News and Events
December 13: DatenTag ONLINE - Data protection and AI
How can artificial intelligence be used responsibly and in accordance with the current data protection framework? What are the benefits and risks of using artificial intelligence and algorithms in the legal field? are only some of the questions that high-ranking experts will be discussing at the DatenTag ONLINE. The event will take place on December 13 from 10 am to 5:30 pm. Professor Dr. Georg Borges, the director of the Institut of Legal Informatics, will give a presentation under the heading "The Potential of Artificial Intelligence with regard to Data Protection Law". The event is organized by the Stiftung Datenschutz, is free of charge and open to the public. Click here to find more information on the event and to register.
Lecture series: The rights of a GDPR data subject in practice
On Tuesday, November 30, attorney-at-law Dr. Carlo Piltz will give a lecture on „The rights of a GDPR data subject in practice". From 6:15 to 7:45 p.m., the partner of Piltz Rechtsanwälte PartGmbB in Berlin will be the guest speaker of the public lecture series "Data Protection in Practice". Participation is free of charge and open to the public. You are invited to join us on site or dial in online via the MS-Teams conference system. Further topics and the schedule of the lecture series under the direction of Professor Dr. Christoph Sorge can be found here. Click here to find the dial-in link.
November 9: Company data breach management
On Tuesday, November 9, from 6:15 to 7:45 pm, Attorney Carola Sieling from the Sieling law firm will report on data breach management in companies and the practice of imposing regulatory fines. The specialist in the field of IT and Internet law is a guest speaker of the public lecture series "Data Protection in Practice." Participation is free of charge and open to the public. We invite you to attend the lecture online via MS Teams. Further information as well as the dial-in link can be found here.
Institute of Legal Informatics welcomes new LL.M. students
Hamburg, Augsburg, Cologne - on November 12, students of the Master's programme "Information Technology and Law“ from all over Germany came to Saabrücken for the welcoming event of the LL.M. „IT and Law“. Professor Dr. Georg Borges welcomed roughly 20 „newcomers" on campus and nearly 70 LL.M. participants online. Thus, with more than twice as many participants as in the previous cohort, the successful LL.M. programme started into its third round in the current winter semester.
November 25: The Law of Artificial Intelligence
In a post ICAIL 2021 event, Professor Dr. Georg Borges will give a lecture on Thursday, November 25, between 11 am and 2 pm. Other speakers who will talk on artificial intelligence and law include Loren Spindola, Professor Ana Frazão, Professor Giovanni Sartor, and Cari Hyde-Vaamonde. The International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Law (ICAIL) is the primary international conference addressing research in artificial intelligence and law. Join us online! We kindly ask you to register here in advance.