SCL 4th Annual Policy Forum: After the Crunch: Law and Regulation in the New Information Age - 21 & 22 September 2009
The credit crunch and financial turmoil of 2008 is generating a major shift in social attitudes. This shift may lead to a change in the legal and regulatory climate; objectively measurable factors, such as turnover and profit may become less important, whilst less tangible factors such as risk management, social responsibility and sustainability may take centre stage.
The information and communication technologies are at the heart of all modern business and governmental activity, and so changes in legislative or regulatory approach will inevitably address the use and workings of those technologies. The Policy Forum will explore the directions in which law and regulation might change, and attempt to identify the likely effects on technology users and subjects.
Chairs:
Day one: Professor Chris Reed, Professor of Electronic Commerce Law at CCLS, Queen Mary, University of London.
Day two: Judith Rauhofer, Research Fellow in Law, Information & Converging Technologies, University of Central Lancashire
Convenors & speakers:
Professor Colin Bennett, University of Victoria
Iain Bourne, Head of Data Protection Projects, Information Commissioner's Office
Caspar Bowden, Chief Privacy Adviser, Microsoft Europe, Middle-East and Africa
Alastair Brett, Legal Manager, Times Newspapers Ltd
Dr Ian Brown - Oxford Internet Institute
Andrew Charlesworth - University of Bristol
Marc Dautlich, Partner, Technology Group and Head of Data Protection, Olswang LLP
Professor Lilian Edwards, Professor of Internet Law, University of Sheffield
Rosemary Jay, Partner, Pinsent Masons LLP
Christopher Kuner, Partner and Head, International Privacy and Information Management Practice, Hunton & Williams
Mark Lewis, Partner, Head of Outsourcing Practice, Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP
Mikko Manner, Associate, Roschier Attorneys Ltd
Christopher Marsden, Director, LL.M. in IT Media E-Commerce Law, University of Essex Law School.
Professor Christopher Millard, Professor of Privacy and Information Law, CCLS, Queen Mary, University of London, Consultant, Bristows.
Lokke Moerel, Head, Privacy Practice, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
Andrew Murray, Reader in Law (with special interests in Cyber-regulation and Information Technology Law), London School of Economics
David Naylor, Partner, Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP
Judith Rauhofer, Research Fellow in Law, Information & Converging Technologies, University of Central Lancashire
Professor Diane Rowland, University of Aberystwyth
Graham Smith, Partner, Bird & Bird LLP
Mark Turner, Partner, Herbert Smith LLP
Professor Ian Walden, Professor of Information and Communications Law and Head of the Institute of Computer and Communications Law at CCLS, Queen Mary, University of London, Of Counsel to Baker & McKenzie LLP and Public Interest Board Member, Internet Watch Foundation.
Tony Wales, Visiting Research Associate, Oxford Internet Institute
Kiaron Whitehead, General Counsel, BPI
Robin Wilton, Director, Future Identity, Director of Privacy and Public Policy, Liberty Alliance
Programme:
Day 1: How the legislative and regulatory agenda might change
Chair: Professor Chris Reed
Professor of Electronic Commerce Law at CCLS, Queen Mary University of London.
9.00 – 9.30: Registration and coffee
9.30: Introduction & Welcome - Professor Chris Reed and Christopher Rees, Partner, Co-Head of the TMT Group, Herbert Smith LLP
9.45 – 11.00: Keynote presentation: "From profit to probity – new directions for computer and communications law"
Keynote Speaker: Professor Chris Reed, CCLS, Queen Mary University of London
Professor Diane Rowland, University of Aberystwyth
Graham Smith, Bird & Bird LLP
11.00 – 11.30: Coffee
11.30 – 13.00: New directions for information regulation I – intellectual property and online content
Mikko Manner, Roschier Attorneys Ltd
Andrew Murray, London School of Economics
David Naylor, Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP
Kiaron Whitehead, BPI
13.00 – 14.00 - Lunch
14.00 – 15.30: New directions for information regulation II – content liability and responsibility
Alastair Brett, Times Newspapers Ltd
Professor Ian Walden, CCLS, Queen Mary, University of London, Internet Watch Foundation
Tony Wales, Visiting Research Associate, Oxford Internet Institute
15.30 – 16.00: Tea
16.00 – 17.30: Managing the new information risks
How can businesses control information? Problems of outsourcing management of information to others, balancing control, cost and compliance (e.g. with likely new data security breach notification system envisaged under the amended E-Privacy Directive).
Mark Lewis, Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP
Professor Christopher Millard, CCLS, Queen Mary, University of London; Bristows
Lokke Moerel, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
17.30: Close of Day One
19.30 for 20.00: Policy Forum Speaker's Dinner at Herbert Smith LLP - (invited guests only).
Day 2: The new age of information privacy?
Chair: Judith Rauhofer
Research Fellow in Law, Information & Converging Technologies, University of Central Lancashire.
9.30 – 11.00: Whither the EU data protection regime?
Convenor: Andrew Charlesworth, University of Bristol
Iain Bourne, Information Commissioner's Office
Dr Ian Brown, Oxford Internet Institute
Christopher Kuner, Hunton & Williams.
11.00 – 11.30: Coffee
11.30 – 13.00: Privacy after the crunch
Convenor: Christopher Marsden, University of Essex Law School
Marc Dautlich, Olswang LLP
Professor Lilian Edwards, University of Sheffield
Robin Wilton, Future Identity.
13.00 – 14.00: Lunch
14.00 – 15.30: Privacy as a common good
Convenor: Caspar Bowden, Microsoft Europe
Professor Colin Bennett, University of Victoria Rosemary Jay, Pinsent Masons LLP
Judith Rauhofer, University of Central Lancashire
15.30 – 15.50: Tea
15.50 – 16.50: Recorded Keynote Presentation: Do we need a constitution for the information age?
Keynote Speaker: Mark Turner, Herbert Smith LLP
16.50: Closing Remarks
17.00: End of Forum
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