2007 Programme
The papers and presentations can also be found in the Papers section.
Wednesday September 19th
Venue: UCL
8.30-9am: Registration
9.00-10.00am: Virtuality and Virtual Communities
Chair Lilian Edwards
- Andres Guadamuz, Edinburgh “From Zero to Hero: Building a New Virtual Economy”
- Abbe Brown, Edinburgh : “Playing to win, or the game’s the thing?"
- Faith Lawrence, PhD, Southampton University: “Community Standards and New Technology”
10.00am-11.00am CyberCrime : All Your Secrets Are Belong To Us
Chair : Burkhard Shafer
- Lilian Edwards, Southampton, Chris Marsden, Essex and Ian Brown, OxII : “CyberStalking 2.0”
- Andrea Matwyshwn, Penn/Wharton: “Black Collar Crime”
- Judith Rauhofer, UCLAN, "Privacy is dead – get over it: Art. 8 and the dream of a risk-free society"
11.00-11.15 Coffee
11.15-12.15 Privacy : I Can Has Personal Data? Kthxbye.
Chair: Caroline Wilson
- Rebecca Wong, Nottingham Trent and Joseph Savarimithu, Liverpool “All or nothing: this is the question? The application of Art 3(2) Data Protection Directive to the Internet”
- Federica Casarosa, PhD, Eur Univ Inst: “Privacy and Technologies: A Never-Ending Story”
- Gayle Trigg “Protecting Your Most Valuable Virtual Asset – You”
12.15-13.15pm LUNCH
13.15-14.15 Future’s So Bright I’ve Gotta Wear Shades: Technology Meets Law,
News at 10
Chair: Andres Guadamuz
- Daithi Mac Sithigh, Trinity Colllege Dublin: “I’m in ur tube blocking ur internets: The Politics, Perception and Parody of Network Neutrality Legislation”
- Burkhard Shafer and Wiebke Abel, Edinburgh; Gerald Schaefer: “An Officer and a Gentleman: Teaching Autonomous Agents the Laws of Armed Warfare”
- Simon Bisson: “The Lego-isation of IT”
14.15-15.15 Extreme IP
Chair: Abbe Brown
- Caroline Wilson, Southampton: “Trade mark Law in an online future – coming to its senses?”
- Jordan Hatcher, Edinburgh : “Drawing in Permanent Ink: A Look at Copyright Law and Tattoos”
- Fernando Barrio, London Metropolitan U “Killing Trolls In Avatars: Virtual Infringement of Real Patents”
15.15-15.30pm Coffee
15.30-16.45pm Access All Areas: A2K/CC/E-democracy
Chair: David Vaile, AustLII/NSW
- Richard Jones, Liverpool John Moores : “Cultural approbation of the Folk: Hang Down Your Head Tom Dula, or Larry Lessig rides into town”
- Ray Corrigan: “Colmcille and the Battle of the Book: Technology, Law and Access to Knowledge in 6th Century Ireland”
- Thomas Otter “Web 2.0 and Accessibility”
- Simon Deane-Johns, Zopa : “We, the Lunatics, Control the Asylum”


