Thursday, 4 December 2025, 15:00-16:00 (CET), online
ANEC invites you to a new public webinar: Consumer vulnerabilities and AI Act Standards - Is AI driving better products and services, or creating new risks that could harm consumers?
The webinar, targeted at consumer and civil society, will explore how AI is reshaping the relationship between consumers and the organisations that serve them.
Together with our speker Malcolm Fisk, Professor of Ageing and the Lifecourse at University of Central Lancashire and ANEC expert in CEN-CENELEC-JTC21 (WG1), we will examine how AI may affect:
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Consumer choices, rights, and freedoms
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The factors that increase or reduce vulnerability
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The degree of control and transparency consumers can expect
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Whether businesses may exploit these vulnerabilities or protect against them
The session outlines what the AI Act requires from organisations, including their legal duties toward vulnerable consumers and the broader expectations of ethical and responsible practice.
Finally, we will exchange on how far the AI Act can go in addressing emerging risks, and what its upcoming AI standards may mean for the everyday lives of consumers who are most at risk.
Please register for attendance here.
Thursday, October 9, 2025, 13:30-14:30 (CET), online
Join us in celebrating World Standards Day with a webinar, co-hosted by ANEC, ECOS and CEN and CENELEC.
The webinar is titled 'The Importance of an Inclusive Standardization System' and will take place on 9 October 2025 (13:30-14:30).
This year’s World Standards Day theme, Sustainable Development Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals, highlights the power of collaboration in standardisation. The webinar will explore insights into inclusive standardisation, give an overview of stakeholder participation in European standardisation, provide real-world case studies showcasing the contributions of consumer and environmental organisations and practical guidance to help you get involved.
Participation is free of charge, but registration is mandatory.
In case of questions related to the logistics of this webinar, please don’t hesitate to contact CEN/CENELEC via This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
We look forward to having you join us!
After the webinar, the presentations and the recording have been made available on the CEN-CENELEC website: Webinar 'The Importance of an Inclusive Standardization System'" - CEN-CENELEC.
Friday, 3 October 2025, 11:00-13:00 (CEST), online
ANEC invites you to a new public webinar: Fundamental Rights and AI Standards - How can we have our rights respected when facing new AI products and services?
The webinar, targeted at consumers and civil society, will present the state of play of the AI Act standards and then provide participants with a hands-on Fundamental Rights tool they can use to assess any AI standard, during its development or after publication. The webinar will also have a case study on AI in financial services.
ANEC, thanks to the support of the EAIS Fund, will address practically how to make Fundamental Rights respected in the upcoming AI standards. We thank our main speakers who are making this possible.
- Patricia Shaw, International AI standards and governance expert, Beyond Reach Consulting Limited
- Chiara Giovannini, Deputy-Director of ANEC and Senior Manager for Policy & Innovation
- Helen Tueni, ANEC Representative in JTC21 on AI Risk Management, Quality Management Systems and Cybersecurity
- Brian Tranter, ANEC Representative in JTC21on AI Trustworthiness
Presentation available for download here.
Fundamental Rights checklist available here.
Tuesday, 23 September 2025, 14:00-15:30 (CEST), online
ANEC invites you to a new webinar on the consumer insights on standardisation in Lithuania.
This event will explore how consumers can take part in shaping standards at national, European, and international levels. Experts from Lithuania and ANEC will share practical insights and case studies on consumer representation, standardisation processes, and the role of societal stakeholders.
We thank our speakers for making these exchanges possible:
- Rusnė Juozapaitienė - ANEC Vice-President and ANEC Cybersecurity Representative
- Algis Baležentis - Senior Legal Adviser, Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Lithuania
- Mindaugas Aleksandras Balčiauskas - Lithuanian Standards Board Deputy Director
- Chiara Giovannini - Senior Manager, Policy & Inovation, and ANEC Deputy-Director General
- Kęstutis Kupšys - ANEC Representative on Financial Services
The webinar will also present how to access the e-learning course on consumers, standardisation and societal stakeholder engagement.
Friday, June 20, 2025, 10:30-11:30 (CEST), online
We are pleased to invite you to a joint webinar with AccessibleEU: ‘Products and services after 28 June 2025: Standards underpinning the European Accessibility Act in the light of the date of application of the Directive.’
By 28 June 2025 all products and services covered by the EAA must meet accessibility requirements. However, the timeline of the standards supporting the Directive is broader.
This AccessibleEU workshop, co-organised with ANEC, will be focused on the EAA and the standardisation works that will support its implementation. Which are those documents and when can we expect them to be ready? Most important, how will they help consumers?
The webinar will take place on Friday 20 June 2025, 10:30 - 11:30 (CEST). Captioning in English and interpretation in International Sign System will be available.
To register, please fill out the Registration form.
Webinar speakers include:
- Chiara Giovannini, Senior Manager Policy & Innovation Deputy Director-General, ANEC
- Fernando Machicado, Senior Expert of AccessibleEU on standardisation, UNE.
Webinar agenda:
10:30 Welcome and housekeeping rules.
Chiara GIOVANNINI. Senior Manager Policy & Innovation Deputy Director-General, ANEC
10:35 Consumer´s view on the EAA and its challenges.
Chiara GIOVANNINI. Senior Manager Policy & Innovation Deputy Director-General, ANEC
10:50 Questions and answers
11:00 Standardisation documents being developed to support the EAA, and its expected timeline.
Fernando Machicado, Senior Expert of AccessibleEU on standardisation, UNE
11:15 Questions and answers
11:30 End of the workshop
We look forward to your participation!
