MediaLaws is glad to invite to the online workshop series “Courts of the future – The future of courts”, which will be held from April 22 to July 15, 2021.
From 22 April to 15 July 2021, guests from the HBI, the Baffi Carefin Center der Universität Bocconi and the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG) will come together in a total of four online workshops to discuss the role of automated decision-making in and before courts. Each lunchtime session will feature a keynote speaker and one or more discussants addressing the question of the role of courts in effecting social change. The workshops will be held in English.
The events are open to the public. You will receive the access data by e-mail before the event begins.
Thursday, 22 April 2021, 12-1.30 p.m. CEST
Courts as Law-Makers for the Internet? Limits and Potentials of Norm Entrepreneurship
Introduction: Giovanni De Gregorio (Bocconi University) | Matthias C. Kettemann (Senior Researcher, HBI and HIIG)
Chair: Wolfgang Schulz (Director, HBI; Director, HIIG)
Keynote: Maciej Szpunar (Advocate General, European Court of Justice)
Comments: Mireille Hildebrandt (Professor of Law and Technology, VU Brussels)
Thursday, 20 May 2021, 12-1.30 p.m. CEST
Automated Courts? The Role of the Judiciary in Times of Automated Decision-Making
Introduction: Matthias C. Kettemann (Senior Researcher, HBI and HIIG)
Chair: Giovanni De Gregorio (Bocconi University)
Keynote: Nele Parrest (Judge, Estonian Supreme Court)
Comments: John Morrison (Queen’s University) | Adam Harkens (Birmingham University)
Thursday, 24 June 2021, 12-1:30 p.m. CEST
New Internet Courts? Impact and Potential of Councils and Observatories
Introduction: Giovanni De Gregorio (Bocconi University)
Chair: Matthias C. Kettemann (Senior Researcher, HBI and HIIG)
Keynote: Natali Helberger (University of Amsterdam)
Comment: Pietro Ortolani (Radboud University)
Thursday, 15 July 2021, 12-2.00 p.m. CEST
Using Courts to Effect Change: Can We (Pre)Judge the Future?
Introduction: Matthias C. Kettemann (Senior Researcher, HBI and HIIG)
Chair: Giovanni De Gregorio (Bocconi University)
Panel: Eliška Pirkova (Senior Analyst, Access Now), Jillian C. York (Director for International Freedom of Expression, EFF), Paulo José Lara (Article19)
Closing Lecture: Oreste Pollicino (Bocconi University)
Closing Words: Wolfgang Schulz (Director, HBI; Director, HIIG)
You can find the complete programme as a PDF available for download. Follow this link to register.
