On the occasion of the 110thAnniversary of Tsinghua University, Tsinghua University Law School, together with the Institute for Studies on Artificial Intelligence Law of Tsinghua University (THUIAIL), are delighted to invite international submissions for the110thAnniversary Tsinghua University Think Tank Forum: the4thInternational Forum on Computational Law (4thIFCL): Data Governance and Legal Tech.The 4thIFCL will be held on September 25-26, 2021, at the Conference Hall, Law Library Building Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
The main forum of the 4th IFCL aims to prioritize data governance with the increasing importance of data value in the era of rapid development of legal tech. For further investigating the application and research of data and legal tech, sub-forums will devote to the discussions on critical issues in four topics:Personal Information Protection and Utilization, Data Assets and Data Exchange, Smart Contracts and Digital Currency, and Natural Language Processing (NLP) in Legal Practices. Through the academic and industry discussions, the 4thIFCL wishes to keep the balance between values and interests while promoting the interaction between legal and tech.
Participation in the Forum is open to researchers and practitioners with diverse backgrounds, including but not limited to scholars, policymakers, entrepreneurs, lawyers, doctors and technologist.
KEY TOPICS
Participants are invited to submit abstracts (800 words) on topics including but are not limited to:
*Research onData Governanceand Legal Tech
*Discussion of Computational Law in Field ofPersonal Information Protection and Utilization, Data Assets and Data Exchange, Smart Contracts and Digital Currency, and NLP in Legal Practices
Suggested Topics
Main Forum: Data Governance and Legal Tech
·Information Technology and the Transformation of the Legal Order
·Computer & Information Technology and New Development in Legal Methodology
·Innovations in Big Data Governance and Their Development Pathsfrom the Perspective of Comparative law
·Big Data Governance and Compliance Response from a Security Perspective
·The Balance between Data Flow and Personal Information Protection
·Data Integration and Data Security
·Data Governance and Compliance of Technology Companies
·Studies of the Legal Issues of Web Data Crawling
Sub Forum 1: Personal Information Protection and Utilization
·Conceptual Distinctions and Relationships between Information and Data
·Protection and Utilization of Personal Information as a new Factor of Production
·The Systematic Integration of Personal Information Protection Law and Contract Law
·Legitimate Basis for Processing of Personal Information
·The System of Rights of Information Subjects
·Security Obligations of Controllers/ Processors
·Legal Responsibilities of Controllers/ Processors
·Typical Case Studies on the Personal Information Protection
Sub Forum 2: Data Assets and Data Exchange
·The Establishment of A Data Market
·Techniques and Rules for Data Ownership and Related Rights
·Data Sharing Rules among Enterprises
·Rules for Open Government Data
·Tax Systems for Data Resources
·Anti-monopoly Regulations of Data Utilization
·Management and Exchange of Data Assets
·Typical Case Studies of Data Development and Utilization
Sub Forum 3: Smart Contracts and Digital Currency
·Smart Contracts and A New Paradigm for the Rule of Law
·Smart Contracts andComputable Legal Theory
·Influence of Smart Contracts on Traditional Private Law
·Digital Currency System and Exchange Regulations
·Studying Smart Contracts from the Contract Law Perspective
·Smart Contracts and Enterprise Compliance Risk Management
·Designs and Application Scenarios of Smart Contracts
·Applications and Legal Issues of Blockchain in International Trade
Sub Forum 4: Natural Language Processing (NLP) in Legal Practice
·Definitions and Applications of NLP in Legal Practice
·Methods of Legal Data Annotation and Dataset Construction
·Exploring Applications of Legal Text Classification in the Legal Field
·Building A Legal Knowledge Graph (LKG)
·Techniques of Legal Information Retrieval
·Surveys on Legal Text Summarization
·Analysis of Approaches in Applications of Artificial Intelligence in the Judiciary System
·Applications of Deep Neural Networks in Legal Information Retrieval
·Automatic Judgment Prediction: Legal Question Answering System and Machine Learning (ML)
IMPORTANT DATES
*Abstract Submission: July 23, 2021
*Notification of Acceptance: July 31, 2021
*Completed Paper Submission: August 31, 2021
*Conference: September 25-26, 2021
*For any further questions regarding the 4thIFCL, please contact us via computational_law@tsinghua.edu.cn
INSTRUCTIONS
*If you are interested in attending the 4thIFCL, please submit a title, an abstract (no less than 800 words) of your speech and a personal profile via email computational_law@tsinghua.edu.cn before July 23, 2021.
*Travel expenses will be reimbursed for those selected to present their work on the 4thIFCL.
*We are also going to host a virtual forum on September 25-26 due to the possible travel restrictions
*We are very much looking forward to receiving your submissions and seeing you in the 4thIFCL.
