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Topic: AI & Data Science in practice Venue: In person in Darmstadt and live on PyData.TV on YouTube

Agenda 5:30 pm Doors open 6:00 pm Welcome 6:15 pm How to Hack an Agent – or Not · Thomas Fraunholz 6:45 pm Networking with snacks and beverages 7:45 pm AI & Data Strategy after NVIDIA GTC 2025 · Alexander C. S. Hendorf 8:15 pm Lightning Talks 8:30 pm Networking with snacks and beverages 9:00 pm End

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Talk #1 How to Hack an Agent – or Not Thomas Fraunholz Senior Researcher AI @ Smart Labs AI Large language models (LLMs) are not as secure as they seem. Beyond their tendency to “hallucinate,” they can be manipulated using jailbreaks and adversarial prompts, bypassing safeguards designed to keep them in check. But the real challenge arises when LLMs are connected to agents with real-world capabilities—like sending emails. This talk explores the security risks of AI agents and the ongoing research into making them more resilient. Using the "Adaptive Prompt Injection: LLMail Inject" challenge from the IEEE Conference on Secure and Trustworthy Machine Learning as a case study, we’ll examine how Microsoft’s Phi3 and OpenAI’s GPT-4o-mini handle adversarial attacks. We’ll break down security techniques like LLM judges, task drift detection, and prompt shields—critical concepts as the EU AI Act's security mandates take effect in August 2025. Attendees will gain insights into the strengths and weaknesses of current AI security mechanisms and learn practical strategies for assessing the safety of AI agents in production environments.

About the Speaker Thomas is an MLOps and NLP expert with a background in applied mathematics and embedded programming. He has led two publicly funded AI research programs with the German Aerospace Center and is currently focused on AI-driven cybersecurity at Smart Labs AI GmbH. In his spare time, he’s developing a low-budget drone system for detecting bark beetle infestations, blending his passion for AI and embedded systems.

Talk #2 AI & Data Strategy After NVIDIA GTC 2025: What You Need to Know Alexander C. S. Hendorf AI & Data Strategy and Implementation @ opotoc GmbH NVIDIA GTC is one of the most influential conferences in AI, showcasing advancements in accelerated computing, robotics, healthcare, and finance. In this talk, Alexander Hendorf will share his key takeaways from the conference, focusing on what’s most relevant for the community. From cutting-edge AI hardware and model optimization to real-world applications in robotics, healthcare, and financial modeling, we’ll explore how these technologies impact data workflows. Expect insights on practical AI adoption, the latest breakthroughs in GPU acceleration, and what’s actually useful (vs. just hype) for data scientists and engineers.

About the Speaker Alexander is a data intelligence and AI expert with over 20 years of experience in digitalization and data-driven decision-making. As an independent consultant, he's specialized in AI & data strategy and implementation. A frequent speaker and chair at international conferences like PyCon DE, PyData Berlin, and EuroPython, he is also a Python Software Foundation Fellow and EuroPython Fellow. He serves on the board of the Python Software Verband and, since 2024, has also been leading Pioneers Hub, a non-profit dedicated to supporting tech communities.

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📆 Date: Thursday 26th September 2024 ⏰ Time: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm BST

💡 Topic: From code to compliance: an overview of AI regulations for data practitioners. 🗣️ Speakers: Alex Shepherd and Pooja Kumari from BSI.

Discover what you need to know about AI regulation and the role of standards to help you develop responsible AI models and drive value in organizations.

During this session BSI’s AI specialist will provide an overview of the tools available for data practitioners to decode AI legislation and utilize standards to foster collaboration with organizational stakeholders to drive responsible AI innovation. We will explore the evolving regulatory landscape, including the recent introduction of the EU AI Act and the important role of industry standards.

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Please join PyData Pittsburgh for the talk The emerging AI regulatory landscape: What technology practitioners need to know from patent attorney, space lawyer, and technology transfer maven Steven Wood. Steven's talk will touch on major developments in the legal and regulatory landscape affecting the development and use of AI technology, including the EU AI Act, the US Executive Order on the "Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of AI", export controls, concerns around intellectual property and copyright, and more.

We'll be gathering in person at the Code & Supply Workspace.

How to find us

Attendees are welcome to use the parking lot associated with the Code & Supply building off St. Clair Street. The front door on Friendship Avenue will be open but is stairs-only. There's an elevator by the parking lot entrance. Head to the third floor and look for signs pointing to the presentation room, where the event will be held. All doors should be unlocked and open, so you're welcome to come right in!

