Dr. Djalel Benbouzid
Trustworthy AI Expert AIAAIC
Djalel Benbouzid is an AI Senior Manager and Trustworthy AI Expert at the Volkswagen Group in Munich, Germany. With 13 years of experience, he specializes in Reinforcement Learning, Generative Models, and Trustworthy AI. Djalel holds a PhD in Machine Learning from the University of Paris-Saclay and maintains an active publication record in major AI conferences such as ICML, IROS, FAccT, and AIES. At Volkswagen, Djalel has been instrumental in formalizing a group-wide AI governance framework, planning EU AI Act compliance, and managing the ETAMI consortium on ethical and trustworthy AI. Previously, as a Machine Learning Research Scientist, he contributed to setting up the Machine Learning Research Lab and deployed generative models, including the Lure theatrical piece. A passionate advocate for ethical AI and effective AI governance, Djalel actively serves the community by co-organizing workshops, summer schools, and teaching advanced data science courses
Main Conference Day 1, Wednesday, 4 December 2025
10:00 AM Keynote Panel: Europe’s Edge in GenAI - Building Scalable, Sustainable, and Sovereign AI Systems
• How leading organizations are operationalizing GenAI with secure, modular, and agentic
architectures
• What it takes to align AI innovation with EU regulatory frameworks like the AI Act
• How data ownership, open ecosystems, and SLMs offer a more resilient path than
centralized U.S.-style scale
• What organizational structures and cultural shifts are required to make AI safe, useful, and
enterprise-ready
11:00 AM Compliance by Design: GenAI Governance and the EU AI Act
• Explains how companies can turn the AI Act into practical rules, responsibilities, and risk
checks for real-world AI systems.
• Shows how legal categories and risk levels from the regulation become actual tools,
access rules, and workflows inside organizations.
• Highlights why training, culture, and two-way communication are key to getting
thousands of people to follow responsible AI practices at scale.
Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Djalel.
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