Thursday, May 30
Technoscientific Legalities
Thu, 5/30: 8:00 AM - 9:45 AM, Hyatt Capitol B
Chair/Discussant: Sally Engle Merry, New York University
CRISPR Gene Editing: A Case Study in Emerging Self-Governance
John Conley, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Gun Politics in Blue: Firearms, Police and the National Rifle Association
Jennifer Carlson, University of Arizona
Internet Governance and the Ideology of Openness: Lessons from Brazil
Jeffrey Omari, Gonzaga University School of Law
Is the Legalization of Marijuana Like the Pasteurization of France?
William Garriott, Drake University
Performing Analysis in Sexual Assault Adjudication
Sameena Mulla, Marquette University, Heather Hlavka, Marquette University
Taming of the Abused: Docile Images, Threatening Victims and Virtual Evidence of Domestic Assault
Dawn Moore, Carleton University
Privacy, Data Protection, Security and Surveillance – Tensions and Issues of Accountability in a Transatlantic Perspective
Thu, 5/30: 10:00 AM - 11:45 AM, Hyatt Capitol B
Chair: Hartmut Aden, Berlin School of Economics and Law (FÖPS Berlin)
Discussant: Francesca Bignami, GWU Law School
Foreigners in U.S. Surveillance Law
Francesca Bignami, GWU Law School
Interoperability Between Policing and Migration Databases – Another Step Towards Mass Surveillance?
Hartmut Aden, Berlin School of Economics and Law (FÖPS Berlin)
Sentenced to Surveillance
Kate Weisburd, GW Law
The Panoptic Administrative State in Europe
Deirdre Curtin, European University Institute
Data, Human Dignity, Surveillance and Social Control in the Algorithmic Society: Law, Technology, Rights and Market
Thu, 5/30: 12:45 PM - 2:30 PM, Hyatt Capitol B
Chair: Amnon Reichman, Faculty of Law, University of Haifa
Discussant: John Morison, Queen’s University Belfast
Impoverished Algorithms: Misguided Governments, Flawed Technologies, and Social Control
Sarah Valentine, City University of New York School of Law
On Dignity and Robots
John Morison, Queen’s University Belfast, Kathryn McNeilly, Queen’s University Belfast
Privacy, Dignity and (Virtual) Social Control: Reconfiguring Due Process in the Algorithmic Era
Amnon Reichman, Faculty of Law, University of Haifa
Regulating Algorithms and Robots for Responsibility?
Lyria Bennett Moses, UNSW Sydney
Unlawful Distinctions? Canadian Human Rights Law and Algorithmic Bias
Jane Bailey, University of Ottawa, Jacquelyn Burkell, University of Western Ontario
Regulation of Data & Data Companies
Thu, 5/30: 2:45 PM - 4:30 PM, Hyatt Capitol B
Chair/Discussant: Mira Burri, University of Lucerne
Data Flows Versus Data Protection: Understanding the Implications of Trade Law for Privacy
Presenter
Mira Burri, University of Lucerne
Guarding the Coin of the Realm: How Liability in the Market for Personal Data Can Protect Privacy in the Digital Age
Chris Hirokawa, Temple University Law School
Navigating Welfare Technologies: Technological Monitoring and Monitoring Technologies
Kelsi Barkway, University of Alberta
Friday, May 31
Technology and Changes to Legal Practice
Fri, 5/31: 10:00 AM - 11:45 AM, Hyatt Congressional C
Chair/Discussant: Mohd Hwaidi, Nottingham Trent University
Distributed Ledger Technology and Electronic Trade Documents: A Comparative Socio-Legal Study of The Future Legal Difficulties
Mohd Hwaidi, Nottingham Trent University
Law, Legal Professions and Legal Education: The Role of Information Technology in the Brazilian Legal Market
Theófilo de Aquino, Fundação Getúlio Vargas, Alexandre Pacheco da Silva, FGV Direito SP, Marina Feferbaum, FGV Direito SP
Revisiting the Participatory Promise of Machine Learning in Civil Discovery
Fernando Delgado, Cornell University
The “Criminal Record of the Internet”: Rehabilitation in the Digital Age – A Case Study of Israel
Michal Totchani, Stanford
State Use of Technology
Fri, 5/31: 12:45 PM - 2:30 PM, Hyatt Capitol B
Chair/Discussant: Renee Shelby, Georgia Institute of Technology
Biocitizenship and the Rape Kit Backlog
Renee Shelby, Georgia Institute of Technology
