CALL FOR PAPERS
ILPC Annual Convention 2023 – Human within the Machine: Digital Rights and AI
We’re happy to announce this name for papers for the Info Regulation and Coverage Centre’s 8th Annual Convention on 23-24 November 2023 hosted by the Institute of Superior Authorized Research (IALS) and supported by the Faculty of Superior Research (SAS) and Bloomsbury’s Communications Regulation. You may examine our earlier annual occasions right here.
We’re on the lookout for prime quality contributions that discover the impression of policymaking on human-data interplay, automated and self-learning techniques, together with generative AI, which can be used throughout society,notably the implications of such techniques for the rights and tasks of people and organisations. Papers ought to tackle the event and future of those measures for regulation, policymaking, and governance inside the UK, Europe, and/or internationally. The convention organisers welcome submissions from Early Profession Researchers. This contains PhD candidates and post-doctoral researchers who’ve been awarded their PhD inside the previous 5 years. Interdisciplinary papers are additionally inspired.
Subjects of curiosity embody:
- AI applied sciences and innovation
- Biometric identification and surveillance
- Finish-to-end encryption and information safety
- UK Knowledge Safety and Digital Info Invoice
- EU AI Act
- Algorithmic bias and human oversight
- AI and predictive policing
The ILPC Annual Convention will even embody the ILPC Annual Lecture 2023 and the ILPC is delighted to announce that Robert Spano, former President of the European Court docket of Human Rights, will probably be delivering this yr’s Annual Lecture. Mr Spano is a Associate within the London workplace of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He’s a Visiting Professor of Regulation on the College of Oxford and a tenured Professor of Regulation, College of Iceland. Mr Spano is an Honorary Bencher of the Center Temple and has revealed extensively within the areas of worldwide dispute decision, public worldwide legislation, digital rights, and human rights legislation. Throughout his time on the Strasbourg Court docket, he took half in deciding a number of the main landmark instances analyzing digital rights, mass surveillance, nationwide safety, on-line content material moderation and freedom of expression, equivalent to Delfi v Estonia (2015), Huge Brother Watch v United Kingdom (2021) and NIT S.R.L. v Republic of Moldova (2022).
Attendance (in individual and on-line) will probably be free because of the help of our sponsors, though registration is required as locations are restricted. The very best papers will function in a particular subject of Bloomsbury’s Communications Regulation journal, following a peer-review course of. These giving papers will probably be invited to submit full draft papers to the journal for consideration by the journal’s editorial staff following the convention.
The right way to apply
Please ship an summary (250-300 phrases) and brief bio to Eliza Boudier, IALS Fellowships and Administrative Officer:eliza.boudier@sas.ac.uk by 28 July 2023. Abstracts will probably be thought-about by the Centre’s tutorial employees, advisors, and the Communications Regulation editors. Tell us in case you desire to current in individual at IALS (23 November) or on-line (24 November).
In regards to the Info Regulation and Coverage Centre
The Centre relies at IALS and was launched in 2015. Its mission is to undertake, promote, and facilitate, cross-disciplinary scholarship and analysis within the areas of data legislation and coverage, domestically and internationally, in collaboration with quite a lot of organisations inside the private and non-private sectors, and civil society.
About Communications Regulation
Communications Regulation is a well-respected quarterly journal revealed by Bloomsbury Skilled overlaying the broad spectrum of authorized points inside the telecoms, IT, and media industries. Dr Peter Coe (College of Birmingham) is the journal’s Editor-in-Chief.