Symposium: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Law in the Financial Services Sector

Fordham University School of Law hosts Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Law in the Financial Services Sector on February 28, 2017.  Sessions include AI and Machine Learning for Regulatory Compliance and AI and Machine Learning for Cybersecurity and Fraud Detection.

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Topics: Conferences & Symposia; Privacy Law; Technology Law; Technology Trends.

Call for Papers: The Internet of Things, Smart Contracts and Intelligent Machines

The 1st Future of Law Conference: The Internet of Things, Smart Contracts and Intelligent Machines will be held October 26-27, 2017 at the Singapore Management University’s School of Law.

The Conference aims to bring together the leading thinkers in academia and practice in the field of information technology law to discuss the legal and regulatory implications of recent technological developments. In particular, the first edition of the Conference will focus on the Internet of Things (IoT), blockchains and crypto-ledgers, machine learning, predictive analytics, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, and Augmented Reality.

Scholars who are interested in presenting their papers at the conference can submit their abstracts by April 15, 2017 by emailing their contact information including their academic affiliation, a short bio (not exceeding 300 words), a title and an abstract of their paper (not exceeding 500 words) as a Word or PDF attachment to CEBCLA at futureoflaw@smu.edu.sg.

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Topics: Calls for Papers; Conferences & Symposia; Intellectual Property Law; Technology Law; Technology Trends. 

Call for Papers: Privacy-Sensitive Robotics

The 2017 Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI2017), with the theme “Smart Interactions,” will take place in Vienna, Austria, from March 6–9, 2017.

Papers are invited for an all-day workshop, Privacy-Sensitive Robotics, to take place March 6, 2017. Submissions are due February 24, 2017.

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Topics: Calls for Papers; Conferences & Symposia; Technology Law; Technology Trends. 

Call for Papers: Fifth Annual Conference on Governance of Emerging Technologies: Law, Policy and Ethics

The Center for Law, Science & Innovation at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law (Arizona State University) presents The Fifth Annual Conference on Governance of Emerging Technologies: Law, Policy and Ethics held at the new Beus Center for Law & Society in Phoenix, AZ from May 17-19, 2017.

Some particular themes that will be emphasized at this year’s conference include cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, autonomous systems, drones, CRISPR/gene editing, big data, data analytics, transnational coordination, technology unemployment, internet of things, neuroscience, privacy, longevity, bitcoin/blockchain, and digital health.

Abstracts are due January 31, 2017.

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Topics: Calls for Papers; Conferences & Symposia; Law & Public Policy; Technology Law; Technology Trends. 

Conference: Managing Risk in the Digital Society

Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) presents the 13th International Conference on Internet, Law & Politics, Managing Risk in the Digital Society from June 29–30, 2017.

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Topics: Conferences & Symposia; International Law; Technology Law. 

Symposium: Platform Law: Intermediary Liability, Consumer Protection, and Beyond

The Berkeley Center for Law and Technology (BCLT) and the Berkeley Technology Law Journal present their annual symposium, Platform Law: Intermediary Liability, Consumer Protection, and Beyond from April 20-21, 2017.

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Topics: Conferences & Symposia; Consumer & Financial Services Law; Technology Law; Technology Trends. 

Conference: 6th Annual BCLT Privacy Law Forum

The Berkeley Center for Law and Technology (BCLT) presents the 6th Annual BCLT Privacy Law Forum on March 24, 2017, at the Four Seasons in East Palo Alto, CA.

This full day conference brings together in-house counsel from leading tech companies, practicing lawyers, technologists, privacy advocates and academics. Faculty from the UC Berkeley School of Law will share their latest research and analysis on trans-Atlantic data flows, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and government access demands. Leading privacy experts from law firms and tech companies will offer fresh insight and practical advice on these and other urgent privacy challenges.

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Topics: Conferences & Symposia; Intellectual Property Law; Privacy Law; Technology Law.

Conference: CodeX FutureLaw 2017

CodeX- the Stanford Center for Legal Informatics is hosting its 5th annual conference, CodeX FutureLaw 2017, on April 6, 2017 at Stanford Law School in Stanford, CA. The conference will focus on how technology is changing the legal profession and the law.

Click here for more information or email eX Executive Director Roland Vogl at rvogl@law.stanford.edu or CodeX Fellow Susan Salkind at ssalkind@law.stanford.edu.

Topics: Conferences & Symposia; Technology Law; Technology Trends.

Conference: Society 3.0+: Can Liberty Survive the Digital Age?

The Princeton-Fung Global Forum 2017, Society 3.0+: Can Liberty Survive the Digital Age?, will be held March 20-21, 2017, at the Berlin Congress Center.

This forum will explore digital technologies in the information age, with a careful eye to how different countries and sectors approach the balance between risks, benefits and fundamental rights. Topics include privacy and human rights vs. security; vulnerabilities vs. efficiencies posed by the Internet of Things; communication silos and spread of false news vs. unfiltered and open access information; access (denied) to the digital world; and a vision for global cooperation.

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Topics: Conferences & Symposia; Technology Law; Technology Trends. 

Call for Papers: Munich Summer Institute

The Center for Law & Economics at ETH Zurich, the Institute for Strategy, Technology and Organization at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, and the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition are organizing the second Munich Summer Institute in Munich, Germany on May 29-31, 2017.

The Summer Institute will focus on Digitization, Strategy and Organization, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, and Law & Economics of Intellectual Property and Innovation.

Those wishing to submit a paper for the conference must do so by January 15, 2017. 

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Topics: Calls for Papers; Conferences & Symposia; Intellectual Property Law; Technology Law.