Dignity Through Deterrence? The Assumptions of the Use of Technology on the Mexico-US Border
Ariel Sánchez-Zúñiga, UNAM,Vivette Garcia-Deister, UNAM
The Banality of Police Body Worn Cameras in Canada
Katrin Roots, Carleton University, Mariful Alam, York University, Amanda Glasbeek, York University
The International Criminal Court and Open-Source Evidence: Challenging the Standard of Proof of ICC and the Dilemma of Imperiling the Universal Right to Fair Trial and Personal Dignity of Parties
Armis Sadri, American University Washington College of Law
Online Speech Regulation
Fri, 5/31: 2:45 PM - 4:30 PM, Hyatt Congressional A
Chair/Discussant: Jacquelyn Burkell, University of Western Ontario
Addressing Online Attacks: Youth Perspectives and Legal Responses
Jacquelyn Burkell, University of Western Ontario, Jane Bailey, University of Ottawa
Internet and Deliberative Democracy: Freedom of Expression and Hate Speech
Joao Longhi, Federal University of Uberlandia, Fernando de Brito Alves, State University of Northern Paraná
Online Language Crimes and Legal Interpretation
Janny Leung, The University of Hong Kong
Revenge Pornography, Data Protection and Intermediary Liability
Ksenia Bakina, Royal Holloway University of London
Text-based Abuse & Online Misogyny: Where is the Harm?
Kim Barker, University of Stirling, Olga Jurasz, Open University
Saturday, June 1
Challenges to Law & Regulation with New Technology
Sat, 6/1: 10:00 AM - 11:45 AM, Hyatt Congressional A
Chair/Discussant: Slobodan Tomic, University College Dublin (UCD)
Double Vision: Conflicting Ambitions in the EU’s Regulation of Synthetic Biology
Olivia Hamlyn, University of Leicester
How Has the Rise of Digital Technologies Reshaped the Regulatory Landscape in Online Betting Markets?
Slobodan Tomic, University College Dublin (UCD)
Modularity Theory as Applied to Trademark and Copyright Law
Min-Chiuan Wang, School of Law, National Chiao Tung University
Policies and Regulations on Blockchain Technology and Blockchain Business in China
Jiaying Jiang, Emory University
The Deregulation of Satellite Imagery: Exploring Concepts of Privacy in a Newly Disrupted Industry
Idil Ali, Cornell University
Law, Technology, and Social Media
Sat, 6/1: 2:45 PM - 4:30 PM, Hyatt Capitol B
Chair/Discussant: Akshaya Kamalnath, Deakin Law School
Constituent Power 2.0: Unpacking the Impact of Digitalisation and Democratic Participation on Constitution-Making in Switzerland
Sophie Weerts, University of Lausanne
Digital Oversight: How Social Media Users “Oversee” Police Misconduct in North America
Daniel Konikoff, University of Toronto
Dignity in Death? Not on the Internet
Nicolas Leistenschneider, Université de Montréal
Social Media and Legal Reform: How Twitter and Facebook Have Impacted the Student-Led Pro Gun Control Movements after the Stoneman Douglas High School Shooting.
Alexandre Fleck, University of New South Wales - Sydney
The Social Case for Equity Crowdfunding in India
Akshaya Kamalnath, Deakin Law School
Roundtable: The State of Immigration Surveillance
Sat, 6/1: 2:45 PM - 4:30 PM, Hyatt Regency A Table 2
Chair/Discussant Annie Lai, University of California, Irvine
Participants:
Caitlin Bellis, University of California, Irvine Anil Kalhan, Drexel University Ana Muniz, University of California, Irvine Paromita Shah, National Immigration Project - National Lawyers Guild Azadeh Shahshahani, Project South
Sunday, May 2
Technology and Legal Problems
Sun, 6/2: 8:00 AM - 9:45 AM, Hyatt Capitol B
Chair/Discussant: Hannah Bloch-Wehba, Drexel University Kline School of Law
Artificial Intelligence Legal Literacy: Redefining Categories
Carolina Torres-Sarmiento, Universidad del Rosario
Techno-Legal Consciousness
Malcolm Langford, University of Oslo, Kjersti Lohne, University of Oslo, Kristin Sandvik, University of Oslo
The Sooner the Better: The Arguments for the Use of Extended Welfare Assessment Grids in Animal Welfare Cases
Rachel Dunn, Northumbria University
Transparency’s Artificial Intelligence Problem
Hannah Bloch-Wehba, Drexel University Kline School of Law