Call for Papers – Conference at the University of Parma on AI, Biometric and Health Data
🗓 Conference Dates: 20 October 2025
📍 Location: Department of Law, Politics and International Studies, University of Parma
The DCU Law and Tech Research Cluster is delighted to share a call for papers for the international conference: “Artificial Intelligence and Sensitive Data: Challenges, Regulatory Solutions and the Protection of Fundamental Rights” organised by our colleagues from at the Università degli Studi di Parma.
The conference is part of the research project “AI-Biometric Systems and Fundamental Rights Protection: Legal Challenges and Regulatory Solutions in a Comparative Perspective,” and aims to bring together scholars working on the legal, regulatory, and rights-based challenges raised by AI systems relying on biometric and health-related data.
📌 Topics of Interest
The organisers welcome contributions that engage with the legal and policy implications of AI and sensitive data through interdisciplinary and/or comparative lenses. Suggested (non-exhaustive) topics include:
- Facial recognition, emotion recognition, and surveillance
- AI and biometric data in public security, border control, or smart cities
- AI-based health technologies and digital welfare tools
- Predictive policing and social scoring
- Fundamental rights challenges (e.g. privacy, health, non-discrimination, labour rights)
- Interactions between the AI Act and GDPR, including Fundamental Rights Impact Assessments
- National and supranational case law, data protection authorities’ decisions, and regulatory innovation
📝 Submissions Information:
Deadline: 7 September 2025
Submit via email to: convegnoparma2025@gmail.com (cc: giulia.formici@unipr.it).
For further information about the conference and submission process, please download the Call for Papers.
We encourage interested scholars and PhD researchers to consider submitting their work and contributing to this important conversation on AI, biometric and health data.
