The Information Regulation & Protection Center’s Annual Conference 2021 will uncover the affect of the worldwide pandemic on society and the elevated use of data-driven applications, considerably the implications of these changes for the rights and duties of individuals and organisations.
Interdisciplinary panels with important specialists from academia, authorities, and commerce, will deal with the occasion and way forward for these measures for regulation, policymaking, and governance all through the UK and internationally.
A full conference program is on the market proper right here.
Reserving is free nonetheless areas are restricted. Register proper right here.
Keynote audio system embody:
- Anna Buchta, Head of Protection & Session (European Information Security Supervisor)
- Silkie Carlo, Director (Huge Brother Watch)
- Emily Jarratt, Senior Protection Advisor (Centre for Information Ethics & Innovation, Division of Digital, Custom, Media & Sport)
- Gillian Philips, Director of Editorial Licensed Suppliers (The Guardian)
- Christopher Millard, Professor of Privateness & Information Regulation (Queen Mary Faculty of London)
- Fraser Sampson, Biometrics and Surveillance Digital digicam Commissioner
- Hetan Shah, Chief Govt (The British Academy)
- John Sheridan, Digital Director (The Nationwide Archives)
- Graham Smith, Of Counsel (Hen & Hen)
- Olivier Thereaux, Head of Evaluation and Enchancment (Open Information Institute)
- Caroline Waters OBE, Deputy Chair (Equality and Human Rights Charge)
Issues to be coated:
- Emergency powers and the rule of laws
- Policymaking in a pandemic
- Nicely being monitoring applications (certification/passports)
- Algorithmic discrimination and prone groups
- Information-driven devices for laws enforcement
- Dependable institutions, on-line safety, and disinformation
- Information sharing and rebuilding native and worldwide communities
Attendance is free due to the assistance of the IALS and our sponsors, although registration is required as areas are restricted. Chosen papers from the conference may additionally be revealed in a Explicit Topic of Communications Regulation, revealed by Bloomsbury Expert.
About Communications Regulation
Communications Regulation is a well-respected, peer-reviewed, quarterly journal revealed by Bloomsbury Expert overlaying the broad spectrum of approved factors arising inside the telecoms, IT, and media industries. Dr Peter Coe, Lecturer in Regulation on the Faculty of Finding out, is the journal’s Editor-in-Chief.