2024 European Conference Agenda

Stop by the Registration desk to receive your badge, agenda brochures, and goody bags. The agenda will also be accessible by mobile app through STOVA. Plan out your conference sessions. The registration desk is staffed throughout the conference, attendees are encouraged to stop by with questions or concerns throughout the conference.

We are excited to welcome all new attendees to our New Attendee Reception! Join us for a quick introduction followed by networking and camaraderie. This is a perfect opportunity to meet fellow newcomers and learn more about the conference. Enjoy light refreshments while engaging in conversations that will help you make the most of your experience. We look forward to seeing you there and helping you feel right at home!

This event marks the official kickoff of the conference and offers a wonderful opportunity to mingle with fellow attendees, speakers, and organizers in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. Enjoy delicious refreshments and light bites as you connect with others and set the stage for an engaging and inspiring event. We look forward to welcoming you and kicking off the conference!

Join us for the Young Lawyers Reception, an event designed specifically for emerging legal professionals to connect, share experiences, and build valuable relationships within the industry. Enjoy an evening of networking with peers and mentors while discussing the unique challenges and opportunities faced by young lawyers today. We look forward to seeing you there and fostering a supportive community for the next generation of legal leaders!

Enjoy breakfast in Munich! Join us at 8:45am for the Presidential Welcome!

Stop by the Registration desk to receive your badge, agenda brochures, and goody bags. The agenda will also be accessible by mobile app through STOVA. Plan out your conference sessions. The registration desk is staffed throughout the conference, attendees are encouraged to stop by with questions or concerns throughout the conference.

We are pleased to announce a keynote presentation by Dr. Peter Wittmann from the Fraunhofer Institute for Cognitive Systems IKS. Dr. Wittmann is a leading expert in cognitive systems and artificial intelligence, with extensive experience in advancing innovative technologies that enhance human-machine interaction. You are invited to joing us for his presentation, “Deepfakes: The use of AI to answer the question: ‘What is real?’”, an insightful session that promises to inspire and inform. Don’t miss the opportunity to gain valuable insights from one of the foremost thought leaders in cognitive systems!

Join your colleagues for networking opporutunities, designed to foster connections and collaboration! Attendees are encouraged to take this opportunity to engage with fellow participants, share ideas, and build valuable relationships in a relaxed atmosphere. Refreshments will be provided to keep you energized as you network. Make the most of these moments and expand your professional network!

Panelists will include Diana J. P. McKenzie of HunterMaclean (United States); Alessandra Bini of IBM (Italy); and Boris Paal of TUM (Germany)

Join your colleagues for networking opporutunities, designed to foster connections and collaboration! Attendees are encouraged to take this opportunity to engage with fellow participants, share ideas, and build valuable relationships in a relaxed atmosphere. Lunch will be provided to keep you energized as you network. Make the most of these moments and expand your professional network!

Join your colleagues for networking opporutunities, designed to foster connections and collaboration! Attendees are encouraged to take this opportunity to engage with fellow participants, share ideas, and build valuable relationships in a relaxed atmosphere. Refreshments will be provided to keep you energized as you network. Make the most of these moments and expand your professional network!

On the panel, we will discuss and shed more light on the different approaches of global platform regulation (especially in the EU and the U.S.), the cooperation of providers with supervisory authorities as well as own initiatives of platforms. In this context, we will examine the challenges that bots, fake news and interferences by foreign states pose (especially relating to elections, such as the upcoming U.S. elections) and how providers deal with them and at the same time consider fundamental rights (such as the freedom of speech), including the relevant regulatory frameworks and court proceedings in the EU and the U.S.

Enjoy breakfast in Munich!

Stop by the Registration desk to receive your badge, agenda brochures, and goody bags. The agenda will also be accessible by mobile app through STOVA. Plan out your conference sessions. The registration desk is staffed throughout the conference, attendees are encouraged to stop by with questions or concerns throughout the conference.

