Law and Digitalization – Rethinking Legal Services

PROGRAMME

11.30-12.00 REGISTRATION

12.00-12.15 OPENING REMARKS

12.15-12.30 WELCOME NOTE
Dean, Professor Kimmo Nuotio

12.30-13.15 RESPONSIBLE DIGITALIZATION: FITTING ETHICS WITH INNOVATION
Professor Gemma Galdon Clawell – Eticas Consulting, University of Barcelona

13.15-14.00 ALLEGALITY: DISRUPTING THE STATE’S MONOPOLY ON LAW
Dr. Gavin Wood – CTO and founder of Parity Technologies Ltd.

14.00-14.30 COFFEE BREAK

14.30-15.30 PANEL: BETWEEN DISRUPTION AND REGULATION

Markus Oksanen,DLAPiper
Hannele Korhonen, ContractMill
Kirsi Larkiala, AREX
Suvi Uski, University of Helsinki and Someturva
Marko Loisa, Ministry of Justice
moderator Hanna-Mari Manninen, Dittmar & Indrenius

15.30-16.00 THE PAST, THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE OF LAW AND TECHNOLOGY: MARRIAGE OR A MISSMATCH?
Professor Juha Karhu, University of Lapland
LL.D. Susanna Lindroos-Hovinheimo, University of Helsinki

16.00-16.30    THE WAY TOWARDS LEGAL DIGITALIZATION: WHAT ARE THE BEST PRACTICES?
Under-Secretary of State Tuomas Pöysti and Anna Ronkainen, TrademarkNow                                                     

16.30-17.00 COFFEE BREAK

17.00-18.00 STUDENT PANEL

18.00-18.15 CONCLUDING REMARKS
Director of the Legal Tech Lab, LL.D. Riikka Koulu, University of Helsinki

18.15-19.30 COCKTAILS

Do you want to be part of the Change in Legal Services? Legal Tech Lab’s international conference ”Law and Digitalization – Rethinking Legal Services” examines the tension between disruption and regulation. Legal technology is shifting the boundaries of law, redefining how legal services are rendered, challenging the image of tailor-made legal advice by viral apps such as DoNotPay.

What are the boundaries of disruption within the regulated area of legal services? How should the legal field embrace technology? What follows from the paradigmatic change of the legal market? Law and Digitalization – Rethinking Legal Services provides an overview of digitalization of legal practices. The first step towards digitalization of legal services done right is to define the needs and perspectives invested in law and technology.

Keynotes will be delivered by two prestigious international speakers: Dr. Gemma Galdon Clavell  (Eticas Consulting, University of Barcelona) and Dr. Gavin Wood (Parity Technologies).

Dr. Gemma Galdon Clavell is a policy analyst working on surveillance, the social, legal and ethical impact of technology, smart cities, privacy, security policy, resilience and policing. She has founded Eticas Research & Consulting and through this work examines the interaction between changing social values, engineering possibilities and fundamental rights. Dr Galdon Clavell is also a finalist for the EU Prize of Women Innovators 2017.

Dr Gavin Wood is one of Ethereum’s co-founders, the blockchain-based platform for smart contracts. Currently, he is the CTO of Parity Technologies, the blockchain company that has created the world’s fastest and lightest client in order to facilitate interaction with the Ethereum network. Dr Wood has given talks and keynotes to various audiences both in tech conferences and law schools and has coined the term ‘allegality’, which refers to systems or devices outside all legal systems.

Other speakers include Markus Oksanen (DLA Piper), Suvi Uski (Someturva, University of Helsinki), Hannele Korhonen (ContractMill), Kirsi Larkiala (AREX) and many others (TBA)!

After the conference there is a cocktail reception with unique networking opportunities.