Fifteen Years of Evolution of Law, Technology and Society: The Fifteenth Anniversary Conference of SCRIPTed

The SCRIPT Centre presents:

Fifteen Years of Evolution of Law, Technology and Society: The Fifteenth Anniversary Conference of SCRIPTed

About this Event

SCRIPTed is a high-quality, open access, interdisciplinary, and multi-lingual journal focused on research in the areas of law, society, and technologies in the broadest sense. This 15th anniversary conference will bring together key scholars in the main fields of the journal – intellectual property law, information technology law and medical law – to share their reflections on and insights into the evolution of research in their own discipline over the last fifteen years and to shed light on pathways forward for future research.

Programme

15:00 – 15:15 Registration; Coffee and tea on arrival

15:15 – 15:30 Welcome by Editor-in-Chief of SCRIPTed

15:30 – 16:15 Johnny 5 Needs Input - Legal Tech, Digital Publishing and the Future of Law - Professor Burkhard Schafer, University of Edinburgh

Chair: Mr Nicolas Jondet

16:15 – 17:00 Do Androids Dream of Electric Copyright? - Dr Andres Guadamuz, University of Sussex

Chair: Mr Thomas Broderick

17:00 – 17:45 Our Genomic Future: Genome-edited Babies and Beyond - Ms Annie Sorbie, University of Edinburgh

Chair: TBC

17:45 – 18:00 Roundtable

18:00 – 19:00 Wine Reception

Event Link

This event is free and open to all but Registration is required.