Benoît VIVIER


Benoît VIVIER

Benoît Vivier works as Public Affairs Director for the European Emergency Number Association. His role is to liaise with the institutions of the European Union, as well as national authorities with topics related to emergency communications. He also works on projects related to emergency caller location, public warning systems and artificial intelligence.

Benoît Vivier graduated in European Political and Administrative Studies from the College of Europe (Bruges, Belgium) and in International and European Relations from Sciences Po Lille (France).

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The presentation will cover current operational, technical and legal challenges regarding emergency communications in Europe. New information and communication technologies bring a lot of new opportunities and many sectors of society but also many challenges. The presentation will for instance look at the transition to newer generation of telecommunications networks, which can bring many improvements for emergency call centres and for people with disabilities. The presentation will also discuss the impact of technologies and trends such as artificial intelligence and homeworking in emergency call-centres. Finally, the presentation will also look at how European legislation is addressing such challenges with laws such as the European Electronic Communications Code, the European Accessibility Act or the EU AI Act.