Prices:
Non-member: £720.00
Professional member: £360.00
Putting the ‘tech’ into ‘tech law’’
SCL is assembling a team of practising lawyers and technologists to bust through the jargon and explain how things work, without too much bamboozlement! There’s a lot to cover, but we will make this event accessible and entertaining as well as informative – book now!
When: Tuesday 26 March 2024
Time: 9:30 am – 4:00 pm (registration from 9:00 am) followed by networking and refreshments
Venue: Macfarlanes, 20 Cursitor Street, London, EC4A 1LT. Map Please note: This event will also be recorded and the recording will be available to delegates shortly after.
Bookings: If you wish to attend this event please book online and request an invoice, or you can pay via card.
Take advantage of our special offer – available from 18/03/2024: buy one ticket and get the second one at half price! This incredible deal is available for both new bookings and existing ones where the full price has already been paid. For the second booking, if the attendee isn’t already an SCL member, they’ll have the option to join or simply pay half of the non-member rate. This offer can be redeemed by emailing hello@scl.org as it is unavailable online. Don’t miss out!
Hosted and sponsored by Macfarlanes
Event Description:
The two stalwarts of the SCL’s monthly “Tea and Tech” series, Simon Forrester and Neil Brown, and their special guest speakers are delighted to be back with an all-new “Tech of Tech Law” Conference.
Chaired by Elizabeth Fitzgerald, this is a unique event in the SCL’s calendar, in that it focuses solely on helping you better understand the technology on which you are being asked to advise.
This Conference is designed to equip you with essential technical knowledge in just one day, empowering you to engage confidently with clients and pose the right questions. Geared towards individuals in technical fields, such as tech lawyers, data protection advisors, and law students, this event caters to those who may not get much training on “the tech”.
Whatever your level of technical knowledge, our focus is on making sure that you leave with plenty of material that can help you in your day-to-day practice, whether that’s getting to grips with a client’s service faster, or being able to ask pertinent questions or just conversing with them more knowledgeably.
No prior technical knowledge is assumed; this event covers the basics. However, if you already possess technical expertise, there’s still plenty of content for you, including opportunities to assess your learning and pose in-depth questions.
This year’s themes provisionally include:
– email deliverability, from the very basis of interconnecting mail systems through to SPF, DKIM, DMARC, and probably many other Three Letter Acronyms
– the metaverse: what it is, and how it works
– understanding federation, including distribution and decentralised services
– key technologies and concepts for anonymisation, security, encryption, and privacy
The team will deliver this session in their usual friendly, accessible style, drawing on their expertise in making the complicated simple and hopefully enjoyable!
Additionally, the day will feature four “ten-minute tech talks,” providing a platform for those new to conference speaking or seeking more experience. Please see below for more details about this.
Chair:
Elizabeth Fitzgerald, Principal, Fitzgerald Tech Law
Speaker line up:
Neil Brown, Managing Director, Decoded Legal
Simon Forrester, Software Developer, Mituyu. Developer, Zehuti Ltd
Andrea Jones, Lead Information Security Analyst, Sainsbury’s
Chris James, General Counsel, Zing
Dr Kuan Hon, Of Counsel, Dentons
William White, Associate, Bristows LLP
Shruti Hiremath, Senior Associate, Clifford Chance
Guy Swillingham, Senior Associate, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
Selen Alkan, Contract Analyst, Post Office Ltd
Provisional Programme:
09:30 – 09:45 Welcome and introduction
09:45 – 10:35 Email deliverability in 2024: SPF, DKIM, and DMARC explained – Neil Brown and Simon Forrester
10:35 – 10:45 Ten minute tech talk 1 – AI, artificial neural networks, and genAI/transformers – Dr Kuan Hon
10:45 – 11:10 “How data, the internet of things, and a bit of AI solved a long-standing problem in rail networks” – Guy Swillingham
11:10 – 11:35 The metaverse: how it works – Selen Alkan
11:35 – 11:45 Ten minute tech talk 2 – Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) – Shruti Hiremath
11:45 – 12:00 Break
12:00 – 13:00 Federation: distributed and decentralised services, and how they talk to each other – Neil Brown and Simon Forrester
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 14:50 Anonymisation, Encryption and Privacy Enhancing Technologies – Chris James
14:50 – 15:00 Ten minute tech talk 4 – Injection Attacks – William White
15:00 – 15:50 Digital forensics – Andrea Jones
15:50 – 16:00 Wrap up
Testimonial:
“The tech of tech law event is one of the events SCL has organised that truly galvanised the lawyers who attended it. To have technologists who are also lawyers literally, physically, unpack how a system works and then apply that to the world of legal be it disputes, drafting and negotiation or regulation was really inspiring.”
