Description
Finding the time to put the “tech” in “tech lawyer” isn’t always easy. Maintaining a grip of the basics across a wide range of topics is a challenge and, let’s face it, Wikipedia has its limits, especially in the eyes of your insurer.
This Conference is all about giving you the core technical knowledge, crammed into just one day, to help you talk more confidently with your clients, and to ask the right questions.
This Conference is delivered by experts and is aimed at people who work in technical areas (e.g. tech lawyers, data protection advisors, and even law students) but who may not get much training on “the tech”.
This event doesn’t presuppose any technical knowledge – it really is “the basics”. Of course, if you have technical knowledge already, there’s still plenty here for you, including an opportunity to test your own learning, and to ask questions to delve deeper into topics.
There will also be four “ten minute tech talks” throughout the day offering a platform to those new to, or wanting more experience in, Conference speaking
Welcome and introduction
Chair: Elizabeth Fitzgerald, Founder, Fitzgerald Tech Law
Session 1: Artificial intelligence and machine learning
Speaker: Catherine Hammon, Digital Transformation Knowledge Lawyer, Head of Advisory Knowledge, UK, Osborne Clarke LLP
- What are they?
- How do they work?
- When might one use them?
- How can they go wrong / work badly?View/download presentation slides
Ten Minute Tech Talk 1 – “Bias and fairness in AI”
Claudia Kasinou, Trainee Solicitor, Osborne Clarke
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Session 2: Blockchain, cryptocurrency, and NFTs
Speaker:
Rebecca Keating, Barrister, 4 Pump Court
Anne Rose, Managing Associate and Co-Lead of Blockchain Group, Mishcon de Reya LLP
- What are they?
- How do they work?
- When might one use them?
- How can they go wrong / work badly?View/download presentation slides
Ten Minute Tech Talk 2 – “Cryptocurrency and it’s pitfalls”
Claire Hainsworth, Associate, Eversheds Sutherland
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Session 3: Bans, blocks, and “bad algorithms”
Speakers:
Rowenna Fielding, (Miss IG Geek)
Neil Brown, Managing Director, decoded.legal
- A look at various tools used to tackle online content which is perceived as problematic
- The session will cover in-platform moderation, content filtering, network-level controls, “shadow bans”, and other techniquesView/download presentation slides
Ten Minute Tech Talk 3 – “Deepfake it ’til you make it”
Sheyna Cruz, Trainee Solicitor, Hogan Lovells International
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Session 4: “The Cloud”
Speakers:
Chris James, Head of Digital Legal, Europe & UK, HSBC
Andy Crystal, Senior Corporate Counsel EMEA, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- What is “the Cloud”, and where is it?
- Different models for use of the cloud (from CoLo to SaaS, and * everything in between)
- Destruction of data in the cloud / cryptoshreddingView/download presentation slides
Ten Minute Tech Talk 4 – “Let’s kill passwords”
Meer Gala-Shah, Trainee Solicitor, EMW Law
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Session 5: Data security and encryption
Speakers:
Simon Forrester, Zehuti
Henry Pelling, Senior Associate, Commercial, Outsourcing and Technology Team, DLA Piper UK LLP
- Encryption: at rest v in transit v object encryption, symmetric v asymmetric (inc PKI)
- Encryption v hashing
- End to end encryption – content filtering / child protection in end to end encrypted environments
- Pseudonymity and re-identification
- Securing data transfersView/download presentation slides
Wrap-up
Chair: Elizabeth Fitzgerald, Firm Founder, Fitzgerald Tech Law
