This is a half day online live and recorded conference featuring a panel of legal experts who will guide you through the minefield that is the interrelationship between  advances in technology and the problems it causes current law. It will deal, through its seven sessions, with a wide range of topics, from AI and law - Can and should AI be regulated and whose interests should prevail, through to Key issues to consider prior to a RPA procurement and the law of algorithms.

This online conference will be streamed live, direct to your desktop, tablet or smart phone so you can watch it from your office or home. You can participate in the conference live or watch the recorded version whenever you want. In each case you will receive a recording of the complete conference after the event.

The price for this is £210. This is a per organisation price, so up to 20 of your colleagues can participate at no extra charge, even if they are viewing it from a different location. So, of course, if there are 10 of you the cost per delegate would be just £21.00.

Who should attend? IT and IP lawyers, commercial lawyers, IT industry professionals

The full list of topics  is as follows

- Law vs AI. How do current laws limit AI development and deployment?  

- The future of cybersecurity and cybercrime

- Law of algorithms: The challenges algorithms pose to current law

- Legal Issues in Virtual Reality & Augmented Reality

- Blockchain - the complex practical and legal issues

- Workings of the Internet and the move to IPv6

- Robot Automation Processes: Key issues to consider in relation to allocation of risk

Speakers

Mark Weston, Hill Dickinson

Lorna Brazell, Solicitor

Dr Sam de Silva, CMS

Danny Preiskel, Preiskel & Co

Charlie Hawes, Bristows 

Peter Wright, Digital Law

Chair: Mark Weston is a partner with Hill Dickinson and is the firm’s Head of Commercial, Information Technology and Intellectual Property in London. He was previously partner and head of the commercial/IP/IT team at Matthew Arnold & Baldwin LLP. Before that, he spent several years at Baker & McKenzie in London and Chicago and has also previously been seconded to Hewlett Packard and other technology businesses. Mark has particular expertise not just in data protection, privacy and freedom of information issues, but also IT projects, software issues, SaaS, Cloud and virtualization issues, outsourcing, facilities management, new media solutions, transmedia development, solutions for/methods of transacting on and via the internet, online retail, ecommerce generally, s-commerce, m-commerce, liability management strategies, IT audits, procurement and IT policies. He is a regular speaker at conferences.

Lorna Brazell is a solicitor with over 25 years of experience of intellectual property law. She was formerly a partner at Bird & Bird and Head of International IP at Osborne Clarke. She is the editor of the Law Society's Intellectual Property Law Handbook and most recently Protecting Unregistered Brands: A Practical Guide to the Law of Passing Off (Law Brief Publishing). She is a regular speaker at conferences around the world.

Charlie Hawes is a senior associate in Bristows commercial IP/IT team. He advises clients on a wide range of commercial and regulatory issues, including in relation to IT outsourcing and services agreements, software development and licensing, GDPR, cloud computing, distributed ledger technology, e-commerce and telecommunications law. Prior to qualifying as a lawyer, Charlie was a producer and director of award-winning factual television documentaries.

Dr Sam De Silva is a Partner in the IT and Outsourcing team at CMS. Sam specialises in strategic and complex IT and telecommunication projects including all forms of cloud computing (SaaS, PaaS and IaaS), outsourcing (IT, BPO and off-shoring), system development and supply, system integration, software licensing, support and service agreements, acting for both users and suppliers. Sam also regularly advises on data protection, privacy, cyber-security and PCI DSS issues. Sam is deeply immersed in the technology sector and at the forefront of related policy issues, representing the UK on a number of international committees.

Daniel Preiskel is a co-founder of Preiskel & Co and has well over 20 years’ experience working in the telecoms, media and technology sectors, advising across the globe. He has been ranked for over 20 years in major independent research guides as one of the world’s leading communications lawyers. He was recently ranked as one of only 7 Telecoms Global Thought Leaders and as a Data Thought Leader by WhosWholegal. He acts for a broad range of Telecoms, Media & Tech sector clients,

Mark Watts is a partner with Bristows. Mark is a technology specialist with over 20 years’ experience. He advises companies on technology issues such as cloud computing, machine learning, apps and facial recognition. Much of Mark’s experience was gained in-house at IBM where he held various roles, including Global Data Privacy Counsel.

Peter Wright has been advising clients on Data Protection for over a decade and created Digital Law in 2014 to provide legal & compliance advice to organisations about their activities in the Digital arena. Digital Law has clients across the UK, Europe, Middle East, North Africa, Asia and the United States and advises on Data Protection, GDPR & Cyber Security compliance along with Social Media Law, e-commerce, website compliance, software licensing, privacy and Freedom of Information Act matters. Peter is the Chair of the GDPR Working Group of the Law Society . and a member of the Law Society Board and a Past Chair of the Technology and Law Committee

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