The online conference “Artificial Intelligence: Cross-Perspectives on Ethics, Law and Technology” brings together experts from these areas to show how AI is transforming risk management, legal compliance and organisational reputation into opportunities for ethical, responsible and sustainable development.
Date: Tuesday, 17 March 2026
Time: 2.30 p.m. – 4.00 p.m.
Format: Online, Zoom
Programme: available below
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As part of the 4th edition of the executive programme Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer at Católica Porto Business School, this conference offers a space for critical and multidisciplinary reflection on the impact of AI on society, organisations and responsible leadership.
Programme:
14:30 p.m. | Welcome | João Pinto, Dean of Católica Porto Business School
14:35 p.m. | Presentation of the Ethics Forum and the executive programme Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer
. Helena Gonçalves, professor and Coordinator of the Ethics Forum at Católica Porto Business School
14:45 p.m. | From assistant to autopilot: challenges of AI agents in organisations
. Bernardo Almada Lobo (Co-Founder & Partner at LTPlabs and Full Professor at FEUP)
15.00 p.m. | Agentic AI: between the present and the future of organised crime
. Pedro Miguel Freitas, member of the Research Group on Law and Artificial Intelligence at UCP, faculty member and researcher at the Faculty of Law (Porto School and Global School of Law) of UCP
15:15 p.m. | Thinking with and about “Responsible” Artificial Intelligence: challenges and opportunities
. Susana Magalhães, Research Integrity Officer at i3S (Institute for Research and Innovation in Health), professor in Bioethics, member of the Ethics Forum at Católica Porto Business School and professor of the Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer programme
15:30 p.m. | Roundtable with Bernardo Almada Lobo, Pedro Miguel Freitas and Susana Magalhães, moderated by Alberto Castro (professor at Católica Porto Business School).
16:00 p.m. | Closing
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