Koen Cobbaert
Senior Manager – Quality, Standards and Regulations at Philips, Belgium
Koen Cobbaert is a Philips Regulatory Science and Policy expert specialized on EU MDR, Data Act and AI Act. In 2010 the European Commission invited him for his expertise in various workshops to inform the first AI Act draft, after which he was invited by the European Parliament to moderate a session with notified body on the AI Act. Since 2024 he represents the COCIR membership at the AI Board subgroup hosted by the MDCG NET on the interplay between EU MDR/IVDR and AI Act. Koen is also representing the DITTA membership at the IMDRF workgroups on Software as a Medical Device and AI-enabled Medical Devices, while keeping a finger on the pulse of AI standards development.