The Law Department is thrilled to be hosting BILETA’s  (British and Irish Law, Education and Technology Association)  annual conference 2025 on Accelerating Innovation & Strengthening Digital Governance, 2-4 April 2025, on campus and online. Our Dr Aysem Diker Vanberg  leads on the organisation of this important annual event in the area of law and technology.

On 9 September 2024, Mario Draghi, former Prime Minister of Italy and former President of the European Central Bank, released a report titled ‘The Future of European Competitiveness’. In this report, Draghi outlines strategies to reignite economic growth across Europe, addressing critical issues such as accelerating innovation, closing the skills gap with the United States, sustaining long-term investment, overhauling competition policies, and reinforcing governance structures. As Europe seeks to enhance its competitiveness amidst the ongoing digital and green transitions, the BILETA 2025 conference will explore the intersection of law and technology, focusing on how they can contribute to resolving pressing issues like fostering innovation and strengthening digital governance, particularly in the regulation of artificial intelligence, emerging technologies, and intellectual property rights.

Papers are welcome from academics, researchers, practitioners, postgraduate students, those in business or practice, activists and anyone else with an interest in technology in the law (broadly construed) and legal education.

Important Dates: Submission Deadline: 10 January 2025; Notification of Acceptance: 17 February 2025

For more information see Bileta’s webpage here.

For any inquiries, please contact the BILETA 2025 conference team at bileta2025@gold.ac.uk