As we farewell 2023 and welcome in 2024, I am delighted to provide highlights from Australasian Society for Computers & Law's (AUSCL) activities and achievements this year.
Thank you to all our volunteers, sponsors, partners, and subscribers, all of whom play a critical part in enable us to pursue our mission of achieving a sustainable future at the intersection of law, technology and society.
- 31 Mar - Launch of Ethical AI for start-ups @ Torrens University Australia (part of Tech Central) | Research team:
Dr. Khimji Vaghjiani
(Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Torrens University Australia), Professor
Seyedali Mirjalili
(Director of the Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research and Optimisation, Torrens University Australia), Dr
Arezou PourMirza, PhD, ACE
Lee Buckley | Guest speakers including: Dr Ian Oppermann (Chief Data Scientist, NSW Government) and
Marina Yastreboff
(President, AUSCL)
- 30 May - AI for the Future and Navigating the Risks and Assurance Framework | ChillIQ 2030: The Future of Technology & the Legal Industry (Supporting Organisation: AUSCL) Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Bard, Web3, Metaverse (Four Seasons, Sydney) | Dr Ian Oppermann (NSW Chief Data Scientist)
- 14 Jun - WaiTalk 2: Designing Cities of Tomorrow - Sustainability and Digital Twins | WAI Summit: AI for Good | Dr Ian Oppermann (NSW Government Chief Data Scientist) and Marina Yastreboff (President, AUSCL)
- 15 Jun - WaiTalk 8: AI and the question of copyright? | WAI Summit: AI for Good | Professor Natalie Stoianoff (President, Asia Pacific Copyright Association, Editor in Chief AUSCL Journal), Dr
Rita Matulionyte
(Senior Lecturer, Macquarie Law School, Macquarie University), and
Jane Rawlings
(Intellectual Property Barrister)
- 15 Jun - WaiTalk 6: Personal Data and AI (Privacy by Design) | WAI Summit: AI for Good |
Tim de Sousa
(FTI Consulting Senior Director – Technology) and
Sinead Lynch
(Partner,
Gadens
)
- 15 Jun - WaiTalk 11: Regulation of Generative AI and Large Language Models | WAI Summit: AI for Good |
Natalia Crnomarkovic
(Head of Legal Supply Chain QBE Insurance and AUSCL Future Law Leader), Síobháine Slevin (CEO and Co-Founder Realta Logic),
Myfanwy Wallwork
(Vice President, Regulatory Compliance Global LexisNexis),
Adrian Lawrence
(Partner, Baker McKenzie)
- 16 Jun - Women in AI Awards 2023 Asia-Pacific (The Art Gallery of NSW) | Marina Yastreboff (WAI Awards Judge 2023), Congratulations Dr Rita Matulionyte for winning the AI in Law Category (includes the application of AI in the legal sector, regulation of AI, AI ethics and responsible AI)
- 20 Jun - Regulation and the Governance of AI from the Frontline – The Future is Now - ChilliIQ 2030: Future Technology & the Legal Industry (InterContinental Melbourne The Rialto) (AUSCL Supporting Organisation) |
Anna Jaffe
(Director – Regulatory Affairs and Ethics Atlassian) and Marina Yastreboff (President, AUSCL)
- 20 Jun - ChilliIQ 2030: Future Technology & the Legal Industry (InterContinental Melbourne The Rialto) (AUSCL Supporting Organisation) | Maria O’Sullivan (Assoc Professor Monash Data Futures Institute, Monash University)
- 20 Jun - ChilliIQ 2030: Future Technology & the Legal Industry (InterContinental Melbourne The Rialto) (AUSCL Supporting Organisation) | Benjamin Di Marco (Cyber & Technology Specialist, WTW)
- 10-11 Jul - Futures Conference 2023 (ICC Sydney) | Converging Technologies – Fireside Chat,
Jessica Mudditt
(Journalist/author, Forbes, BBC Future, Company Director Magazine (Australia), Panellists & Presenters: Nathan Moore, Chief Nursing Information Officer, Western Sydney Local Health District (Australia);
Daniel Mark
, Co-Founder NuReal (Asia Pacific); Marina Yastreboff (President, AUSCL) (Australia);
Jason Murrell
Group Executive, AustCyber (Australia)
- 9 Aug - 5th Cybersecurity, Data Breach & Data Privacy Forum | ChilliIQ 2030: Future Technology & the Legal Industry (Melbourne) (AUSCL Supporting Organisation) Benjamin Di Marco (Cyber and Technology Risk Specialist, WTW), Nitesh Patel (Cyber and Technology Specialist and Principal, Gilchrist Connell),