About the talk

Current advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have created much excitement and concern with experts across industry, academia, and government considering both the present and future capabilities of and potential existential threats posed by AI. AI experts, politicians, policymakers, and others have called for regulation and controls on the development and proliferation of AI, some going so far as to suggest that AI represents an extinction-level threat to humanity.

Currently, various regulatory regimes relating to the development and standardization of AI technologies exist and need to be considered. The specific laws depend in part on geographic location, as jurisdictions such as the European Union (EU) already have their own legislation (EU AI Act) and more than 30 US States have started regulating AI, enacting over 50 state-level laws in the absence of broad federal legislation. Further, international efforts between the EU and US seek to provide support and leadership in international standardization efforts by collaborating on development of technical AI standards, some currently underway before the International Organization for Standardization. These standards impact the design, operation, measurement, evaluation, and risk management of trustworthy AI.

In January 2023, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy published its Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights and the National Institute of Standards and Technology released an AI Risk Management Framework. On October 30, 2023, building on earlier work, including an executive order directing agencies to combat algorithmic discrimination and obtaining voluntary commitments from major US companies (such as Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft and OpenAI) to engage in safe, secure, and trustworthy AI development, US President Joe Biden issued an executive order (EO) on the "Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of AI". In early February 2024, the White House announced that the tasked executive agencies had completed all 90-day actions mandated by this order.

Additional regulatory landscape considerations important to AI include export controls under International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and Export Administration Regulations (EAR), as well as patentability considerations before the US Patent & Trademark Office. Further critical developments at the intersection with Intellectual Property include the various lawsuits alleging copyright infringement in the training of Large Language Models like Chat-GPT, etc.

With so much action around AI technologies development and regulation, it can be challenging to closely track and understand the implications of everything as it continues to evolve so dynamically. Nevertheless, this academic review will endeavor to provide an accurate snapshot of the current legal regimes and regulatory landscapes impacting AI and its use as a practical guide for AI developers and entrepreneurs.

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Please join the session that is best suited to your time zone...this topic is repeated at 2 different times. The EU AI Act is a major new piece of legislation that will regulate critical AI systems. It will apply to providers of AI systems placing them in the European Union market and users of AI in the EU. As the text of the Act is being finalised, this session will provide an update on key provisions including how to deploy a risk-based approach and how to design a governance structure that provides appropriate accountability.

Presenters: John Bowman

John Bowman joined IBM’s Chief Privacy Office in October 2022 as AI Ethics Market Strategy Lead. His role includes advising on enhancements to support regulatory compliance, helping to create a deployment framework, and commercialisation of select IBM CPO assets. Previously, John was a Senior Principal in Promontory, IBM Consulting; and before that John worked at the UK Ministry of Justice where he was Head of EU and International Data Protection Policy.

*** Please join us at the session that is best suited to your time zone. Note that this topic is: 1. Repeated at two different times to accommodate various time zones\, because it is 2. Posted simultaneously in multiple meetup groups world-wide *** It is recommended that you register at this Webex link ahead of time to receive a calendar invite and reminder. https://ibm.webex.com/weblink/register/rbfc973411368d0952bf9335a8a4393c1

Please join the session that is best suited to your time zone...this topic is repeated at 2 different times. The EU AI Act is a major new piece of legislation that will regulate critical AI systems. It will apply to providers of AI systems placing them in the European Union market and users of AI in the EU. As the text of the Act is being finalised, this session will provide an update on key provisions including how to deploy a risk-based approach and how to design a governance structure that provides appropriate accountability.

Presenters: John Bowman

John Bowman joined IBM’s Chief Privacy Office in October 2022 as AI Ethics Market Strategy Lead. His role includes advising on enhancements to support regulatory compliance, helping to create a deployment framework, and commercialisation of select IBM CPO assets. Previously, John was a Senior Principal in Promontory, IBM Consulting; and before that John worked at the UK Ministry of Justice where he was Head of EU and International Data Protection Policy.

*** Please join us at the session that is best suited to your time zone. Note that this topic is: 1. Repeated at two different times to accommodate various time zones\, because it is 2. Posted simultaneously in multiple meetup groups world-wide *** It is recommended that you register at this Webex link ahead of time to receive a calendar invite and reminder. https://ibm.webex.com/weblink/register/rbfc973411368d0952bf9335a8a4393c1

Please join the session that is best suited to your time zone...this topic is repeated at 2 different times. The EU AI Act is a major new piece of legislation that will regulate critical AI systems. It will apply to providers of AI systems placing them in the European Union market and users of AI in the EU. As the text of the Act is being finalised, this session will provide an update on key provisions including how to deploy a risk-based approach and how to design a governance structure that provides appropriate accountability.

