The 2024 Canada-US Legal Symposium | Artificial Intelligence Regulation, Governance, and Liability

Tuesday, October 29 // 9:30 am–2:00 pm (ET)

High-profile advances in artificial intelligence (AI) over the past four years have raised serious legal questions about the development, integration, and use of the technology: generative AI companies are grappling with how to properly use intellectual property to train large language models; social media platforms are navigating content restrictions as new services make it easier than ever to produce deepfakes and disinformation; and governments around the world are debating the most effective way to regulate AI. Canada and the United States, longtime leaders in innovation and hubs for some of the world's top AI companies, are poised to lead in developing a model for responsible AI policy.

The annual Canada-US Legal Issues Symposium is the Canada Institute's flagship legal initiative. Every year, the Symposium brings together legal scholars, experts, and practitioners from both countries to discuss an issue at the forefront of bilateral policy debate.

STILL TO Come THIS WEEK

Nuclear Strain: Looking Back at Brazil-US Nuclear Diplomatic Relations

Wednesday, Oct. 30 // 11:00 am–12:30 pm (ET)

The Brazil Institute will host an online event concerning the current conditions for Brazilian nuclear power, bilateral scientific and economic considerations, and the history of diplomatic relations between the US and Brazil. The multinational panel will include scholars and practitioners in nuclear energy and US-Brazilian diplomacy to discuss the evolving relationship between the US and Brazil in the nuclear area and its implications for future relations between these two countries.

After the Gulag: A History of Memory in Russia's Far North

Wednesday, Oct. 30 // 3–4:00 pm (ET)

Former Title VIII Research Scholar Tyler Kirk will examine how victims of Stalinist repression and members of civil society came together to write an alternate history of the Soviet Union as it collapsed. He will highlight how Gulag survivors influenced the history and memory of Stalinist repression in the USSR and why their narratives are unwelcome in Russia today.

Mexico’s Constitutional Changes: Energy Outlook and Implications

Thursday, Oct. 31 // 11:00 am–12:15 pm (ET)

On October 17, the Mexican Senate approved a constitutional reform aimed at strengthening state-owned enterprises Mexican Petroleum (Pemex) and the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE). This reform is part of the 20 legislative amendments sent by former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador earlier this year. The constitutional reform regarding strategic areas and state-owned companies, among other issues, seeks to reverse the 2013 constitutional amendments that opened the energy sector to private investment.