Leah Mooney
(Director, KPMG), Melissa Tan (Partner, Lander & Rogers),
Simone Herbert-Lowe
(Director, Law & Cyber), Professor
Richard Buckland
(Professor Cybersecurity, UNSW)
- 14-15 Sep - ChilliIQ 17th Lawtech Summit (Gold Coast, Qld) | Professor
Jeannie Marie Paterson
(Co-Director Melbourne Law School, Centre for AI and Digital Ethics), Simone Herbert-Lowe (Director, Law & Cyber), Benjamin Di Marco (Cyber & Technology Risk Specialist, WTW)
- 15 Sep - ChilliIQ 17th Lawtech Awards (Gold Coast, Qld) | Marina Yastreboff (President, AUSCL, Judge and co-presenter,
Natalia Crnomarkovic
(Leader AUSCL Future Law, Judge),
Beth Patterson
(Director, ESPconnect, Adj Professor UTS Faculty of Law, Judge and co-presenter). Congratulations to Simone Herbert-Lowe (Director, Law & Cyber) for winning her category
- 13 Oct - Brave New World: Patents, Confidential Information and Trade Marks in an AI Driven World | ChilliIQ Artificial Intelligence, Intellectual Property Forum | Expert Panel Discussion | Marina Yastreboff, Professor Natalie Stoianoff (Director, Intellectual Property Program, Faculty of Law, University of Technology), Dr Rita Matulionyte (Senior Lecturer, Macquarie University Law School), Jane Rawlings (Lecturer Faculty of Law, University of Technology, Sydney)
- 17 Oct - Solving the Industry's Most Critical Problem - How to Educate and Bring Through Future Cyber Professionals | Professor Richard Buckland, Marina Yastreboff (Moderator)
- 18 Oct - Quantum Computers and Cryptography – What every cybersecurity professional should know | ASIC CyberCon (Melbourne) Professor
Udaya Parampalli
- 18 Oct - Democracy and E-voting Systems - Critical Security and Risk Issues | ASIC CyberCon (Melbourne)
Vanessa Teague
- 18 Oct - Panel: Maximizing Scarce Resources – Identifying Cyber Priorities and Navigating Skill Gaps | ASIC CyberCon (Melbourne) Brad Kay (CIO at Maddocks)
Jason Ha
(CISO at Ethan Group), Dorris Tidd (GM of Cyber Security at HESTA Super), Benjamin Di Marco and Marina Yastreboff (Moderator)
- 18 Oct - Finding Synergies - Directors Liability, Legal Duties and Practical Cyber Risk Management | ASIC CyberCon (Melbourne) Simone Herbert-Lowe, Bella Grieger
- 18 Oct - Who Are You Dealing With?! - Threat Actor Attribution in the Age of Modern Cyber Incidents | ASIC CyberCon (Melbourne) Leah Mooney,
Darren Hopkins
- 18 Oct - Consequences and Critical Decisions - How to Undertake Risk of Harm Assessments for Data Breaches | ASIC CyberCon (Melbourne) Nitesh Patel,
David Rudduck
- 19 Oct - Matching the Devil and the Detail - Using Cyber Security Standards to Support Legal Compliance Strategies | ASIC CyberCon (Melbourne)
Jess Modini
,
Nikki P.
- 19 Oct - Back from the Brink – Are cyber-risks insurable following Australia’s ransomware onslaught? | ASIC CyberCon (Melbourne) Trent Nihill, Anthony Kumar
- 19 Oct - Mixed Messages – What are Regulators Demanding for Cyber Risk Management | ASIC CyberCon (Melbourne) Ben Di Marco,
Iona Luke GAICD FGIA FICDA
- 19 Oct - Learning from the Losses - Examining Recent Cyber Incident Outcomes and Loss Data | ASIC CyberCon (Melbourne) Melissa Tan,
Anthony Smit
- 19 Oct - Half Day Tutorial: Interactive Executive Risk Focused Cyber Tabletop | ASIC CyberCon (Melbourne)
Blare Sutton
,
Stefanie Luhrs
and
Rob Wiggan
- 19 Oct - Half Day Tutorial: InfoSec and Insurance - What You Need to Know to be a Critical Stakeholder | ASIC CyberCon (Melbourne)
Trent N.
Nitesh Patel
and
Anthony Kumar
- 19 Oct - The Capability Papers Australian Ambition for a New Industrial Age published by InnovationAus.com Public Policy and Business Innovation - Emerging Tech & Policy Design: Can we build a regulatory digital twin? A smarter way to accurately measure the impact of proposed policy changes | Síobháine Slevin and Marina Yastreboff
- 31 Oct - Fostering Legal Excellence: Digital Transformation and Cybersecurity Challenges - ChilliIQ Legal Leaders Forum NZ |
Lloyd Gallagher
(Managing Partner, Gallagher & Co.)
