Deadline for Abstract Submissions: 25 March 2024
Building on the previous successful academic events organised by Erasmus School of Law (ESL) on law, regulation and technology, the ESL invites submissions for the new Conference “Law, Regulation and Technology: Healthy, Sustainable, and Safe Smart Cities” to be held on 26-27 June 2024. The purpose of this two-day conference is to stimulate discussion addressing the array of challenges law and regulation are facing when referred to the creation and development of smart cities. This conference seeks to approach this issue in a sensible and holistic way, by looking at the relationship between law, regulation and technology through the lenses of core concepts such as rule of law, ethics, philosophy of technology, human rights, democracy, accountability and (public/private) power. Against this background, it takes a multidimensional approach intertwining legal, ethical and technology dynamics perspectives with a view to better understand how law, ethics and information technology interact and influence each other in the creation and development of smart cities. Likewise, it poses more fundamental questions on the impact that smart cities may have on the relationship between public power, techno-power and citizens.
Within this overarching theme, the conference will focus on three more specific cluster topics related to smart cities:
(1) Technology & Power: Uses and Abuses of Technology by the Industry and Public Authority
(2) Technology As a Game Changer in The Relationship Between Public and Private Responsibilities: Legal and Ethical Perspectives
(3) Technology & Human Rights
Submission
Prospective contributors are invited to submit their abstract (max. 500 words) with a provisional title to [email protected] by 25 March 2024.
Abstracts may be accompanied by a brief running bio of no more than 150 words.
Selected papers will be announced by the beginning of April 2024. A full draft of the paper (between 6,000 and 8,000 words, incl. references) is due by 15 June 2024 with the objective of publishing an edited book or a special issue. Draft papers will be circulated among the participants in advance.
Participation in the conference is free of charge but registration is required.
Contributors to the conference are expected to partake in the book project or special issue. The organisers will make the final selection of papers and reserve the right not to select a presented paper.
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