Technology and the Law Forum
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http://www.legalwiseseminars.com.au/search/SeminarDetail?SessionId=183V19
Dates of Conference: March 20, 2018
Address of Event: RACV City Club, 501 Bourke St, Melbourne
Location: RACV City Club, Level 2, 501 Bourke St, Melbourne
Deadline for Submission:
Conference Chair: Kent Davey, Director & Principal Solicitor, TechComm Legal, Technology & Communications Lawyers
Description: As the intersection between law and technology continues to evolve so too must the modern lawyer. Knowledge is power and the importance of managing data and navigating new technology cannot be understated. It's critical that you stay at the cutting edge of data, technology and the law or you run the real risk of finding yourself at a disadvantage to everyone who was wise enough to prepare for the new legal landscape that's already reshaping the profession.
Practice Management and Business Skills
Opportunities in Disruption: Digital and Data in the Legal Industry
• Digital disruption of the legal profession: Why here and now?
• What does disruption look like? Artificial Intelligence, computational law as examples
• We're at the start of the disruptive wave
• Think big: taking an entrepreneurial mindset
Professional Skills
Managing Data in an Internet of Things World
Explore data value creation, data management and data protection in a hyper-connected world.
• What is the Internet of Things and how has it changed the legal landscape?
• Data as an asset
• Techniques for protecting and valuing corporate data
• Where to next?
Blockchain Technology and the Law
• Legal awareness of blockchain and associated technologies
• Initial coin offerings, cryptocurrencies and smart contracts
• Influences on clients and lawyers as the legal practice
Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Ethical Rules for Artificial Intelligence: Why, how and what?
Explore the emerging view that there is need to develop ethical rules to guide how artificial intelligence agents operate. Examine the ground rules about terminology, consider whether there is a need for such rules, and if so what they may look like, who would formulate them and how they might be enforced.
• Terminology:
o What do we mean by 'artificial intelligence' and 'AI agents'?
o Examples of AI products: data mining processes and autonomous machines
o What do we mean by 'ethics'?
• Do we need ethical rules for AI agents?
o What rules?
o How would they apply to AI businesses and products?
o Who should develop the rules and how would they be enforced?
• Current developments in this area and what the future may hold
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