenze di outsourcing del processo penale
Alma AI- Centro di Intelligenza Artificiale, Università di Bologna, 1 July 2020. Seminar: AIs, lawyers, and judges. Speech: AI nel processo penale: la prospettiva del giurista
Banca d’Italia, Roma, 22 June 2020. Conference: Unione Bancaria e indagini penali. Speech: Ne bis in idem e procedimento amministrativo punitivo nell’ambito del MVU
European Central Bank, Frankfurt Am Main, 17 January 2020, Invited to present the monograph G. Lasagni, Banking Supervision and Criminal Investigation. Comparing the EU and US Experiences
Bologna, 18 November 2019, Scuola di Specializzazione per le Professioni Legali E. Redenti, Lecture on: Il diritto al silenzio tra Corte costituzionale e Corte di giustizia dell’Unione europea
Bologna, 22 October 2019, Kick off meeting: CROSSJUSTICE - Coordination and Speech on the main challenges in creating automated advisory modules in the field of criminal procedural defence rights
Luzern, 11 July 2019, IVR International Conference. Speech: The Role of Predictive Systems in Criminal Investigations: Accountability, Discriminatory Effects and Fair Trial Guarantees - with G. Contissa
Bologna, 31 May 2019, Kick off meeting: DEVICES Hercule III Project - Coordination and Speech: The legal state of play of digital investigation at the supranational level
Bologna, 10 May 2019, Conference: L'intelligenza artificiale nell'orizzonte del diritto. Speech: L’intelligenza artificiale al servizio della giustizia
Bologna, 1 April 2019, Seminar: Algoritmi predittivi e indagini penali: responsabilità, effetti discriminatori e giusto processo
Luxembourg, 28 February-1 March 2019, Conference: Admissibility of OLAF Final Reports as Evidence in Criminal Proceedings. Input as Italian representative to the project “ADCRIM” - Hercule III, University of Luxembourg
Champaign, University of Illinois (USA), 23 January 2019, Speech: Ne bis in idem and banking supervision. Testing the scope of criminal law procedural safeguards
Luxembourg, 30 November 2018, EUBAR International Final Conference: Toward an integrated enforcement of banking regulation: the case of the Single Supervisory Mechanism. Speech: Two Enforcement Systems and Two Sets of Procedural Safeguards?
Basel, 25 April 2018, Speech: The Role of Predictive Algorithmic Systems in Criminal Investigations: Accountability, Discriminatory Effects and Fair Trial Guarantees.
Luxembourg, 30 November 2017, EUBAR Project – IV Working Group Meeting. Speech: The hybrid nature of financial and banking investigations
Cadiz, 16-17 November 2017, IV Processulus. Encuentro de Jóvenes Investigatores en Derecho Procesal. Hacia un proceso eficaz. Speech: Re-thinking personal search in the digital era: How smart phones (should) change a traditional investigative measure in Italy and in the US
Wroclaw, 9-10 October 2017, Conference on the Limitations of Individual's Rights in Criminal Proceedings. Speech: Using Drone Technology in Criminal Investigation.
Pisa, March 2017, Lecture held on a professional training for lawyers on the use of digital technology and Trojan viruses in wiretapping in Italy
Bologna, February 2017, Scuola di Specializzazione per le Professioni Legali E. Redenti, Lecture held on the use of Trojan viruses for interceptions (Cass. pen., Sez. un., 28 aprile 2016, Scurato)
Roma, 6 June 2016, Università LUISS G. Carli, Jurisprudence Symposium. Speaking discussant on the paper by J. Edwards "Standing in criminal law"
Bologna, 12-14 May 2016, 8th Conference on the Future of Adversarial and Inquisitorial System: Criminal Investigations in the Age of Smart Data A Transatlantic Perspective. Speech: The new frontiers of online investigations in Italy
Bologna, 12 March 2016, Corso di Alta Formazione in Diritto Penale Europeo. Lecture held on The new Directive 343/2016 on the strengthening of certain aspects of the presumption of innocence and of the right to be present at the trial in criminal proceedings
Bologna, 5 October 2015, Scuola di Specializzazione per le Professioni Legali E. Redenti, Lecture held on The Falciani's list and the critical issues concerning the use of evidence illicitly obtained (Cass. pen., sez. III, ord. 17 aprile 2013, n. 29433)
Siracusa/Noto, 18-20 September 2015, ISISC-AIDP Sesto corso di formazione interdottorale di Diritto e Procedura Penale "Giuliano Vassalli". Speech on the issue of the development of judicial and administrative cooperation in the EU
Moscow, 22-23 June 2015, Center for International and Comparative Criminal Law, Faculty of Law, Lomonosov Moscow State University. Conference “Criminal Law and Business Affairs", organised by the International Association of Penal Law (AIDP). Speech on Recalibration banking supervision in the EU and in the US after the financial crisis