Işıl Selen DENEMEÇ

Işıl Selen DENEMEÇis an attorney specializing in IP and technology law, concurrently holding a lecturer position at Centre d’Etudes Internationales de la Propriété Intellectuelle (CEIPI) and at Bilkent University Faculty of Law, where she teaches the “Current Issues in Law of Technology” course. Drawing from experiences in international law firms and governmental roles, she currently serves as the Head of the Legal Department at the Digital Transformation Office of the Presidency of Türkiye, while contributing as a co-chair to the AI&IP Committee of the International Institute for Intellectual Property Management(I3PM). She has also authored a book titled “To Feed, or Not to Feed? An Analysis of the Copyright Issues Surrounding the Use of Machine Learning Algorithms”.

She holds a law degree from Bilkent University and has completed two master’s degrees: one from UC Berkeley, focusing on law and technology, and one from Trinity College Dublin, specializing in IP & IT law as a Jean Monnet Scholar.

Active in international committees, she contributed to the work of the CAHAI (Council of Europe Ad Hoc Committee on Artificial Intelligence) as both a member and co-lead drafter. She is currently the Head of Delegation to the CAI (Council of Europe Committee on AI), having previously served as an elected Bureau Member. Her involvement extends to the CoE CDPC-AI, focusing on criminal law aspects of driving automation, and the OECD Working Party on Artificial Intelligence Governance (AIGO). She also took part in drafting the UNIDROIT Principles on Digital Assets and Private Law as a Steering Committee member.

Her professional focus includes the domains of technology policy and governance, artificial intelligence, intellectual property law, technology transfer, data management, personal data, and the impact of disruptive technologies on law.