
speaker
Kilian Gross
Deputy Director of the AI Office, Head of Unit Artificial Intelligence - Regulation and Compliance,
European Commission
Workshop European Commission
Kilian Gross is Deputy Director of the AI Office and Head of Unit for CNECT A/2 Artificial Intelligence – Regulation and Compliance.
The core task of the Unit is to ensure the implementation and compliance with the Artificial Intelligence Act within the European Union. In this respect the Unit is preparing various im-plementing tools such as guidance documents, implementing and delegated acts and it is sup-porting the development of codes of practice. The Unit supports the standardisation process related to the AI-Act and the international cooperation regarding the regulation of AI. Previ-ously, the Unit had prepared the legal proposal for the AI Act and had followed the legisla-tive negotiations until the adoption of the Act.
In addition to his work on AI, Kilian Gross has led the legal team, which has prepared and supported the negotiations of the proposal for a European Chips Act.
Beforehand since November 2015 Kilian Gross was a member of the Cabinet of
Commissioner Oettinger. Within the Cabinet, he was mainly responsible for the Commission anti-fraud policy, DG HR and at an earlier stage for various digital files. Kilian Gross has started his career in the Commission in the Legal Service followed by five years as Deputy and Acting Head of Unit in DG ENER where he worked on energy policy and on legal mat-ters.
Kilian Gross is German lawyer by training with a strong focus on European law.