I have a similar very positive experience as some others have left on the comment section.
I came across AISC 9TH edition just after graduating from my LLM in technology and the Law where I did my thesis on the EU AI act transparency challenges (back when it was still a draft).
AISC was my first chance to work on AI governance. The project started as a humble work of developing a simple technical solution to an EU AI Act requirement of dataset transparency for copyright purposes.
My role was leveraging my knowledge on EU frameworks (in particular, copyright, GDPR and European markets) to adapt the solution to the EU legislation and justify its need and legal compliance.
The project grew and ended up being a submission to the AI office stakeholder consultation last summer gaining attraction from artists organisations. We are still in contact with people within the working groups for the Code of Practice to push for our solution.
AISC was my gate into AI governance. My current work includes providing feedback for the Code of Practice and I will move to Brussels in 2 months to work at the Center for Democracy and Technology.
Bottom line is that, in my opinion and based on other testimonies, AISC is very valuable in kick starting career's in AI safety (in my case in Governance) providing a chance for recent graduate and people shifting their career to proof themselves and show that they can contribute to the field.