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: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (registration from 8:30 am) followed by networking and refreshments
Venue: Macfarlanes, 20 Cursitor Street, London, EC4A 1LT. Map
Bookings: If you wish to attend this event please book online or email hello@scl.org and request an invoice.
Take advantage of this special deal: Receive a complimentary 4th place for an SCL member at no cost when you purchase 3 places at the member rate. Any 5th and subsequent member bookings made following this will be half-price. This exclusive offer is for SCL members only and can be redeemed by emailing hello@scl.org for a block booking, as it is unavailable online.
Join us for this hands-on training for tech lawyers!
Hosted and sponsored by Macfarlanes
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
Fees: The cost of attending the SCL Tech of Tech Law Conference on Tuesday 26 March 2024, is £300 + VAT (£360) for SCL members and £600 + VAT (£720) for non-members.
Bookings: If you wish to attend this event click book online, or please email hello@scl.org and request an invoice.
Take advantage of this special deal: Receive a complimentary 3rd place for an SCL member at no cost when you purchase 2 places at the member rate. Any 4th and subsequent member bookings made following this will be half-price. This exclusive offer is for SCL members only and can be redeemed by emailing hello@scl.org for a block booking, as it is unavailable online.
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 security and circumvention, including Tor, proxies and reverse proxies, Private Relay, VPNs, and more
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, Founder, Fitzgerald Tech Law
Current speaker line up (with more to follow):
Neil Brown, Managing Director, Decoded Legal
Simon Forrester, Software Developer, Mituyu. Developer, Zehuti Ltd
Provisional Programme:
09:30 – 09:45 Welcome and introduction
09:45 – 10:35 Email deliverability in 2024: SPF, DKIM, and DMARC explained
10:35 – 10:45 Ten minute tech talk 1
10:45 – 11:35 The metaverse: how it works
11:35 – 11:45 Ten minute tech talk 2
11:45 – 12:00 Break
12:00 – 12:50 Federation: distributed and decentralised services, and how they talk to each other
12:50 – 13:00 Ten minute tech talk 3
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 14:50 Securing or circumventing Internet services? (Proxies and reverse proxies, VPNs, Private Relay, Tor, DoH/DoT/oblivious DNS)
14:50 – 15:00 Ten minute tech talk 4
15:00 – 15:50 Digital forensics
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
10-minute tech talks
We will also be running the very successful “10-minute tech talks”.
These give new/nascent speakers a chance to talk about a technical topic for 10 minutes.
If you (yes, we mean you!) would like to explain some – any – area of tech for 10 minutes, please reach out to us at hello@scl.org by [5th February]. It can be on any technical topic that you think would be of interest or amusement to an audience of tech lawyers.
We would be particularly interested in hearing from women members, as we’d love to have more women involved with this event and in the future.
Neil and Simon are very happy to offer optional support/mentoring, and to help with planning or rehearsing, if you want it. Just ask.
For more information or to express your interest in presenting on a technical topic that interests you, please email hello@scl.org by Monday 5 February.
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 or email hello@scl.org and request an invoice.
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.
Offer:
Receive a complimentary 3rd place for an SCL member at no cost when you purchase 2 places at the member rate. Any 4th and subsequent member bookings made following this will be half-price. This exclusive offer is for SCL members only and can be redeemed by emailing hello@scl.org for a block booking, as it is unavailable online.
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/bookingterms
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.