Speak at the 2024 European Conference

• AI and Advanced Computing
  • ML/DL/NLP,
  • Image Generators,
  • X-Reality,
  • Robotics,
  • warfare,
  • ethics & policies,
  • IP issues,
  • protection of AI,
  • IT / AI procurement,
  • how lawyers can make use of it;
• Cyber Security (local and global):
  • threats,
  • incident management,
  • legal remedies and technical solutions;
• Platform regulation
  • free speech,
  • enforcement,
  • liability
• Legal developments
  • Data Protection Law,
  • Litigation / Arbitration,
  • M&A and Tech,
  • DSA, DMA,
  • Antitrust/Anticompetition,
  • IP Law,
  • Cloud Computing,
  • Autonomous Driving,
  • E-Sports / Gaming, and
  • anything you consider interesting for the work of our ITechLaw colleagues.

Proposals that will have a higher chance of acceptance should be interesting, surprising or perhaps entail disruptive take home messages! Consider including the following in your proposal:

• sessions that require interaction with and/or input from the audience,
• deep-dive sessions,
• showcases on technological developments (show how it works in practice instead of merely talking about it),
• case studies on how to deal with new developments (IT, legal or both) in daily practice (in-house lawyers’ best practices), and
• any innovative or creative format you believe would work at an ITechLaw conference.

To maximize the overall number of views expressed during the conference, the Planning Committee will continue the practice to limit presenters to one per firm for the duration of the conference.

This proposal submission is intended for individual paper submissions; however, if you propose a panel you may still be considered depending upon the space available in our programming. Panel submissions with multiple presenters must not have duplicate representation from firms – see above, only one speaker per firm will be selected for the entirety of the conference.

More than 75 proposals are regularly received for consideration for each conference, so please understand that selecting panels is a difficult and highly selective process. Preference in selection will be given to proposals that are made by ITechLaw members and focus on advanced knowledge of a topic.

All proposals must be submitted by Monday, 20 May 2024 at 11:59 pm PT for consideration. The Conference Chairs and Planning Committee will review all submissions and notify each presenter of the status by August 2024.

If you have any questions, please contact us at memberservices@itechlaw.org.

ITechLaw enforces the following speaker policy when considering the proposal submissions.

Speaker Policy

• A speaker may not speak at two conferences in a row in a particular geographic region. (e.g, no speaking at two European Conferences in a row). Exceptions to this rule may be allowed.
• Planning Committee members may not act as speakers or moderators. Speakers from their firm are permissible.
• Only one representative per firm is allowed to speak at the conference.
• ITechLaw does not pay speaking fees to any speakers. Exceptions may apply.
• Speakers receive a discounted rate to the member registration rate to attend the full conference. An exception is made for in-house counsels, academic faculty, and government officials who may attend complimentary.

Please note that not all proposals will be accepted. Decisions on all proposals will be made by August 2024. Please only submit a proposal if you are available to attend the conference. Please save the dates, 30 October – 1 November 2024.

When considering a proposal and curating panels, ITechLaw is conscious of diversifying the panels to represent a global perspective, inclusivity of genders, and limiting one speaker per firm/organization. This should be considered when submitting your proposal.

Sessions are typically between 60 minutes in length with up to 3 concurrent sessions.