News and Events
Congress of corporate lawyers in Berlin
From the 5th to the 7th of February 2020 the congress of corporate lawyers took place in Berlin. Together with Björn Böker, VDI, Prof. Dr. Georg Borges presented the topic "The development and operation of a legal testbed as a virtual sandbox- a stress test for digital legal issues", the project "Recht- Testbed Industrie 4.0", in which the Institut of Legal Informatics is significantly involved in.
The slides of the lecture of Prof. Dr. Georg Borges can be found here.
Liability and new technologies
On the 21st of Januay 2020 the event "Liability and new technologies" took place at the state representation of Saarland in Brussels. Prof. Dr. Dirk Staudenmeyer from the Directorate- General for Legal Affairs of the EU Commission and Prof. Dr. Georg Borges spoke on the report of the Expert Group liability and new technologies- new technology formation.
The slides of the lecture of Prof. Dr. Borges can be found here.
Professor Georg Borges is advising the EU Commission on questions relating to IT law
The EU Commission has appointed Prof. Borges, Managing Director of the Institute of Legal Informatics as a member of the New Technology formation of the newly formed Expert Group on Liability and New Technologies. This Expert Group will look at issues of AI, robotics, The Internet of Things and Industry 4.0. In particular, it will focus on the development of a liability framework and other legal instruments for new technologies.
International Conference on New Technology Governance
On August 29th Institute of Legal Informatics will hold a conference on New Technology Governance. Participation of the conference is free and accessible to the public.
Radio interview about identity theft on SR 3
On 17th June, SR 3 broadcast a radio report on the subject of "Fraud in my name – the consequences of identity theft". Both Prof. Borges and Andreas Sesing, a research assistant at the Institute of Legal Informatics, were interviewed for this report.
