Sciences Po Law School 10th Graduate Conference

The doctoral students of Sciences Po Law School are pleased to announce the 10th edition of the Graduate Conference, which will take place in Paris and remotely on Thursday 16th and Friday 17th June 2022.

This year’s conference will be on the theme of "Law & Technology", and will bring together a geographically diverse group of early-career academics.

Information on how to join the audience via Zoom will be released shortly. To keep up with all our conference-related news, please follow us on Twitter at @LawTech_Po!

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

Thursday 16th June 2022

Keynote lecture
2:30-3:30pm, room N207 (Sciences Po, Institut McCourt-Pavillon de l'innovation, 1 place Saint-Thomas, Paris 7ème)

Welcome words by Jacques-Henri Eyraud, McCourt Institute

Presenters:

• Primavera De Filippi, CNRS & Berkman-Klein Center (Harvard University)
• Maksim Karliuk, UNESCO

Live conference on Youtube: https://youtu.be/Xgcu8VDc8FM

Panel 1a - Competition
3:30-5pm, room Jeannie de Clarens (Sciences Po, 27 rue Saint-Guillaume, Paris 7ème)

Moderators: Ayse Gizem Yasar, Sciences Po, and Teodora Groza, Sciences Po

• Kirill Ryabtsev, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam - Decentralized entities under Article 101 TFEU: The Case of Blockchain Forks

• Linus J. Hoffmann, European University Institute - Liability rules as participatory competition remedies for platforms

Panel 1b - Innovation & Emerging Technologies
3:30-5pm, room Eugène d’Eichthal (Sciences Po, 27 rue Saint-Guillaume, Paris 7ème)

Moderator: Florence G’sell, Digital, Governance and Sovereignty Chair at Sciences Po & Lorraine University

• Simona Ramos, Lela Melon and Joshua Ellul, Pompeu Fabra - Exploring Blockchain Cybersecurity: The Techno-Regulatory Gap

• Or Cohen-Sasson and Ofer Tur Sinai, Tel Aviv Univeristy - Replicability Crisis and Intellectual Property Law

• Luisa Scarcella, Antwerp University - "Innovative because I say so!" How R&D tax incentives’ administrability shapes the concept of innovation

• Pedro Ramos, ESPM/SP – Open internet, rebranded: web3, buzzwords, and the crypto utopia

Evening social event
6:30-9:00pm, Le Chaptal (50 rue Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, Paris 9ème)

Friday 17th June 2022

Panel 2a - AI Regulation
10am-12pm> , room Jeannie de Clarens (Sciences Po, 27 rue Saint-Guillaume, Paris 7ème)

Moderator: Beatriz Botero Arcila, Sciences Po

• Marcella Mattiuzzo and João Carlos Nicolini, University of São Paulo - Algorithmic pricing: the road travelled and the road ahead 

• Sue Anne Teo, University of Copenhagen - Human Dignity and Artificial Intelligence: Mapping the Contours and Utility of the Concept of Human Dignity in addressing AI Challenges

• Elina Nerantzi, European University Institute - Can an artificial intelligence system intentionally commit a crime under criminal law?

• Felipe L.V. Roquete, Fundação Getúlio Vargas - Time, law and technology: an explanatory typology of strategies for the regulation of Artificial Intelligence

Panel 2b - Technology in Justice & Public Administration
10am-12pm, room Eugène d’Eichthal (Sciences Po, 27 rue Saint-Guillaume, Paris 7ème)

Moderator: Helena Alviar García, Sciences Po

• Shir Raviv, Tel Aviv University - When Do Citizens Resist AI Governance? Experimental Evidence from the US

• Théo Antunes, University of Luxembourg & University of Strasbourg - Legitimizing the use of artificial intelligence in the criminal justice system under the principle of judicial independence in Europe

• Leonardo Romanò, University of Luxembourg - From dystopian to utopian : towards a fair and ethical use of predictive technologies in criminal proceedings in Europe' (De la dystopie à l'utopie : vers une utilisation juste et éthique des technologies prédictives dans les procédures criminelles en Europe)

Lunch
12-1pm, rooms Leroy Beaulieu - Albert Sorel (Sciences Po, 27 rue Saint-Guillaume, Paris 7ème)

Panel 3a - Online Content Regulation
1-2:30pm , room Jeannie de Clarens (Sciences Po, 27 rue Saint-Guillaume, Paris 7ème)

Moderator: Jennifer Cobbe, Cambridge University

• Valentina Vera-Quiroz, Harvard University - (Un)moderating terrorist content: using social media to investigate human rights atrocities

• Rüya Tuna Toparlak, Luzern University - Criminalising Deep Fakes: A Gender-Specific Inspection of Digital Violence

• Filippo Lancieri, Caio Mario Pereira Neto, Rodrigo Moura Karolczak and Barbara Marchiori de Assis, ETH Zurich Center for Law and Economics - Adjudicating Fake News

Panel 3b - Surveillance
1-2:30pm, room Eugène d’Eichthal (Sciences Po, 27 rue Saint-Guillaume, Paris 7ème)

Moderator: Séverine Dusollier, Sciences Po

• Beatriz Botero Arcila, Sciences Po Paris - (How) does the AI Act protect, or not, people in Europe from surveillance-related risks? Or towards a political economy approach to AI and surveillance in Europe

• Jiaxin Zhao, Shibolet Tel Aviv - The Role of Law and Technology in Fostering Digital Authoritarianism Before and After Covid-19

• Pierre Sel, University of Vienna - China's social credit system, social sorting and the rule by law

Presentation of Policy Brief on Technochauvinism: an event by the Digital, Governance & Sovereignty Chair
4-6pm, Amphitheater Jean Moulin (Sciences Po, 13 rue de l’Université, Paris 7ème)

Presenter: Jennifer Cobbe, Cambridge University

Moderator: Daniel Andler, Professor emeritus at Sorbonne University

Discussant:

• Hubert Etienne, Ph.D candidate in philosophy at École Normale Supérieure
• Beatriz Botero Arcila, Sciences Po

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PROGRAMME COMMITTEE

Co-Chairs: Rachel Griffin and Teodora Groza

Committee Members: Francis Akali, Chloé Petit, and Pengfei Wang

CONTACT

gradconf22@protonmail.com