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Another panel discussion, entitled 'Digital sovereignty: utopia or necessity?' on 24 September will take place as a part of the EDV-Gerichtstag conference opening event on the Saarbrücken Campus in building B4 1, 9 a.m. to 12 noon, which will be streamed live. Around 1,000 experts from academia, judges, attorneys, public administrators and politicians will gather from 23 to 25 September at the 35th EDV-Gerichtstag to discuss digital transformation in law and the judiciary.
The following text has been machine translated from the German with no human editing.
Once again this year, experts at the EDV-Gerichtstag will be examining the law, legislation and the justice system of the future. The latest advances, risks and new applications of technological tools in legal practice are the focus of Germany’s largest specialist conference on digital innovation in the law.
As is traditional, the first day of the conference will focus on IT security: on 23 September from 2.00 pm, Professor Christoph Sorge (Saarland University) and other experts will provide an insight into the latest developments in IT security. Hesse’s Minister for the Interior, Professor Roman Poseck, will discuss whether the US surveillance software Palantir should be classified as ‘effective law enforcement or a threat to the rule of law?’ together with Nils Bergemann, Thomas Hentschel and Professor Anne Paschke, with Dr Jörn Erbguth moderating, from 3.45 pm to 5.15 pm (Building B 4.1, Lecture Theatre 0.19).
Those interested can watch the official opening event on 24 September live via livestream from 9 am to 12 noon. ‘AI on Fire’ is the title of the opening lecture by Stefan Groß, an expert in digital transformation and the use of AI in tax consultancy, Financial Auditing and law firm processes. Antonio Krüger, Professor of Computer Science at Saarland University and CEO and Scientific Director of the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), will assess the current status and role of ‘Europe’s AI opportunity’.
During the panel discussion chaired by Anke Morsch, Chair of the EDV-Gerichtstag, experts will explore the question: ‘Digital sovereignty: utopia or necessity?’
In numerous working groups, participants at the EDV-Gerichtstag will exchange views on current issues relating to new technologies and the law. Topics will include data protection and the ‘EU Digital Omnibus’: with this legislative package, the European Commission aims to simplify digital and data protection rules and align them more closely with one another. In the relevant working group, representatives from the Commission and the Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection will discuss the reform’s objectives, the proposals put forward so far and the state of negotiations in Brussels.
In addition, the EDVGT will address the long-standing issue of data retention and discuss whether the storage of IP addresses constitutes a long-sought compromise or is merely another chapter in a never-ending history. How artificial intelligence, together with data analysis, is being used to predict the outcome of court proceedings or to assess the risk of criminal offences and reoffending will also be a topic of discussion amongst the experts. Several working groups focus specifically on the use of new technologies in day-to-day law firm practice.
Accompanying the symposium is a trade exhibition featuring software and hardware suppliers, publishers and IT specialists.
Background
The EDV-Gerichtstag (EDVGT) is the leading forum for digital innovation in the legal sector. As Germany’s largest independent specialist conference in the fields of digitalisation, AI and law, it provides a space for interdisciplinary discussion amongst professionals from the judiciary, the legal profession, public administration, politics and academia. For 35 years, the EDVGT has acted as a driving force behind digitalisation in the judiciary and public administration. It contributes to the drafting of legislation through regular submissions and, as an association and specialist conference, promotes developments at the interface between law and technology.
You can find the livestream of the opening event, the programme and the latest information on the EDVGT website:
Contact details for interview requests and media enquiries:
Marie-Luise Schlicker, EDVGT Press Officer
Telephone: +49 (0)681 302-5511; Email: presse@edvgt.de
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