Presenters: John Bowman

John Bowman joined IBM’s Chief Privacy Office in October 2022 as AI Ethics Market Strategy Lead. His role includes advising on enhancements to support regulatory compliance, helping to create a deployment framework, and commercialisation of select IBM CPO assets. Previously, John was a Senior Principal in Promontory, IBM Consulting; and before that John worked at the UK Ministry of Justice where he was Head of EU and International Data Protection Policy.

*** Please join us at the session that is best suited to your time zone. Note that this topic is: 1. Repeated at two different times to accommodate various time zones\, because it is 2. Posted simultaneously in multiple meetup groups world-wide *** It is recommended that you register at this Webex link ahead of time to receive a calendar invite and reminder. https://ibm.webex.com/weblink/register/rbfc973411368d0952bf9335a8a4393c1

Please join the session that is best suited to your time zone...this topic is repeated at 2 different times. The EU AI Act is a major new piece of legislation that will regulate critical AI systems. It will apply to providers of AI systems placing them in the European Union market and users of AI in the EU. As the text of the Act is being finalised, this session will provide an update on key provisions including how to deploy a risk-based approach and how to design a governance structure that provides appropriate accountability.

Presenters: John Bowman

John Bowman joined IBM’s Chief Privacy Office in October 2022 as AI Ethics Market Strategy Lead. His role includes advising on enhancements to support regulatory compliance, helping to create a deployment framework, and commercialisation of select IBM CPO assets. Previously, John was a Senior Principal in Promontory, IBM Consulting; and before that John worked at the UK Ministry of Justice where he was Head of EU and International Data Protection Policy.

*** Please join us at the session that is best suited to your time zone. Note that this topic is: 1. Repeated at two different times to accommodate various time zones\, because it is 2. Posted simultaneously in multiple meetup groups world-wide *** It is recommended that you register at this Webex link ahead of time to receive a calendar invite and reminder. https://ibm.webex.com/weblink/register/r0fe032097c7987cd3fb45b6dcc960269

Please join the session that is best suited to your time zone...this topic is repeated at 2 different times. The EU AI Act is a major new piece of legislation that will regulate critical AI systems. It will apply to providers of AI systems placing them in the European Union market and users of AI in the EU. As the text of the Act is being finalised, this session will provide an update on key provisions including how to deploy a risk-based approach and how to design a governance structure that provides appropriate accountability.

Presenters: John Bowman

John Bowman joined IBM’s Chief Privacy Office in October 2022 as AI Ethics Market Strategy Lead. His role includes advising on enhancements to support regulatory compliance, helping to create a deployment framework, and commercialisation of select IBM CPO assets. Previously, John was a Senior Principal in Promontory, IBM Consulting; and before that John worked at the UK Ministry of Justice where he was Head of EU and International Data Protection Policy.

*** Please join us at the session that is best suited to your time zone. Note that this topic is: 1. Repeated at two different times to accommodate various time zones\, because it is 2. Posted simultaneously in multiple meetup groups world-wide *** It is recommended that you register at this Webex link ahead of time to receive a calendar invite and reminder. https://ibm.webex.com/weblink/register/r0fe032097c7987cd3fb45b6dcc960269

Please join the session that is best suited to your time zone...this topic is repeated at 2 different times. The EU AI Act is a major new piece of legislation that will regulate critical AI systems. It will apply to providers of AI systems placing them in the European Union market and users of AI in the EU. As the text of the Act is being finalised, this session will provide an update on key provisions including how to deploy a risk-based approach and how to design a governance structure that provides appropriate accountability.

Presenters: John Bowman

John Bowman joined IBM’s Chief Privacy Office in October 2022 as AI Ethics Market Strategy Lead. His role includes advising on enhancements to support regulatory compliance, helping to create a deployment framework, and commercialisation of select IBM CPO assets. Previously, John was a Senior Principal in Promontory, IBM Consulting; and before that John worked at the UK Ministry of Justice where he was Head of EU and International Data Protection Policy.

*** Please join us at the session that is best suited to your time zone. Note that this topic is: 1. Repeated at two different times to accommodate various time zones\, because it is 2. Posted simultaneously in multiple meetup groups world-wide *** It is recommended that you register at this Webex link ahead of time to receive a calendar invite and reminder. https://ibm.webex.com/weblink/register/r0fe032097c7987cd3fb45b6dcc960269