When: 18/11/2021
Code:
Working together for the common good – challenges and opportunities for the tech law community.
Dates and Times:
Wednesday 17 November 2021: from 3 pm to 7.20 pm
Thursday 18 November 2021: from 7.30 am to 10.35 am and 3 pm to 7.20 pm
Venue: Fully digital and live online
Fees: £315 + VAT (£63.00) for SCL members and £480 + VAT (£96.00) for non-members (**Special offer**: Purchase 3 places, get one free).
@computersandlaw #SCLConf21
A tree will be planted for every delegate attending the Conference by way of a donation made to Treeaid on behalf of those attending this event.
Co-Chairs:
Mark O'Conor, SCL Vice-President, Partner, DLA Piper
Shelley Thomas, SCL Trustee, Associate General Counsel and Senior Vice President, Bank of America
Conference Keynotes:
Day one: Digital Education
Speakers:
Lord Puttnam
Priya Lakhani OBE, Founder CEO, CENTURY Tech
Lord Clement-Jones CBE, Fmr Chair, House of Lords Select Committee on AI, Co-Chair of APPG on AI and Chair of Council, Queen Mary University of London
Day Two: The Environmental Impacts of Digital Technologies
Speaker:
Professor Marina Jirotka, BSc MA DPhil MBCS MACM CITP, Professor of Human Centred Computing, Dept of Computer Science, University of Oxford
Speakers include:
Caroline Kenny, Director and Associate General Counsel, Facebook
Rowenna Fielding (Miss IG Geek)
Glen Tarman, Head of Policy and Advocacy, Full Fact
Chris Cook, Senior Reporter, Financial Times
Ravi Naik, Legal Director, AWO Legal
Patrick Van Eecke, Head of European cyber/data/privacy practice and Vice Chair of the Global c/d/p practice, Cooley, Belgium
Jean-Philippe Prénovost, Assistant General Counsel, Fuze
Marta Dunphy-Moriel, Chair of the SCL Privacy and Data Protection Group, Dunphy-Moriel Legal Services Ltd
Pablo A. Palazzi, Partner, Allende & Brea, Argentina
Dr Ximena Puente de la Mora, Member of the Mexican Congress
Andrés Barreto González, Superintendent of Industry and Commerce, Colombia
Professor Karen Yeung, Interdisciplinary Professorial Fellow in Law, Ethics and Informatics, Birmingham Law School & School of Computer Science
Scott Thiel, Partner and Head of the Technology Team, DLA Piper, Hong Kong
Jeffrey Tchui, Partner, BCW Group
Vanessa Sharman, Associate, Simmons & Simmons
Robert Allen, Partner, Simmons & Simmons
Shanthini Satyendra, Managing Legal Counsel Technology & Innovation, Legal & Regulatory, Santander and SCL Fellow
Hans Schumann, Executive, Career and Life Coach
Richard Stephens, Principal, LORS, SCL Fellow
Fernando Barrio, SCL Trustee and Senior Lecturer in Business Law, School of Business and Management, QMUL and Academic Lead for Resilience and Sustainability, Queen Mary Global Policy Institute.
Ben Pilling QC, 4 Pump Court
Simon Henderson, Barrister, 4 Pump Court
Matthew Lavy, Barrister, 4 Pump Court, SCL Trustee
Rani Noakes, Barrister, 4 Pump Court
Anna Hoffmann, Barrister, 4 Pump Court
Darren Grayson Chng, Senior Manager, Personal Data Protection Commission, Singapore
Ruth Keating, Barrister, 39 Essex Chambers
Sarah Hill, Chair, SCL Sustainability and ESG Group and Senior Associate, Bristows
Alessandro Galtieri, Deputy General Counsel, Colt Technology Service Group Ltd
Sarah Ellington, Legal Director, DLA Piper (UK) LLP
Damian Croker, Arbitrator, Mediator and CEO, LegalTech
Kevin McDade, Senior Solicitor, Burness Paull LLP
Wendy Miles QC, Twenty Essex
Richard Power, Partner, Clyde & Co
Elle Todd, Partner, Reed Smith LLP
Introduction:
Like 2020, 2021 is a year that maybe none of us will easily forget. Although in many regards, life is perhaps more ‘normal’ than it was at this time in 2020, there are still many aspects of the way we work and live that are significantly different. Not least that we are holding our second virtual SCL Annual Conference!
