Conference
Conference to celebrate 40th anniversary of eLaw
- Date
- Wednesday 2 April 2025
- Time
- Address
- Leiden Law School and the Academy Building
On 2 April 2025, eLaw – Center for Law and Digital Technologies at Leiden University – will celebrate its 40th anniversary as the oldest digital law department in the Netherlands and the second in Europe. To mark the occasion, eLaw will host a conference with prominent speakers from academia and public institutions.
The event will host the Hans Franken-lecture with Marietje Schaake, a roundtable about the history and role of digital law departments in Europe, and various thematic panels on the topics of law, digital platforms, AI regulation, vulnerability, and human-machine interactions, in which eLaw scholars will discuss their research with international colleagues of different seniority and from diverse disciplines. The event will be held in Leiden Law School and the Academy Building.
Programme
- 10.00 - Registration
- 10.20 - Introduction, Bart Custers,
Telders Auditorium, Academy Building - 10.25 - Logistics about the conference, Gianclaudio Malgieri
- 10.30 – The future of digital law research:
Mutual Lightning interviews
Topic 1 – Governance of Artificial Intelligence,
Dr Francien Dechesne, eLaw, Leiden University, with Evert Stamhuis, Erasmus University Rotterdam (10.30 - 11.00)
Topic 2 - Vulnerability and human rights in the digital market, Dr Gianclaudio Malgieri, eLaw, Leiden University, with Cristiana Santos, Utrecht University (11.00 - 11.30)
Topic 3 - Socio-legal Robotics,
Dr Eduard Fosch-Villaronga, eLaw, Leiden University, with Silvia De Conca, VU Amsterdam (11.30 - 12.00) - 12.00 - Lunch
- 13.15 – Roundtable: 'The Role of Digital Law Departments in the Law School'
Moderator:
Professor Simone van der Hof, eLaw, Leiden University
Speakers:
Professor Natali Helberger, IVIR, Universiteit van Amsterdam
Professor Esther Keymolen, TILT, Tilburg Universiteit
Professor Paul De Hert, LSTS, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Professor Arno Lodder, Amsterdam Law & Technology Institute, VU Amsterdam
Professor Bart Custers, eLaw, Leiden University - 14.45 Walk to Kamerlingh Onnes Building and coffee break
- 15.30–Hans Franken-lecture, Marietje Schaake, Stanford University
Kamerlingh Onnes Building, Lorentzzaal - 17.00 – 18.00 Drinks
It is no longer possible to register for the confernce, but it is possible to follow the Hans Franken-lecture online. The livestream will be available from April 2 at 3:10 pm at this webpage. The lecture starts at 3.30 pm.
For more information, elaw@law.leidenuniv.nl