Ger Janssen has a PhD in applied Physics from Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands. He joined Philips in 2001 in the computational modeling domain, and later started to focus on Digital Twin, AI and hybrid intelligence, combining AI with computational modeling. He was head of the AI, Data Science & Digital Twin department in Philips Research before shifting focus on Responsible AI during recent years. Currently he is AI Ethics & Compliance Lead and head of the Responsible AI Office in Philips, supporting the whole company in using, developing and deploying AI in a responsible way.
Day One
10:00 AM Governance says how, ethics asks whether: Inside Philips' responsible AI model
While most governance frameworks address who owns policies and which guardrails apply, few ask whether an AI use case should go ahead at all. At Philips, the Responsible AI Office does both, owning the governance framework while IT owns infrastructure and security owns security controls. The Office supports the Philips organizations towards compliance with the EU AI Act and runs, on request, ethics assessments on internal projects and external tools before they are purchased.
In this session, Ger Janssen, Head of the Responsible AI Office, joins us to cover the model in three parts: governance, ethics questions to ask when implementing AI and where to start with the EU AI Act. We'll also touch on how his team turns down a vendor tool without becoming known as a department of blockers.
Attendees will learn:
- How The three-way ownership split for AI governance works
- The questions Philips asks of third-party tools before buying
- The first steps towards AI Act readiness: inventory and risk tiering
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