As ensuring sustainability in all areas of our lives becomes ever more important, the way we work together for the common good has never been more in focus. Bringing together members from the US, Europe and Asia Pacific regions, this year’s conference will take you on a journey spanning a wide variety of topics as well as different timezones and regions. Bringing you:
“Sustainability” is not just about the environment, though that is an important topic that we will cover. It is so much more and threads through all of the sessions we will be holding. Join us, as over the two days we will be learning, discussing, sharing experiences and networking - all live from the comfort of your own working environment.
Along with a fantastic line up of speakers and panellists, and with sincere thanks to our sponsors 4 Pump Court, Twenty Essex, and The 36 Group, we look forward to welcoming you to this year’s SCL Annual Conference on Tech Law in a Sustainable Civil Society.
SCL Annual Conference 2021 "Tech Law in a Sustainable Civil Society" - Working together for the common good – challenges and opportunities for the tech law community.
Conference programme
Day One: Wednesday 17 November 2021
14.45 - 15.00: Registration and waiting room
15.00 – 15.10: Introduction and welcome – Co-Chairs, Mark O’Conor and Shelley Thomas
15.15 – 16.05: Has Social Media Killed Democracy?
Chair:
Ravi Naik, Legal Director, AWO Legal
Speakers:
Caroline Kenny, Director and Associate General Counsel, Facebook
Rowenna Fielding (Miss IG Geek)
Glen Tarman, Head of Policy and Advocacy, Full Fact
Chris Cook, Senior Reporter, Financial Times
16.10 - 16.25: Flash Talk: A Treetop View of China's Data Laws
Darren Grayson Chng, Senior Manager, Personal Data Protection Commission, Singapore
16.30 - 17.15: Schrems in Practice
Speakers:
Patrick Van Eecke, Head of European cyber/data/privacy practice and Vice Chair of the Global c/d/p practice, Cooley, Belgium
Jean-Philippe Prénovost, Assistant General Counsel, Fuze
Marta Dunphy-Moriel, Chair of the SCL Privacy and Data Protection Group, Dunphy-Moriel Legal Services Ltd
17.15 – 17.30: Tea break and screen downtime
17.30 - 18.15: Future Trends in Global Regulation
Speakers:
Dr Ximena Puente de la Mora, Member of the Mexican Congress
Pablo A. Palazzi, Partner, Allende & Brea, Argentina
Andrés Barreto González, Superintendent of Industry and Commerce, Colombia
18:20 – 18:35: Flash Talk: Responsible Data Science
Professor Karen Yeung, Interdisciplinary Professorial Fellow in Law, Ethics and Informatics, Birmingham Law School & School of Computer Science
18.40 – 19.20: Day One Keynote: Digital Education
19:20: Wrap-up of day one – Mark O’Conor and Shelley Thomas
Close of day one
Day Two – Thursday 18 November 2021
07.15 - 07.30 am: Registration and waiting room
07:30 – 07:35 am: A quick look ahead to the morning sessions – Mark O’Conor and Shelley Thomas
07:40 – 07:55 am: Flash Talk: “Data Protection fines: deterrent or idle threat?”
Speakers:
Robert Allen, Partner, Simmons & Simmons
Vanessa Sharman, Associate, Simmons & Simmons
08:00 – 08:30: Distributed Ledger Technology
Speakers:
Scott Thiel, Partner and Head of the Technology Team, DLA Piper, Hong Kong
Jeffrey Tchui, Partner, BCW Group
08:35 – 08:50: Flash talk: Net Zero Legal Business
Speakers:
Wendy Miles QC, Twenty Essex, (Net Zero Lawyers Alliance)
Richard Power, Partner, Clyde & Co
Elle Todd, Partner, Reed Smith LLP
08:50 – 09:05: Coffee break and screen downtime
09:05 – 10.35: How to Thrive as a Technology Lawyer in a World of Change
Speakers:
Shanthini Satyendra, Managing Legal Counsel Technology & Innovation, Legal & Regulatory, Santander and SCL Fellow
Hans Schumann, Executive, Career and Life Coach
As the world of technology changes in response to the digital revolution, we lawyers have to change too. In this session we will discuss how to future-proof your career, build resilience to embrace change, expand your circle of influence and have fun along the way. This session will be led by Hans Schumann, Executive, Career and Life Coach to professionals in the Square Mile and Shanthini Satyendra, Managing Legal Counsel Technology & Innovation, Santander and SCL Fellow. They will look at this from the dual angle of what that change looks and feels like in practice for a lawyer in the digital space and how we can embrace that change and thrive. The session will include an opportunity to interact, so we hear your views too. An important topic, as we are at inflexion point where the role of lawyers in the digital space is expanding, perhaps more than ever before.