Toby Crick, SCL Trustee and Partner, IT & Digital Team, Bristows
Administration Notes
Conference fees:
The cost of attending the SCL Tech of Tech Law Conference, is just £300 + VAT (£360) for SCL members and £600 + VAT (£720) for non-members.
How to book:
If you wish to attend this event please book online and request an invoice, or you can pay via card.
VAT invoices will be issued to all delegates.
Fees can be paid by Mastercard, Visa or bank transfer. All invoices for attendance at this meeting must be paid within 14 days of the invoice date or prior to the date of this event whichever is earlier.
Take advantage of our special offer – available from 18/03/2024: buy one ticket and get the second one at half price! This incredible deal is available for both new bookings and existing ones where the full price has already been paid. For the second booking, if the attendee isn’t already an SCL member, they’ll have the option to join or simply pay half of the non-member rate. This offer can be redeemed by emailing hello@scl.org as it is unavailable online. Don’t miss out!
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 £170 + 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 sarah.forster@scl.org for more information.
Non-members wishing to join the Society are entitled to membership of the Society valid for 12 months from the date of payment including full access to the content of the SCL web site www.scl.org, access to all online content of “Computers & Law“ plus notification of future SCL events. The cost of an annual SCL membership is £165.00. If you have any queries about SCL membership please contact the SCL office on Tel: 07948 517049 or Email: hello@scl.org
Free membership for trainee lawyers and UK students:
SCL provides free membership for trainee lawyers until qualification and for UK students in full-time education with a valid ac.uk email address. Student members are eligible to attend SCL events at concessionary rates where a fee is applicable. Trainee members are entitled to attend SCL events at the standard members’ rate (the concessionary rate for UK students in full-time education does not apply). Trainees and UK students in full-time education can apply to join SCL for free by emailing hello@scl.org
Booking terms and conditions for the Conference:
Application online or by email constitutes a firm booking and an undertaking to pay the full conference fee. Cancellations will only be accepted and refunds made in respect of written cancellations received and acknowledged by SCL HQ by 12 noon on Tuesday 19 March 2024. An administration fee of £60.00 + VAT will be charged for all cancellations.
Payment is strictly 14 days from the date of issue of your invoice (unless otherwise stated). Invoices for event bookings must be paid within 14 days of receipt or before the event takes place – whichever date is soonest. The full booking terms and conditions for all SCL events are available here https://www.scl.org/booking-an-scl-event-terms-and-conditions/
Substitute delegates:
If you are unable to attend, a substitute may attend in your place provided that you notify the SCL office in advance (hello@scl.org or 07948 517049) and pay the appropriate registration fee.
It may be necessary for reasons beyond the control of SCL to change the venue, content or timing of an event or to substitute speakers. The safety and wellbeing of our delegates is paramount and therefore in-person events may be converted to online events due to government restrictions or travel disruption.
SCL Code of conduct for SCL events:
SCL is dedicated to providing a harassment-free conference experience for everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, religion (or lack thereof), or technology choices. We do not tolerate harassment of participants in any form. Sexual language and imagery is not appropriate at the event or on Twitter and other online media. Participants violating these rules may be asked to leave the event at the discretion of the organisers.
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