Nordic Conference on Law and Information Technology 2023

Nordic Conference on Law and Information Technology 2023
– Law, AI and Society  – Regulating AI-Based Technologies as Transition to a Sustainable, Resilient and Inclusive Future.

The conference aims to engage in critical discussions on legal and ethical considerations concerning the role of sensitive human-related technologies, including but not limited to AI and Biotech applications, in promoting a transition towards a sustainable, resilient and inclusive society.

Focusing on different kind of transitions – just, sustainable, green & digital – we will discuss ethical and regulatory aspects concerning the use of intrusive technologies to reach the goals set in the EU agenda in this context. In particular, we will focus on key policies such as the Digital Compass and the EU Green Deal, and regulatory instruments such as the GDPR and the proposed AI Act, and address crucial questions such as:

* What are the legal and ethical risks associated with the digitalization of the processes needed to achieve a sustainable, resilient and inclusive society?
* How can the ‘right’ balance between providing the needed incentives for developing the necessary innovations to enable the transition and protecting ethics and human rights be achieved through legislation?
* How will the EU Green Deal – which will include product-specific information in digital passports to apprise consumers of the environmental impacts of their purchases – be combined with the digital identity passports in a way that ethics is mainstreamed.

In this exercise, we will also reflect on the role of legal theories in creating a legal framework that supports a smooth transition to a green, resilient and inclusive development of social and industrial disciplines.

This conference is organized by: Institute for Law and Informatics and Law, Technology and Design Thinking Research Group at the University of Lapland, Faculty of Law.