Regulation and Markets Multidisciplinary Workshop
The Regulation and Markets multidisciplinary workshop focuses on the study of regulatory approaches to markets and business. It investigates how such economic regulation should be designed in order to balance the interests of various constituencies. It also explores how traditional approaches to regulation compare, contrast, and intersect with emerging methodologies. The workshop series features presentations by […]
The Battle for Our Attention: Empirical, Philosophical and Legal Questions
Join Northeastern Law’s Center for Law, Information and Creativity for a timely conversation at the intersection of law, technology and human cognition. The Battle for Our Attention: Empirical, Philosophical and Legal Questions brings together leading scholars and experts to tackle the growing crisis of technologically-mediated attention disorders. Across panels on the political economy of attention, the challenges […]
Law Enforcement Technologies: The Realm of Facial Recognition
This conference will explore the regulatory framework of facial recognition and the challenges posed by law enforcement’s deployment of this technology in three distinct phases.
Transatlantic Perspectives on Legislating AI
Legislators in the United States and Europe are moving quickly to regulate artificial intelligence to minimize its risks to privacy, safety, and security while benefiting from its efficiencies in industry, governance, and society. While the European Union has moved ahead with more omnibus legislation like the AI Act, the Digital Services Act, and the General […]
GW JOLT Symposium on the Future of Al and Surveillance
GW JOLT’s inaugural symposium on the Future of AI and Surveillance will focus on the legal and policy concerns that emanate from advancements in AI and surveillance. The symposium aims to foster enlightening conversations on the challenges and opportunities of rapid technological advances, including the collection of biometric data and the impacts on privacy, freedom, […]
A Book Talk with Cory Doctorow
September 24, 2024 Boston University Scho0l of Law Barristers Hall, First Floor 12:45-2pm Boston University School of Law is pleased to welcome Cory Doctorow, science fiction author of “The Bezzle,” “The Lost Cause,” and his most recent nonfiction book “The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation.” Mr. Doctorow is a journalist, technology […]
Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law Lewis H. Gold ’62 Lecture on Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Woodrow Hartzog will present the Lewis H. Gold ’62 Lecture on Ethics & Professional Responsibility at Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law on Wednesday, September 4. The lecture, titled “Two AI Truths and a Lie,” will be held in-person and virtually from 12:30–1:30pm.
Conceptions of Data Protection and Privacy Conference
Held at the Max Plank Institute for the Study of Crime, Security, and Law in Freiburg, Germany, this conference seeks to explore the complexities of privacy and data protection to better understand the issues at stake in legal policy disputes. Three questions will take center stage: What is safeguarded by privacy and data protection? What […]
The 41st Special Seminar of School of Engineering “Disloyal Design” by Tokyo Institute of Technology
Boston University Law Professor Woodrow Hartzog will be a speaker at the seminar. The seminar will explore disloyal design and how it can be implemented in policies and practices to protect consumers and make businesses more trustworthy. The event will be hosted at Rm. 508, 5th Floor, West 9 Bldg., Ookayama Campus, Tokyo Tech.
IAPP Canada Privacy Symposium 2024
IAPP Canada Privacy Symposium 2024 is the opportunity to learn and network with peers from the Canadian privacy world. Boston University Law School Professor Woodrow Hartzog is a keynote speaker at the symposium. He will discuss how his colleague Ian Kerr’s work, as well as his personal experience as a privacy scholar, influenced his view […]