WORKSHOP AT CTK: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN RESEARCH

Central Technical Library at the University of Ljubljana (CTK) invites researchers at the professional workshop, which will take place on Thursday, 17 September 2026, 9:30 to 15:00 in the premises of the CTK conference centre.

The workshop is intended to address current legal, copyright, and ethical issues concerning the use of artificial intelligence in the research environment.

Participants will learn about:

• copyright and open science,
• using research data and publications in AI tools,
• responsible use of artificial intelligence in an academic setting,
• protection of personal and confidential data and compliance with GDPR,
• ethical boundaries of using generative artificial intelligence in research.
  

The workshop will offer current dilemmas, practical examples, and recommendations for the responsible, transparent, and lawful use of artificial intelligence in research.

Workshop programme

9.00–9.30	Registration
9.30–10.30	Copyright and artificial intelligence in research Associate Professor Dr. Matija Damjan, Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana
10.30–11.30	Privacy, GDPR and artificial intelligence Dr. Katja Štemberger Brizani, Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana
11.30–12.00	Coffee Break
12.00–13.00	Artificial intelligence in research: ethical boundaries and good practices Lucija Strojan, Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana
13.00–13.30	Questions and Discussion

The workshop will take place exclusively in person. Attendance is free, but spaces are limited, so you need to register via link. Applications are accepted until all places are filled.

The workshop is organised by Central Technical Library at the University of Ljubljana with speakers from the Faculty of Law of the University of Ljubljana.

Associate Professor Dr. Matija Damjan

Associate Professor of Civil and Commercial Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana, Director of the Institute for Comparative Law at the Faculty of Law, Ljubljana, and Secretary of the Editorial Board of the journal Pravni letopis. In his research and teaching, he focuses particularly on intellectual property law, information society law, and the legal challenges posed by information technologies and artificial intelligence. Between 2020 and 2022, he participated in the Data Governance Working Group at the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI). He actively participates in domestic and international professional and scientific events in the fields of copyright law, open science, and the legal aspects of digital technologies.

Dr. Katja Štemberger Brizani

Lecturer at the Department of Administrative Law of the Faculty of Law of the University of Ljubljana and a researcher at the Institute of Comparative Law at the Faculty of Law in Ljubljana. Her teaching and research work focuses particularly on administrative law, public procurement, concessions, and public-private partnerships. She actively participates in domestic and international professional and scientific conferences, and has also lectured at foreign universities, including Masaryk University in Brno. She is the founder and coordinator of the Legal Clinic on Public Procurement, Concessions, and Public-Private Partnerships. As an author and co-author of numerous scientific papers, she primarily researches issues of administrative contracts, concessions, legal protection, and the contemporary development of administrative law.

Lucija Strojan

Assistant at the Chair of Civil Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana, and researcher at the Institute of Comparative Law at the Faculty of Law, Ljubljana. Her research work focuses particularly on civil law, consumer protection law, information society law, and the legal aspects of artificial intelligence and digital regulation. She collaborates on several national and international research projects in the field of open data, digital regulation, and artificial intelligence. She actively participates in national and international scientific conferences and publishes professional and scientific contributions in the field of civil and digital law.

The event is taking place within the framework of Open library that is co-financed by Action Plan for Open Science for the implementation of Objective 6.2 ReZrIS30.