19 June, Panel, “Powered by AI: Who governs AI? Openness, sovereignty, and the rules of the game”, Vivatech, Paris

Powered by AI: Who governs AI? Openness, sovereignty, and the rules of the game (Fri 19/06, 14:30-15:30)

ENGIE stage (Hall 7.2, Booth 2F15)

With:

Henri Verdier, Directeur Général, Fondation INRIA

Yann Lechelle, Executive President & Chairman, Probabl

Amanda Brock, CEO, OpenUK

Mihir Sarkar, Head of AI, ENGIE

AI governance is no longer an abstract debate; it shapes which models get built, who can use them, and on whose terms. With voices from public policy, open source, and AI entrepreneurship, this panel asks where the real levers of governance sit: in regulation, in open code and open data, or in the infrastructure itself. And what should Europe do, concretely, to govern AI without sitting out the race?