10.35: Close of morning session
BREAK
15.00 – 15.10: Brief introduction and welcome back – Mark O’Conor and Shelley Thomas
15.15 – 16.15: IT Contracts Update
Speaker:
Richard Stephens, Principal, LORS, SCL Fellow
An overview of the most significant shifts in IT Contracts in the last few years
16.20 - 17.00: "Engaging in ESG to save the world: Why technology, innovation and law are fundamental tools for improving and maintaining sustainability"
Chair:
Sarah Hill, Chair, SCL Sustainability and ESG Group and Senior Associate, Bristows
Speakers:
Ruth Keating, Barrister, 39 Essex Chambers
Alessandro Galtieri, Deputy General Counsel, Colt Technology Service Group Ltd
Sarah Ellington, Legal Director, DLA Piper (UK) LLP
Damian Croker, Arbitrator, Mediator and CEO, LegalTech
Kevin McDade, Senior Solicitor, Burness Paull LLP
17.00 – 17.15: Tea break and screen downtime
17.15 - 18.35: “Emerging trends in tech disputes”
Speakers:
Ben Pilling QC, 4 Pump Court
Simon Henderson, Barrister, 4 Pump Court
Matthew Lavy, Barrister, 4 Pump Court
Rani Noakes, Barrister, 4 Pump Court
Anna Hoffmann, Barrister, 4 Pump Court
18.40 – 19.20: Day Two Keynote: The Environmental Impacts of Digital Technologies
Professor Marina Jirotka, BSc MA DPhil MBCS MACM CITP, Professor of Human Centred Computing, Dept of Computer Science, University of Oxford
Introduced by Fernando Barrio, SCL Trustee and Senior Lecturer in Business Law, School of Business and Management, QMUL and Academic Lead for Resilience and Sustainability, Queen Mary Global Policy Institute.
19:20: Wrap-up of the conference - Mark O’Conor and Shelley Thomas
Many thanks to our generous sponsors:
Gold Sponsor
Silver Sponsor
SCL Annual Conference 2021 - SCL Trustees Mark O'Conor and Matthew Lavy in conversation
Watch the video of SCL Trustees, Mark O'Conor and Matthew Lavy, talk about plans for this flagship event.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HJ7jhXbZIw
Conference fees:
The cost of attending this event is £315 + VAT (£63.00) for SCL members and £480 + VAT (£96.00) for non-members. Please email hello@scl.org to make your booking.
Offer: Any organisation that purchases 3 places at the same time is entitled to a 4th place free of charge. This offer is not available online - please email hello@scl.org to make a block booking and take advantage of this offer.
SCL "rising star" bursaries: If your organisation is already paying for a full-price delegate, you are invited to nominate a tech law "rising star" to attend this event at a reduced rate. "Rising stars" are required to record their impressions of the Conference - this can take any form and we encourage you to get creative (make a word cloud, sketch a cartoon, record a video, write a poem!) This will then be published on the SCL website and shared on our social media platforms after the Conference. Assisted places at the Conference cost £150 + VAT. Please send details of your nominee to Sarah Forster at sarah.forster@scl.org
Concessionary rates for academics, students, the unemployed and those experiencing financial hardship are available upon application. Please contact hello@scl.org for more information.
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Booking terms and conditions for the SCL Annual Conference 2021: Application online, by email or over the telephone constitutes a firm booking and an undertaking to pay the full conference fee. This event will be recorded for those unable to attend on the day. Cancellations will not be accepted.
It may be necessary for reasons beyond the control of SCL to change the content/timing of the programme and/or speakers.
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