21.05.2025
14:00–15:30
What Can AI Teach Us? Legal Grounds and Limitations of Machine Learning Regulation
Congress Centre, conference hall D3
The global AI race in recent years has forced states to reconsider their regulatory approaches to make them more flexible and provide greater support for innovation. Advanced AI systems are becoming increasingly productive and impressive in terms of their capabilities, yet the risks to society are increasing. One of the key problems in the early stage of developing, introducing, and applying AI systems, particularly large generative models, is the availability of data and its selection for machine learning purposes. The world has repeatedly had to deal with situations when the wrong approach to machine learning on the part of developers led to controversial or illegal results that affect the rights and interests of various entities. However, the problems associated with AI are not limited to the availability of data. Other important issues include regulating high-risk AI systems, imposing commensurate requirements on their developers and operators, the appropriateness of labelling AI content, as well as assessments of AI systems to see if they possess any dangerous capabilities. What is the optimal way to determine legal requirements for high-risk AI systems? When should external and internal assessments of AI systems be conducted and who should be responsible for this? Would the mandatory labelling of AI content build greater trust or simply add more bureaucracy?
Moderator
Vladislav Arkhipov
Head of the Department of Theory and History of State and Law, St. Petersburg State University; Senior Counsel, Denuo Law Firm
Panellists
Elena Avakyan
Head of Digital Transformation of the Bar, The Russian Federal Bar Association
Vladimir Voloshin
Director of the Department of Digital Development and Data Economy, Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation
Artem Dmitriev
Managing Partner, Comply
Osman Izhaev
Senior Researcher, Institute of State and Law, Tyumen State University
Stanislav Makhortov
Deputy Head of the Department of Special Projects and Academic Programs, Scientific and Technical Center of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Main Radio Frequency Center"
Alexey Minbaleev
Head of the Department of Information Law and Digital Technologies, Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL)
Alexander Saveliev
Academic Supervisor of the "Digital Law" Educational Program, National Research University Higher School of Economics
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Vladislav Arkhipov
Head of the Department of Theory and History of State and Law, St. Petersburg State University; Senior Counsel, Denuo Law Firm

Elena Avakyan
Head of Digital Transformation of the Bar, The Russian Federal Bar Association
Elena Avakyan is the Executive Director of the Non-Profit Partnership for Advancement of Corporate Law.
Since 2019, Elena has been a member of the Federal Chamber of Lawyers Council. Since 2018, she served on the Expert Council on Legislative Support for the Development of the Securities Market and Derivative Financial Instruments under the Committee of the State Duma for Financial Markets.
From 2006 to 2014, Elena served as the head of Control and Analytic Directorate at the Supreme Arbitration Court of the Russian Federation. She was one of the ideologists of the e-justice project in Russia and one of its managers.
In 2004–2005, Elena was the chairwoman of the board of the National Association of Securities Market Participants. In 1999–2004, she was the head of Legal Control Service and vice president of Renaissance-Capital. Before that, she worked as a general counsel of the board of the St Petersburg Stock Exchange.
At various times, Elena served as a financial market legislation expert for the FAS of Russia and Ministry of Finance, corporate governance expert for the Ministry of Economic Development, expert for the State Duma Committee on Credit Organizations and Financial Markets and Council of the Federation Committee on Financial Markets and Money Circulation as well as an expert of the Property Committee of the RF State Duma, an assistant to the Committee chairperson and assistant to a deputy of the State Duma Committee on Constitutional Legislation and State-Building. Since 2011, she is a member of the working group on multi-purpose centers. She took part in the drafting of a concept of new civil legislation.
Elena is a member of all working groups at the Skolkovo competence centres in each of the focus areas of the Digital Economy national programme; she leads a small working group on the concept of an ‘electronic document’ within the Skolkovo working groups.
From 2021 to 2025 – Vice-President of the Federal Chamber of Lawyers of the Russian Federation.
Since 2019, Elena has been a member of the Federal Chamber of Lawyers Council. Since 2018, she served on the Expert Council on Legislative Support for the Development of the Securities Market and Derivative Financial Instruments under the Committee of the State Duma for Financial Markets.
From 2006 to 2014, Elena served as the head of Control and Analytic Directorate at the Supreme Arbitration Court of the Russian Federation. She was one of the ideologists of the e-justice project in Russia and one of its managers.
In 2004–2005, Elena was the chairwoman of the board of the National Association of Securities Market Participants. In 1999–2004, she was the head of Legal Control Service and vice president of Renaissance-Capital. Before that, she worked as a general counsel of the board of the St Petersburg Stock Exchange.
At various times, Elena served as a financial market legislation expert for the FAS of Russia and Ministry of Finance, corporate governance expert for the Ministry of Economic Development, expert for the State Duma Committee on Credit Organizations and Financial Markets and Council of the Federation Committee on Financial Markets and Money Circulation as well as an expert of the Property Committee of the RF State Duma, an assistant to the Committee chairperson and assistant to a deputy of the State Duma Committee on Constitutional Legislation and State-Building. Since 2011, she is a member of the working group on multi-purpose centers. She took part in the drafting of a concept of new civil legislation.
Elena is a member of all working groups at the Skolkovo competence centres in each of the focus areas of the Digital Economy national programme; she leads a small working group on the concept of an ‘electronic document’ within the Skolkovo working groups.
From 2021 to 2025 – Vice-President of the Federal Chamber of Lawyers of the Russian Federation.

Vladimir Voloshin
Director of the Department of Digital Development and Data Economy, Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation

Artem Dmitriev
Managing Partner, Comply

Osman Izhaev
Senior Researcher, Institute of State and Law, Tyumen State University

Stanislav Makhortov
Deputy Head of the Department of Special Projects and Academic Programs, Scientific and Technical Center of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Main Radio Frequency Center"

Alexey Minbaleev
Head of the Department of Information Law and Digital Technologies, Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL)
Minbaleev Alexey Vladimirovich, Professor, Head of the Department of Information Law and Digital Technologies, Co-head of the Innovation Laboratory "LegalTech" of the Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL), Doctor of Law, expert of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Head of the Master's program "Digital Law (IT law)", head of the Competence Center "CYBER LAW" within the framework of the strategic project "Innovative Jurisprudence" of the program "Priority-2030".
Specialist in information and digital law, artificial intelligence law.
Head of the scientific and methodological support of the quality assessment of education of the Expert Center of the Association of Lawyers of Russia for the assessment of quality and qualifications in the field of jurisprudence.
Expert of the Expert Department of the Department of Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences, expert of the Federal Register of Experts in the Scientific and Technical Sphere of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, expert of the Russian Academy of Sciences, member of the Expert Advisory Council of the Federation Council Committee on Constitutional Legislation and State Construction (section No. 7 of the Expert Advisory Council on digitalization of the activities of public and state institutions).
Specialist in information and digital law, artificial intelligence law.
Head of the scientific and methodological support of the quality assessment of education of the Expert Center of the Association of Lawyers of Russia for the assessment of quality and qualifications in the field of jurisprudence.
Expert of the Expert Department of the Department of Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences, expert of the Federal Register of Experts in the Scientific and Technical Sphere of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, expert of the Russian Academy of Sciences, member of the Expert Advisory Council of the Federation Council Committee on Constitutional Legislation and State Construction (section No. 7 of the Expert Advisory Council on digitalization of the activities of public and state institutions).

Alexander Saveliev
Academic Supervisor of the "Digital Law" Educational Program, National Research University Higher School of Economics