Technology dispute resolution can be complex, lengthy and costly. It does not have to be. Arbitration is becoming a preferred method for dealing with the demands of technology disputes. In this session, learn about how institutional arbitration trends and alternative dispute resolution offer a way to resolve problems more efficiently and less expensively by integrating specialized expertise and a robust framework. This session is essential both for contract drafters considering inserting arbitration clauses in technology agreements and dispute resolution practitioners.

Panelists include Bridget Mary McCormack, CEO & President of AAA Mediation; Ramona Schardt, Secretary General of the German Arbitration Institute; and, Steven Anderson, Division Vice President of ICDS.

Moderated by Peter Ruby of Goodmans LLP.

This panel will build the bridge between the history of data protection, to the ownership over personal data, the new EU Data Act and Neurolinks.

Join your colleagues for networking opporutunities, designed to foster connections and collaboration! Attendees are encouraged to take this opportunity to engage with fellow participants, share ideas, and build valuable relationships in a relaxed atmosphere. Refreshments will be provided to keep you energized as you network. Make the most of these moments and expand your professional network!

In an increasingly interconnected world, the legal frameworks governing cybersecurity are rapidly evolving. This panel will explore diverse regulatory models from Asia, Africa, and Europe, examining how these regions address the pressing challenges of digital security. Key discussions will include Asian cybersecurity norms within a global context, the evolving legal landscape in Africa for digital protection and cyber-attack resilience, and the implications of the EU’s Network and Information Security Directive 2 (NIS2). With insights from distinguished speakers notably from within the cybersecurity industry, this session will offer a comprehensive analysis of current trends and future directions in global cybersecurity regulation.

This panel will tackle the complex relationship between intellectual property law and generative AI, highlighting the legal, technical and business challenges associated with training AI models, data mining, web scraping, and the use of generative AI in various business applications, such as… TBD. As generative AI technology advances, pressing questions arise regarding intellectual property rights, particularly the opposing interests of intellectual property owners and AI model developers. We will explore the balance between transparency obligations for general-purpose AI model providers introduced by Article 53 of the EU AI Act and the protection of trade secrets and confidential business information. Additionally, we will discuss the boundaries of legitimate use of text and data mining for training general-purpose, as well as potential open-source obligations for outputs of general-purpose AI systems, considering the exemption for open-source models in Article 53 of the EU AI Act. This discussion aims to address these issues from multiple angles, including legal, technological, and creative viewpoints, and from the perspective of various jurisdictions. Furthermore, real-world case studies and technical methodologies for data mining and web scraping will be illustrated.

Panelists will include Yasamin Parsafar, Vice Chair of the ITechLaw IP Comittee

Moderated by Dr. Stephan T. Meyer, Legal Director Germany, Oracle

Join your colleagues for networking opporutunities, designed to foster connections and collaboration! Attendees are encouraged to take this opportunity to engage with fellow participants, share ideas, and build valuable relationships in a relaxed atmosphere. Lunch will be provided to keep you energized as you network. Make the most of these moments and expand your professional network!

For many years Andrea Görres has been working as General Counsel for Wirecard, a Munich based FinTech company offering payment systems, e.g. for online transactions. It was involved in one of Germany’s largest financial scandals after World War II, when it turned out in 2020 that 1.9 billion Euro in offshore bank accounts which the company had reported in its financial statements did in fact not exist. The CEO is still in jail and criminal proceedings against him and two other key managers are still ongoing. One of the key managers fled Germany just in time and is probably in Russia.

Presented by Andrea Görres, General Counsel Wirecard AGi. In.

Join your colleagues for networking opporutunities, designed to foster connections and collaboration! Attendees are encouraged to take this opportunity to engage with fellow participants, share ideas, and build valuable relationships in a relaxed atmosphere. Refreshments will be provided to keep you energized as you network. Make the most of these moments and expand your professional network!

Beyond any AI hype, what can ordinary AI systems already do to help lawyers do their job better? Especially the review of documents and some legal drafting do already work surprisingly well.