This exploratory meeting is convened to present and discuss the IIIA's core research lines in preparation for submitting a European ERC  grant proposal in November 2026 (preferably, a Synergy). The objective of this Workshop is to facilitate a preliminary assessment of potential collaborations, matching the nature of the IIIA's research with the project's requirements. While the Synergy grant is inherently ambitious—equivalent in scope to three standard European projects—its successful realization necessitates extensive internal and external networking and coordination. The proposal must demonstrate the exceptional originality of the objective and the coordinated capacity to achieve it. 

The central project concept to be developed is the creation of a 'digital rule of law' for Europe through the integration of legal reasoning techniques (CQU and IIIA-CSIC), social and legal governance methodologies (IIIA-CSIC), and data spaces and ontologies (UPM). This aligns with the European programme for policy, better regulations, and the new Competitive and Policy Compass (2025). The initiative will be steered by Pompeu Casanovas (IIIA-CSIC), Guido Governatori (Central Queensland University), and Víctor Rodríguez Doncel (UPM), with this specific workshop concentrating on the fields of logic, reasoning, argumentation, and values (ethics, principles, and law).

3 Novembre
15h -Welcome
15:10 - 15:30 Pompeu Casanovas (IIIA-CSIC): AI strengths and skills for legal governance. The new European regulatory landscape.
15:30 -16:00 Guido Governatori (Central Queensland University, Australia): Modelling rules, compliance, and regulatory systems.
16:00 -17:00 Tommaso Flaminio, Lluís Godo (IIIA-CSIC). Uncertainty, plausible reasoning, and argumentation.
17:00 Tea break
17:20 -18:00. Vanina Martínez-Posse: Logic, inconsistent reasoning, and belief bases
18:20 - 19:00 Open discussion.
19:00 Closure

4 Novembre
10:00 - 10:20 Varda Sokolowicz (IIIA-CSIC Project Officer): ERC Synergy requirements.
10:20 - 10:50 Nardine Osman (IIIA-CSIC): Modelling values and the value alignment problem (VAP).
10:40 - 11:10 Víctor Rodríguez-Doncel (Polytechnic University of Madrid, UPM): Modelling the Common European Data Spaces.
11:10 - 12:00 Enric Plaza and Pablo Noriega. Critical points: pros and cons of the pre-liminary Project.
12:00 - 13:00 Open discussion (with the participation of Mustafa Hashmi, Australian Catholic University, ACU, online)
13:00 - 15:00 Lunch break 
15:00 - 18:00 Pompeu Casanovas, Enric Plaza, Pablo Noriega (IIIA-CSIC), Guido Governatori (CQU), Víctor Rodríguez Doncel (UPM). Brainstorming: Project bullet points and main pillars.
18:30 - Closure

5 November
10:00 - 13:00 Pompeu Casanovas (IIIA-CSIC) and Guido Governatori (CQU). Writing session: Summary, discussion, and first draft.
 

Participants
Pompeu Casanovas (IIIA-CSIC)
Vicent Costa (IIIA-CSIC)
Tommaso Flaminio (IIIA-CSIC)
Lluís Godo (IIIA-CSIC)
Guido Governatori (QCU)
Mustafa Hashmi (ACU)
Francesco Manfucci (PhD IIIA-SIC)
Vanina Martínez Posse (IIIA-CSIC)
Pablo Noriega (IIIA-CSIC)
Nardine Osman (IIIA-CSIC)
Enric Plaza (IIIA-CSIC)
Víctor Rodríguez-Doncel (UPM)
Varda Sokolowicz (IIIA-CSIC)