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SCOTLIN Conference

Each year SCOTLIN will organise a paper-based conference for fostering the debate and knowledge exchange on law and innovation

The annual SCOTLIN conference is structured a a 2-day forum for discussion. Each partner organisation and individual members will be encouraged to present their works, which can have an academic, educational, and practical relevance. Contributions might consist of draft papers or accepted papers.

The diversity in the participants will be ensured by means of Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion bursaries to incentivise participation of colleagues from underrepresented groups. Participants from each institution should be balanced in terms of gender and stage of career.​

Our 2nd Annual Conference "SCOTLIN 2023" will be held at the University of Aberdeen from Monday 27th March 2023 to Tuesday 28th March 2023.

The theme of this year is "Law and the Future: Managing the Increased Resort to Technology."

Day 1

10.45 – 11.00 | WELCOME AND GREETINGS

Professor Greg Gordon, Head of School, University of Aberdeen Dr Guido Noto La Diega, University of Stirling, co-founder of SCOTLIN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11.00 – 12.15 | REGULATING ROBOTS AND DRONES FOR A BETTER TOMORROW

 

 

 

Moderator: Professor Irène Couzigou, University of Aberdeen

Encoding the Enforcement of Safety Standards into Smart Robots to Harness their Computing Sophistication and Collaborative Potential: A Policy-Oriented Risk Assessment for the UK and the EU

Dr Riccardo Vecellio Segate, University of Dundee

How Can the Current Contractual and Tortious Liability Maritime Law Regimes Accommodate Autonomous Ships?

Dr Luci Carey, University of Aberdeen

Professor Angela Daly, University of Dundee

New Actors of Cargo Companies: Drones and Drone Delivery

Ahmedi Cihangir Iltas, University of Dundee

12.15 – 13.45 | LUNCH

13.45– 14.45 | THE LEGAL FUTURE OF THE INTERNET OF THINGS

Moderator: Dr Rossana Ducato, University of Aberdeen

 

Ending Smart Data Enclosures: The European Approach to the Regulation of the Internet of Things between Access and Intellectual Property

Dr Guido Noto La Diega, University of Stirling

Fixing the Future: The Right to Repair for the Consumer Internet of Things

Dr Christopher Boniface, University of Edinburgh

Dr Lachlan Urquhart, University of Edinburgh

14.45 – 16.00 | ROUNDTABLE: INNOVATION IN LEGAL EDUCATION

Moderator: Dr Nevena Jevremović, University of Aberdeen

16.00 – 16.30 | COFFEE BREAK

16.30 – 17.30 | SCOTLIN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

 

20.00 | SOCIAL DINNER

 

Day 2

9.00 – 10.15 | PECULIARITIES OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE UNDER CURRENT AND FUTURE LEGAL FRAMEWORKS

Moderator: Dr Péter Cserne, University of Aberdeen

Areas of Tension in the Application of AI and Data Protection Law

Mona Winau, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany; visiting researcher at the universities of Edinburgh and Stirling

Ethics and Law Intertwined: The Recognition of an Electronic Personhood and Its Implications for an AI Inventor Within the Current Patent System

Gabriele Cifrodelli, University of Glasgow

Legal Tech under the AI Act - A Catala Case Study

Professor Burkhard Schafer, University of Edinburgh

10.15 – 10.45 | COFFEE BREAK

10.45 – 12.00 | IP AND COMPETITION LAW IN THE DIGITAL WORLD

 

 

 

Moderator: Dr Guido Noto La Diega, University of Stirling

Intellectual Property and the Value Chains of Money in the Digital Commercial Society

Dr Israel Cedillo Lazcano, Universidad de las Américas Puebla

Copyright Governance by Algorithms: Empirical Analysis of Main Actors, Networks and Concerns Involving the Use Algorithms by Online Platforms Within the Music Streaming Industry in the UK

Aline Iramina, University of Glasgow

The Emperor’s New Copyright

Dr Kristelia García, University of Colorado Law School; visitor at the University of Glasgow

12.00 – 13.30 | LUNCH

 

13.30 – 15.30 | RESEARCHFOR THE BETTER FUTURE OF DATA SUBJECTS RIGHTS

Moderator: Dr Patricia Živković, University of Aberdeen

Law and Data Justice: A critical approach towards the regulation of biometric technologies

Dr Birgit Schippers, University of Strathclyde

Data Rights as a Research Methodology: A Systematic Literature Review

Adamu Habu, University of St Andrews

Dr Tristan Henderson, University of St Andrews

Through the Looking Glass, Darkly: Accountability for Privacy

Dr Gianluca Andresani, University of Aberdeen

Empirical Research on the EU General Data Protection Regulation and its Components: A Systematic Review

Zihao Li, University of Glasgow

Wenlong Li, Ali Research Wenkai Li, Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Yueming Zhang, Ghent University

Aolan Li, Queen Mary University of London

15.30 – 15.45 | CLOSING OF THE CONFERENCE

Our 1st annual conference was held on 21st-22nd April 2022 at Stirling Highland Hotel, on the theme:

 "Sustainable Innovation, Law, and Policy in a Post-COVID World"

We are delighted to share some presentations of our speakers. They can be watched on our YouTube channel. 

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