AI Governance and Digital Security
University of Manchester & Indiana University
in collaboration with
The Manchester Business and Property Courts Forum
10 July 2024, Exchange Chambers, Manchester
5th Floor, 201 Deansgate, Manchester M3 3NW
Conference convenor
Dr Joseph Lee, Reader in Corporate and Financial Law, University of Manchester
8:45am -9:15am
Arrival and Registration
9:15am -9:30am
Welcome address
Dr Joseph Lee, Reader in Corporate and Financial Law, University of Manchester
Opening remarks
HHJ Mark Cawson KC
9:30am-10:30am
Keynote speech
Professor Scott Shackelford, Indiana University
“Fixing an Internet of Broken Things: Global Approaches to Cybersecurity & AI Governance”
10:30am-11:30am
Panel 1 - AI Regulation: Horizontal or Sectoral Approach?
Chair: HHJ Richard Pearce, Judge in charge of the Circuit Commercial Court in Manchester
• Prof Søren Holm, University of Manchester
AI in health care – From regulatory certainty to regulatory uncertainty. Is there a way back?’
• Dr Joseph Lee, University of Manchester
Generative AI-based Lawtech: Law, Regulation and Governance
• Dr Christopher Anderson, University of Manchester
AI Regulation in the Energy Sector: A view from Experience in Nuclear Regulation
• Valérie Höß, Commerzbank AG, Brussels
Disentangling the AI Framework in Finance
11:30am-11:45pm
Coffee & Tea break
11:45-12:45pm
Panel 2 - AI and Cybersecurity
Chair: Dr Joseph Lee, University of Manchester
• Øyvind Toftegaard, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Regulatory Compliance Strategies for Cybersecurity in the Energy Sector
• Mark Farrell, University of Manchester
AI governance and Digital Resilience: A Data Protection Perspective
• Rougang Li, University of Manchester
Cybersecurity in the Decentralised Autonomous Organisation (DAO)
• Dr Jack Kenny, University of Manchester
Public International Law and Cyber Operations
12:45pm-1:45pm
Lunch
Afternoon
1:45pm-2:45pm
Keynote speech: Professor Angie Raymond, Indiana University
“Private Actors in the World of AI: Regulation Opportunities”
2:45pm-3:45pm
Panel 3 - Digital Society and Private Law
Chair: Lisa Linklater KC
• Dr Rachael Ntongho, University of Manchester
The Impact of a Cybersecurity Expert Director on Cyber Governance
• Dr Abdulrahman S. S. Aldossary, King Faisal University
Overcoming the Transparency Challenge in Artificial Intelligence Security
• Simon Sun, Indiana University
Internet Intermediary Liability in the Age of Algorithms?
• Judge Celso Maziteli Neto, Indiana University
Instances where Blockchain cannot Establish Priority for Secured Interests
3:45pm-4:15pm
Tea & Coffee Break
4:15pm-5:00pm
Roundtable discussion
Chair: Dr Joseph Lee
5pm End of Seminar
For online participation registration
https://iu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwodu-grjsrEtRfbHoF7pfWaUx7K9c1ILUo#/registration
For in-person participation registration (space limited)
Contact rougang.li@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk
- This Conference is funded by Manchester Global Scholars Fund and the British Council Going Global Partnership Fund
