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Summer Course on
European Information
Technology Law
Information
Trier, 20 - 24 September 2021 Technology Law

Professiona l
Training (CPD )
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Speakers Key topics

Pascal Böhner, Partner, Bardehle Pagenberg, Munich • Internet regulation in the

European Union
Marta Cantero Gamito, Associate Professor of IT Law, University • Role, responsibility and
of Tartu accountability of online
platforms
Renate Dendorfer-Ditges, Attorney-at-Law, Arbitrator and • Regulating e-commerce in
Commercial Mediator, Bonn Europe
• Information technologies
and intellectual property law
Sari Depreeuw, Partner, Daldewolf, Brussels
• EU legal framework
applicable to data: sui
Ruben Maximiano, Senior Competition Expert and Asia-Pacific
generis protection of
Regional Manager, Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs,
databases, trade secrets
OECD, Paris
protection, free flow of data,
data privacy in the digital
Giuseppe Mazziotti, Professor of Intellectual Property Law, Trinity world, data concentration
College, Dublin
• Online and smart contracts
Nerea Peris Brines, Legal Officer, European Data Protection • Private international law and
Board, Brussels information technologies
• Cybersecurity
Maria José Schmidt-Kessen, Assistant Professor, Copenhagen
Business School, Copenhagen Language
English
Paul Van den Bulck, Partner, AKD, Brussels
Event number
221B10f
Bruno Vandermeulen, Senior Intellectual Property Lawyer, Impact
Licensing Initiative, Brussels Organiser
Florence Hartmann-Vareilles (ERA)

With the support of the Erasmus+ programme

of the European Union
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Summer Course on European Information Technology Law

Monday, 20 September 2021 Objective

09:00 Arrival and registration of participants This course will provide a thorough
09:30 Welcome and introduction introduction to European information
Florence Hartmann-Vareilles technology law.

I. INTRODUCTION
Who should attend?
09:45 The legal and institutional framework of European information technology law
Definition of IT, overview of the EU legal framework on internet regulation, the EU legal Practitioners seeking an introduction to
instruments relevant for the IT sector European information technology law.
Maria-José Schmidt-Kessen
11:15 Coffee break
You will learn…
II. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES AND ELECTRONIC COMMERCE
• The basics of EU internet law
11:30 Relevance of the e-Commerce Directive for IT • The relevance of intellectual property
Aim and scope of application, intermediary liability, responsibility of online platforms and the rights in the IT sector
Digital Services Act • The meaning of the EU legal framework
for e-commerce in the IT sector
12:30 Lunch • The dos and don’ts of drafting IT
contracts
13:30 Blockchains and smart contracts
• The fundamentals of EU law on
Definitions, legal issues related to contractual relationship and responsibilities
Maria-José Schmidt-Kessen electronic communications
• The obligations to comply with the
14:30 Coffee break GDPR
14:45 Drafting IT contracts: do’s and don’ts • The main EU initiatives in the fields of
cloud computing and cybersecurity
15:45 CASE STUDY: drafting contracts • The rules governing jurisdiction and
16:30 End of the first day
online alternative dispute resolution
• The key aspects of the EU legal
19:15 Dinner framework for data and big data
• The main competition rules applicable
Tuesday, 21 September 2021 in the IT sector

