LAW AND TECHNOLOGY: INNOVATION IN THE DIGITAL AGE
Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, DC USA ♦ April 22-24, 2012
TENTATIVE PROGRAM
Sunday April 22, 2012
08:30 – 09:30 Registration opens [Palladian]
09:30 – 10:15 Opening [Diplomat Ball Room. West End]
Welcome Remarks – Prof. Dr. Alexander Belohlavek (Czech Republic), WJA President & Attorney, Law Offices Belohlavek
Keynote Address – Mary Ellen Iskenderian (USA), President & CEO, Women’s World Banking – Women’s World Banking and the Role of Innovation and New Technologies in Increasing Women’s and Girl’s, Economic Security
10:15 – 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 – 12:00 Panel Session I – Privacy and Data Protection – Evaluating Obligations Under Applicable Laws and Regulations
Moderator: Kim G. Quarles (USA), WJA Second Vice President & Senior Vice President Executive Risks, Willis of New York
Data Protection Obligations in the EU – US Cooperation in Criminal Matters, Dr. Els De Busser (Ms.) (Germany), Senior Researcher, Head of Section European Criminal Law, Max Planck Institute
The Reflects of Lawsuit Automation in a Labour Court and in a Common Justice Court in the State of Paraiba, Prof. Cláudio Simão de Lucena Neto (Brazil), Professor, Private Law Department, Legal Sciences Center, Paraíba State University
Big Data A Leap Ahead or To The Past?, Lillie Coney (USA), Associate Director, Electronic Privacy Information Center
The Emerging Conflict Between Newsworthiness and the Right to be Forgotten, Jasmine E. McNealy, J.D., Ph.D.(USA) Assistant Professor of Communication S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communication, Syracuse University
12:00 – 13:00 Break
13:00 – 14:30 Panel Session II – Data Privacy and Risk Management
Moderator: Sona N. Pancholy (USA), WJA Executive Vice President
Data Privacy & Risk Management – A Corporate Perspective, Kim G. Quarles (USA), WJA Second Vice President, & Senior Vice President at Willis of New York
Data Privacy and Risk Management, M. Jerome Leonard (USA), CEO / President, Taylor-Leonard Corporation
Discussion On The Defaults And Improvements Of Legal Protection On Privacy And Data In Cyberspace, Mr. Lin Jinwen (P.R. China), Senior Judge & Vice President of the High People’s Court of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
14:30 – 15:30 Panel Session III – Cybercrime/Cyber Security – A Global Perspective
Moderator: Iris Jones (USA), President, World Business Associates of the WJA & CEO, Alchemy Business Strategies, LL.C.
Law and the Data Ecosystem, Donald E. Allison (USA), Senior Security Consultant, Korelogic
15:30 – 18:30 Break/informal networking Session before welcome reception/ Delegates free to sightsee before start of welcome reception
18.30 – 20.00 WJA/IMLA – Welcome Reception
Monday April 23, 2012
[Congressional A&B, West End]
09:30 – 10:15 Panel Session IV - Emerging Technologies and ADR in practice
Moderator: Ronald M. Greenberg (USA), WJA Past President & Senior Counsel, Dykema Gosset, PLLC
Online Resolution Of Transnational “B2c” Disputes, Joseph Michael Matthews (USA), Attorney-At-Law, Colson Hicks Eidson, PA and Joseph M. Matthews, P.A.
10:15 – 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 – 12:00 Panel Session V – The Role of Technology in Courts
Moderator: Garry E. Hunter (USA), WJA General Counsel & Attorney at Garry E. Hunter Law Offices, Inc., L.P.A.
A Review of The State Of Courtroom And Related Technology, Fredric I. Lederer (USA), Chancellor Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Legal and Court Technology (CLCT), formerly the Courtroom 21 Project, & Director of The Legal Skills Program at William & Mary’s School of Law
China’s Courtroom Technology, Mr. Song Jianli (P.R. China), Judge of the Supreme People’s Court
The Role of Technology In The Albanian Judiciary, Mrs. Shpresa Beçaj (Albania), Chief Justice, Supreme Court
Implementation of Information Communication Technology (ICT) in Courtroom – An Overview Around the World), Garry E. Hunter (USA), WJA General Counsel & Attorney at Garry E. Hunter Law Offices, Inc., L.P.A.
12:00 – 13:45 WJA/IMLA Joint Luncheon [Empire Ball Room, West End]
Guest Speaker – Robert C. (Bob) Springer, (Colonel, USMC, Ret.), NASA Astronaut (Former)
13:45 – 15:15 Panel Session VI – Technology and the Business Environment
Moderator: Prof. Cláudio Simão de Lucena Neto (Brazil), Professor, Private Law Department, Legal Sciences Center, Paraíba State University
Cyberspace and Electronic World of Contracting, Dr. Tomas Scerba (Czech Republic), Attorney-at-law and Junior Partner with Pokorny, Wagner & Partners in Prague and a PhD candidate at Masaryk University, Brno
Social Media Technology in the Business Context, Edward C. Wolfe (USA), Senior Counsel, Dykema
15:15 – 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 – 17:00 Panel Session VII - Innovations in Law and Technology
Moderator: Benjamin E. Griffith (USA), Attorney, Griffith & Griffith Law Offices, and Chair of the IMLA International Committee
ISP Filtering And Blocking Of Copyright Infringement Works In Europe, Prof. Sanna Wolk (Sweden), Associate Professor, Stockholm and Lund University
The Limited Infringement Liability of the Network Service Providers, Ms. Yang Yue (P.R. China), Senior Judge & Vice President of the Intermediate People’s Court of Shenyang City of LiaoNing Province
Tuesday April 24, 2012
[Diplomat Ball Room. West End]
09:30 – 10:15 Panel Session VIII – Legal Education: Technology in the classroom
Moderator: Garry E. Hunter (USA), WJA General Counsel & Attorney at Garry E. Hunter Law Offices, Inc., L.P.A.
Keys to Success in Distance Education and ABA Rule 306, Andrea L. Johnson (USA), Professor of Law & Director, Center for IP, Technology and Telecommunications, California Western School of Law
10:15 – 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:30 Panel Session IX – Freedom of Speech in the New Technology Era
Moderator: Ronald M. Greenberg (USA), WJA Past President & Senior Counsel, Dykema Gosset, PLLC
Justice and The Media – Freedom Of Expression In The Digital Era, Ethia Simha (Israel), President, World Association of Lawyers of the World Jurist Association, & Attorney at Ethia Simha Law Office
Freedom of Speech in A Cyberworld, Iris Jones (USA), WJA President for the World Business Associates, & CEO, Alchemy Business Strategies, LL.C.
11:30 – 12:00 Closing Remarks – Ethia Simha (Israel), WJA President for the World Association of Lawyers (WAL), & Attorney at Ethia Simha Law Office, Technology and the Pursuit of Peace
12.00 Conference closes, delegates depart
