FEB
9
2023
CBFL Seminar Series by Teresa Rodríguez de las Heras Ballell
Total Registrations: 51
Description
CBFL Seminar Series: The Use of Algorithms and Artificial Intelligence in Commercial Transactions-Guiding Principles for ‘Algorithmic Contracting’
ABOUT THE EVENT
Algorithmic and AI-driven automation pervades a growing variety of activities and decision-making processes in the digital economy, ranging from basic tasks (searching, comparing, ordering etc) to more sophisticated processes (recommending, credit scoring, complaint handling etc). The benefits of efficiency, speed, personalization, scalability, and cost-reduction have also encouraged the use of algorithms and AI for contractual purposes throughout the contract life-cycle, for the negotiation, formation and performance of contracts, and in the self-execution of remedies. While benefits are amply recognized, there are challenges and legal concerns that must be addressed in the absence of a clear, consistent, and complete legal framework for ‘algorithmic contracting’. The need to provide legal certainty in the use of algorithms and AI is vital to usher in a new generation of ‘algorithmic contracts’ in international trade. Fostering innovation and unleashing the social benefits and the economic potential of algorithm and AI in contracting require sound guidance for providers, operators, and market actors with a clear and predictable harmonized legal framework. The aim of this seminar is to discuss principles that can work in different legal environments, which can provide inspiration and guidance for policymakers, lawmakers, practitioners and courts.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Dr Teresa Rodriguez de las Heras Ballell is an Associate Professor of Commercial Law at University Carlos III of Madrid, Spain. She is currently an Academic Visitor at the University of Cambridge, and was Sir Roy Goode Scholar at UNIDROIT in 2021-2022. She is a delegate of Spain at UNCITRAL for WG VI on secured transactions and WG IV on ecommerce, and an Expert for UNCITRAL and UNIDROIT on digital economy projects. She is an arbitrator at the Madrid Court of Arbitration and the Spanish Court of Arbitration. She is also member of the European Commission Expert Group on Liability and New Technologies, the EU Expert Group for the Observatory on Online Platform Economy, and the EU Expert Group on B2B Data Sharing and Cloud Computing. She is member of the European Law Institute (ELI) Executive Committee and Council and author of the ELI Guiding Principles on ADM in Europe, 2022. Her past academic appointments include the James J Coleman Sr Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law at Tulane Law School, Marie Curie Fellow at Centre of European Law and Politics of University of Bremen (Germany), and Chair of Excellence at Oxford University.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
1. Fees are to be paid before the commencement of the event with exception of e-invoices.
2. Fees paid are non-refundable.
3. Registration is transferable within the same organisation if the request is made at least one week in advance of the event.
4. By filling up this Registration Form,
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iii. NUS Law School and designated event organisers reserve the right to alter any of the programme or other arrangements for this event, including cancellation or postponement of the event, should circumstances so warrant.
Date and Time
Thursday, 9th February 2023 4:00PM GMT+08:00
to
Thursday, 9th February 2023 5:45PM GMT+08:00
Organisation
Faculty of Law
Location
Lee Sheridan Conference Room, NUS Bukit Timah Campus and via Zoom