III. EU LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS Training methods will include

presentations, case studies and
09:15 The EU legal framework for electronic communications workshops.
The Electronic Communications Directives, the European Electronic Communications Code,
the role of BEREC Each session includes time for questions
Marta Cantero Gamito
and discussion
10:15 Break
Important note
IV. THE PROTECTION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES THROUGH EUROPEAN
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS If you register for the face-to-face event
and due to the COVID-19 pandemic we are
10:30 The European legal protection of computer programmes and artificial intelligence obliged to hold the event online-only, you
through industrial IP rights
will have the option either to switch to the
Patentability of computer programmes, block chains and AI technologies,
copyright protection of software, other IP rights coming into play for online-only event (in which case we will
specific emerging technologies, licensing IP issues reimburse you the difference) or to cancel
Giuseppe Mazziotti your participation at no cost. Please note
that ERA will offer a full refund of your
12:00 CASE STUDY: Patent and copyright protection for AI technologies participation fee if you are required to
cancel your registration due to Covid
12:45 Lunch related reasons.
13:45 Domain names and online trade mark protection Please visit the following website for more
International internet regulation and domain names, EU top-level domain names information:
coexistence between domain names and trade marks, dispute resolution mechanisms www.era.int/en/COVID
Pascal Böhner
15:00 CASE STUDY: Domain-name dispute resolution put into practice
16:00 Results of the workshop
16:30 End of the second day
19:30 Guided walking tour of Trier
Wednesday, 22 September 2021 Visit to the CJEU

V. ONLINE VISIT OF THE EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE Due to restrictions imposed by the Court in
light of the Covid-19 pandemic, the visit of
10:00 General presentation of the CJEU
the Court will take place online.
10:45 Break
11:00 Virtual guided tour of the building of the CJEU Social programme
12:00 Break
VI. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES UNDER THE PRISM OF PRIVATE DATA AND
After a day’s
CYBERSECURITY intensive
training,
14:00 Relevance for IT of the EU legal framework on privacy and data protection enjoy our
The right to data protection in the GDPR, data protection principles, rights of the varied social
data subjects, role and obligations of data controllers and processors programme:
Nerea Peris Brines
the course
15:30 Coffee break dinner with
16:00 Cybersecurity and cloud computing fellow participants from various countries,
Recent EU Cybersecurity Act and the role of ENISA, European cybersecurity wine-tasting in the Moselle vineyards, and
certification scheme for cloud services, EU initiatives on cloud computing a tour of the historic city of Trier, the oldest
Paul van den Bulck city in Germany, known for its well-
preserved Roman and medieval buildings.
17:00 End of the third day

Thursday, 23 September 2021 Your contact persons

VII. CROSS-BORDER ASPECTS OF LITIGATION AND MEDIATION RELEVANT FOR

THE IT SECTOR Florence Hartmann-Vareilles
,
Head of Section
09:30 Jurisdiction and alternative dispute resolution in commercial matters
E-Mail: fhartmann@era.int
Cross-border aspects of litigation, online dispute resolution
Renate Dendorfer-Ditges
11:00 Coffee break
11:15 CASE STUDY: Concrete scenario of ODR Tatsiana Bras-Gonçalves
Assistant
12:30 Lunch E-Mail: tbras@era.int
Tel.: +49 (0)651 9 37 37-221
VIII. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY UNDER THE PRISM OF (BIG) DATA: PART I
13:30 The EU legal framework for data, big data and databases
Re-use of public sector information, free flow of non-personal data and the EU open CPD
data strategy policy, copyright, sui generis protection of databases and exceptions
Sari Depreeuw ERA’s programmes meet the standard
15:15 End of fourth day requirements for recognition as Continuing
18:30 Wine-tasting and dinner
Professional Development (CPD). This
event corresponds to 24 hours.

Friday, 24 September 2021 Save the date

IX. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES UNDER THE PRISM OF (BIG) DATA: PART II Summer Course on European Data
09:30 Digital trade secrets Protection Law 2021
practical cases and Q&A: from IP to (Big) Data Trier, 20-24 September 2021
Bruno Vandermeulen
11:00 Coffee break Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual
Property
11:15 Competition law aspects of information technologies, digital platforms and big data Brussels, 28-29 October 2021
Competition law in the IT sector, antitrust in digital platforms
Ruben Maximiano
Annual Conference on European
12:45 End of the summer course and light lunch buffet Copyright Law 2021
Trier/Online, 18-19 November 2021
For programme updates: www.era.int
Programme may be subject to amendment.
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