Recent meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.
Mission & Goals
Starkdata's mission is to provide a reliable, accurate and trusted platform for organizations, both public and private, to derive predictive insights from their operational data as well as external data that has a direct impact on the organization's operation. Starkdata provides a sovereign and on-premises deployment, alongside its SaaS offering, so that organizations can have total sovereignty and governed control over their data within their jurisdiction.
EU Legislative Interests
AI Act Digital Services Act Data Act EU Copyright Act EU Sectoral Law (eg. DORA)
Communication Activities
Published Papers 01. Empirical · Governance Architecture Governing AI as a Systemic Risk: A Consolidated Empirical Framework for Continuous Organisational Control Accepted — AiSEK 2026 International Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia (2 June 2026) · Organised by PALSIT 02. Legal · Constitutional Constitutional AI Governance in the Public Sector: Precaution, Accountability, and the Limits of Automation Published on SSRN · 23 February 2026 ssrn.com/abstract=6291982 · doi:10.2139/ssrn.6291982 · Under peer review 03. Organisational · Governance Governing AI as a Socio-Technical System: Toward a Systemic Model of Organisational Control Submitted to MIS Quarterly Executive · Under peer review · 2026 04. AGI · Interactional Intelligence Is Not Enough: Toward a Human-Shaped AGI — A Framework for Distributed Agency and Interactional Intelligence Published on SSRN · 20 February 2026 ssrn.com/abstract=6275578 · doi:10.2139/ssrn.6275578 05. Architecture · Multilayer Framework A Systemic Model for AI Governance: A Multilayer Framework Integrating Data, Models, Interaction, and Use Cases with Continuous Compliance-by-Design Published on SSRN · 8 December 2025 · Submitted to the European Commission under the AI Pact ssrn.com/abstract=5894123 · doi:10.2139/ssrn.5894123 Public Speaking 2 June 2026 (forthcoming) Speaker — AiSEK 2026 International Conference PALSIT · Ljubljana, Slovenia · Presenting: Governing AI as a Systemic Risk 6 May 2026 (forthcoming) Workshop Expert — FinAI Playbook Associação Portuguesa de Fintechs · AI Act compliance for banks · Co-presented with Morais Leitão March 2026 Panel Speaker — IVA 2026 Congress Universidade Católica Portuguesa (Católica Tax) · AI as a constitutional and regulatory problem · “IVA: Os Próximos 40 Anos” March 2026 Expert Interviewee — Research Policy Paper Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos & Universidade Católica Tax Research Team February 2026 Television Expert — Guerra e Paz, NOW Canal National television · Invited expert on AI and Portugal’s strategic role in European AI governance · Argued for Portugal as an “orchestrating state” in AI, leveraging the creation of regulatory bridges and compliance as assets 15 December 2025 Presenter — EU AI Pact First Anniversary Event European Commission, Brussels · Alongside OpenAI, Cohere, Securitas, and Dedalus 12 December 2025 Expert Participant — AI Office Workshop on High-Risk AI Systems European Commission AI Office · High-Risk Classification: Biometrics, Law Enforcement, Migration & Justice · Organised by PPMI September 2025 Technical Lead — Pathwise EU Grant Consortium European Commission grant submission · Consortium led by INEM (Instituto Nacional de Emergência Médica) · Starkdata as technical lead · Formally endorsed by ESICM (European Society of Intensive Care Medicine) and PASI (Pan-American and Iberian Society of Intensive Care) · Applied generative AI and ML to the full lifecycle of critically ill patients across Portuguese, Spanish, and Danish hospitals · Starkdata’s AI governance framework as the project’s compliance architecture 2024 – Present Active Member — EU AI Pact Community European Commission · Signatory of AI Pact pledges · Expert workshops and implementation workstreams
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
AI Pact
Organisation Members
None
Additional Information
The estimated costs concern the wages of the two researchers involved in our AI Governance research and activities. These are FTEs that allocate 100% and 50% of their time to these activities.