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The agenda and all information regarding this plenary session will be available 8 days prior to the event. You will be able to follow the debates by web streaming. Web streaming
The agenda and all information regarding this plenary session will be available 8 days prior to the event. You will be able to follow the debates by web streaming. Web streaming
602nd Plenary session, with the following debates and guests: Marilena Raouna, Deputy Minister for European Affairs of Cyprus; Lucilla Sioli, Director of the Artificial Intelligence Office at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG CONNECT), Max Reddel, Advanced AI Director at the Centre for Future Generations, and Andrea Renda, Director of Research at the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS); Irena Moozová, Deputy Director-General of the EC’s Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers (DG JUST), Mary Collins, Secretary-General of the European Women’s Lobby (EWL), Abir Al-Sahlani, Member of the EP's Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality and Nika Kovač, representative of the European Citizens’ Initiative My Voice, My Choice: for safe and accessible abortion. Web streaming