AI IN ADMINISTRATION & CLIMATE

The application of artificial intelligence in public administration and climate action efforts in cities in Poland and Germany - exchange of experiences and future recommendations is the title of an international conference scheduled for 27 February 2026, from 12:00 to 16:00. The event will take place at Jan Dlugosz University in Czestochowa (at Armii Krajowej 36a, Aula Humanitatis).

This unique event brings together representatives of leading academic centres in Poland, members of the German academic community, as well as public administration representatives from both countries.

The project aims to summarise the results of research conducted by Polish and German scholars as part of a grant awarded by the Foundation for Polish-German Cooperation, facilitate an exchange of experiences, formulate future recommendations, and develop environmentally and socially responsible solutions in the fields of public administration and climate policy.

On the Polish side, one of the honorary guests will be a representative of the local authorities of Czestochowa, where the first pilot implementation of the Polish AI language model PLLuM in local government has been carried out.

The event has received honorary patronage from:
the Ministry of Digital Affairs of the Republic of Poland,
the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Berlin,
the Commissioner for Human Rights,
the Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Digitales,
the Mayor (Oberbürgermeister) of Regensburg,
the Mayor of Czestochowa,
the Marshal of the Silesian Voivodeship,
the Marshal of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship,
and the District Head (Starosta) of Czestochowa County.

The conference is co-organised by:
the Department of Constitutional and Comparative Law at Jan Dlugosz University in Czestochowa,
University of Regensburg,
and the Deutsch-Polnische Juristen-Vereinigung e.V. (German-Polish Lawyers’ Association based in Berlin).

Conference topics
the conference will address, among others:
the use of AI in state administration
the potential of AI in mitigating climate change
AI applications in construction law
AI in public administration in light of French and U.S. legal frameworks
legal conditions for data use and exploration (text and data mining) in local government: confidentiality protection challenges and cybersecurity
the use of AI in preventing sexually motivated crimes – administrative law considerations
digitalisation, the right to good administration, AI, and constitutional and European standards
transparency and effectiveness in communicating climate risks: AI in municipal administration and the limits of counteracting disinformation
immigration and integration
energy and district heating transition

More information is available in the conference materials (programme).