AI Regulation, Governance, and the Role of Human Rights (Americas/EMEA) | Events | Sustainable Business Network and Advisory Services

Date and Time
September 30, 2025
10:00 am-11:00 am EDT

Location
Webinar

Event Resources

Recording Presentation

AI systems and technologies are rapidly evolving. Companies must be ready to respond to the rise of AI, its risks and opportunities, and government regulation of its development and use. With various jurisdictions considering legislation, in addition to the existing EU AI Act, the global regulatory landscape looks set to become increasingly complex.

Join Slaughter and May and BSR at our webinar: “AI Regulation, Governance, and the Role of Human Rights.” Gain insights into AI regulations across a range of jurisdictions, and explore the practical approaches, such as human rights assessments, that companies can implement to successfully navigate emerging AI regulation.

Event Partner

Scheduled Speakers

Laura Houston, Partner, BSR

Catherine O’Callaghan, Associate, BSR

Lale Tekişalp, Associate Director, Responsible Tech, BSR

Associate Director, Responsible Tech, BSR

San Francisco

Lale focuses on the intersection of human rights and technology, helping companies integrate human rights considerations into their technology products, services, and broader business operations. She specializes in responsible AI, end-use risks of tech products and services, and online platform risks.

Lale leads BSR's Tech Against Trafficking collaboration, which brings together some of the largest tech companies in the world to advance the use of technology to fight human trafficking and modern slavery, and to address human trafficking on online platforms and in global supply chains. Lale also leads BSR’s new multi-company working group focused on Labor Rights in the AI Data Supply Chain, which aims to promote labor rights for data enrichment workers preparing datasets and training algorithms that form the basis of AI.

Prior to BSR, Lale worked at Microsoft’s Cloud and Enterprise division, where she played a key role in establishing the company's cloud business across Turkey, the Middle East, and Africa. She also worked with the Partnership on AI to help build its AI for Social Good strategy.

Lale holds an MBA from UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business, where she focused on responsible business practices. She received a BA in Political Science and International Relations from Bogazici University in Istanbul, Turkey.

Recent Insights From Lale Tekişalp

Full Bio

Richard Wingfield, Director, Responsible Tech, BSR

Director, Responsible Tech, BSR

London

Richard co-leads BSR's Responsible Technology, working with companies that develop and use technology to build human rights considerations and practices into their products, services, and policies. He brings a strong understanding of international human rights law and standards and how to translate the corporate responsibility to respect human rights into practice for companies of different sizes and sectors.

Richard is particularly experienced in supporting companies with their regulatory requirements where these touch upon human rights considerations, and has worked with many companies undertaking risk assessments required by the EU's Digital Services Act and UK's Online Safety Act.

Prior to joining BSR, Richard led the legal and policy team at Global Partners Digital, an international human rights organization focused on the impacts of digital technologies on human rights.

Richard holds a LLB in Law and European Law from the University of Nottingham and is a qualified lawyer in England and Wales.

Recent Insights From Richard Wingfield

Full Bio

Events Page