- 1 Nov - InnovationAus.com Gala Dinner | Marina Yastreboff (President, AUSCL, Judge) Congratulations to Professor
Sebastian Pfautsch GAICD
and
SIMPaCT-Australia
for receiving 2 Awards! GovTech Project, Product or Service Award and the People's Choice Award
- 16 Nov - Discover the Future of Fintech - WIKI Finance Expo Sydney 2023 (AUSCL Co-organizer) | Exploring Metaverse and the Web3: Decentralized digital ecosystem
- 16 Nov - Discover the Future of Fintech - WIKI Finance Expo Sydney 2023 (AUSCL Co-organizer) | Exploring the future of fintech payments: Payment innovation |
Steven Rice
(Partner,
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
)
- 16 Nov - Discover the Future of Fintech - WIKI Finance Expo Sydney 2023 (AUSCL Co-organizer) | CBDCs and Digital Assets Expert Panel | Professor Richard Buckland, Dr
Mark Staples
, Dr
Anton Didenko
,
Síobháine Slevin
,
Benjamin Di Marco
- 16 Nov - Discover the Future of Fintech - WIKI Finance Expo Sydney 2023 (AUSCL Co-organizer) | FinTech Innovation and ESG Expert Panel |
Veronica Scott
(Partner,
KPMG Law Australia
)
- 27 Nov - Relaunch Computers and Law Journal (AustLII Press Foundation) | Hosted by Lander & Rogers (Angel Place, Sydney) | Professor
Natalie Stoianoff
(Editor in Chief), Keynote speaker: Professor Ian Oppermann (NSW Chief Data Scientist), Professor Graham Greenleaf, Associate Professor
Philip Chung
Melissa Tan
(Partner,
Lander & Rogers
) and Marina Yastreboff (AUSCL President) - Why not submit a paper for our next edition? Contact: [email protected] (it's our 40th Anniversary Edition)
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- 13 Dec - AI for Healthcare RoundTable | WAI, UNSW AI Institute and AUSCL @ UNSW School of Computer Science & Engineering, Sydney Panel discussion: Responsible AI in Healthcare Policy, Regulation and Design: Dr Sandra Johnson (MBChB, DPaed, FRACP, FRCPCH,?FACLM, FCLM (Hon), Fellow Royal Society of Medicine (UK)), Associate Professor
Blanca Gallego Luxan
(UNSW Centre for Big Data Research in Health),
Natalie Bryce
(Partner,
Herbert Smith Freehills
), and Marina Yastreboff
- 13 Dec - Tethix Navigating and influencing responsible use of AI @Salesforce Tower (Sydney)
Mathew Mytka
(Chief Vision Shaper at Tethix) and
Salesforce
- AUSCL represented by Marina Yastreboff and Dr Sandra Peterson
Thank you to all who attended our Annual General Meeting in June and Special General Meeting earlier this week. We are pleased to announce that AUSCL will become a Company Limited by Guarantee in the new year and that members have resolved to accept the new Constitution. The following long time supporters and contributors to AUSCL have also been voted in as Directors:
Marina Yastreboff
(Chair),
Benjamin Di Marco
(Deputy-Chair),
Bella Grieger 许蓓蓓
(Company Secretary) and
Síobháine Slevin
(CFO) and Professor
Natalie Stoianoff
(Editor-in-Chief, Computers and Law Journal),
Natalia Crnomarkovic
Leader Future Law Network, Dr
Rita Matulionyte
Leader Emerging Technology Network. We currently have an EOI open for members interested in nominating for our currently vacant (volunteer) positions, including:
- Leader Policy Network
- Leader Cyber, Privacy and Data Network
- Leader Digital Assets Digital Finance Network
- Leader Sustainability Lab (focused on inclusion, ESG and UN SDG)
If you would like to nominate please send your resume to [email protected]. We would love to have you on board.
Wishing you and your family a safe, happy and peaceful festive season and a prosperous new year. We look forward to co-designing the future with you.
On behalf of the 2024 AUSCL Executive and Leadership Team
??"The best way to predict the future is to invent it." - Alan Kay ?? At ManyMangoes, we're inspired by the groundbreaking discussions and strides made in AI, law, and tech showcased at AUSCL 2023. Together, let's shape a future where policy and community enhance tech innovation for good.? #FutureForward #InnovationTogether