8.00 - Registration and welcome coffee
9.00 - Opening of the conference
Presentation : Ioannis PANOUSSIS, Dean of the Faculty of Law at Lille Catholic University
- José de FREITAS, CCBE First Vice-President
- Pierre GIORGINI, President-Rector of Lille Catholic University
- Xavier BERTRAND, President of the Conseil régional des Hauts-de-France
- Jérôme GAVAUDAN, President of the Conférence des bâtonniers
- Christiane FÉRAL-SCHUHL, President of the Conseil national des barreaux
9.25 - Setting the scene
- Martin SLIJKHUIS, Director Industry Solutions, Public Safety and National Security, Microsoft
The Transformative Power of AI in the area of Justice: Trends and Developments
AI holds very promising perspectives for transforming justice systems and the practice of law, making it more efficient, consistent and more just. What are the opportunities and challenges of justice transformation and justice AI governance? Can AI learn to predict human judgment in justice?
9.45 - The impact of artificial intelligence on justice and the role of lawyers
Introduction to the workshops by the experts.
The conference aims to be highly interactive.
Participants will have the right and privilege to give their input and share their views and concerns during eight workshops. The objective is to increase the democratic participation of lawyers, Bar leaders and academics in the discussions on these important themes.
The experts will explain the themes of the different workshops, the developments within these areas, the main challenges and concerns, the crucial questions to be addressed in the workshops and what is expected from the debates.
The experts are invited to join some of the workshops to inform the discussions.
Moderator: Stéphane DHONTE, President of the Lille Bar Association
Speakers:
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Yannick MENECEUR, Special Advisor, CEPEJ (European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice of the Council of Europe), Policy advisor on digital transformation and artificial intelligence
- David REICHEL, Project manager for artificial intelligence, big data and fundamental rights at the Research Unit of the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights
- Giuseppe CONTISSA, Professor of Legal Informatics at LUISS University in Rome
- Ioannis PANOUSSIS, Dean of the Faculty of Law at Lille Catholic University
- Florence G'SELL, Professor at the Université de Lorraine
- Christian LEMKE, Vice-Chair of the CCBE Future of the Legal Profession and Legal Services Committee, President of the Hamburg Bar, Bar Certified Specialist Lawyer for Industrial Property Law and for Information Technology Law
10.45 - 16 workshops (8 in English and 8 in French)
The themes and issues addressed by the speakers during the round table will be further developed during the workshops.
Each workshop will address a chosen theme related to the issues and challenges posed by the use of artificial intelligence and the digitisation of justice and legal services.
Designed as real laboratories for discussion, the purpose of these workshops will be to analyse the issues and seek practical approaches in order to meet the challenges in an appropriate manner and anticipate the possible risks, with the aim of serving the best interests of citizens.
Participants will be able to share their opinions, experiences and expertise.
The outcomes of these workshops will be presented at the end of the conference and will then be discussed in the committees and working groups of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE).
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12.30 - Lunch break
14.00 - Reopening
Moderator: Vinciane GILLET, President of the European Incubator of the Brussels Bar and Member of the Council of the French Order of the Brussels Bar
Speakers:
- Mathieu COULAUD, Legal Director, Microsoft France
For a responsible use of artificial intelligence
- Věra JOUROVÁ, Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality, European Commission
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- Paul NEMITZ, Principal Advisor "Strategies for cross-cutting justice policies or legal actions", European Commission
Democracy and the Rule of Law in the age of Artificial Intelligence
- Gregory LEWKOWICZ, Professor at the Université libre de Bruxelles and global law programme director of the Perelman Centre of the Faculty of Law
Lawyers and the defense of the rule of law in a world of algorithms
The digital revolution affects society as a whole and has major implications for the law and the legal profession and the judiciary. The extent of the transformation under way justifies concern for the defence of the rule of law in a world of algorithms and big data.
As a first step, this conference will examine, drawing on real-life examples, the challenges of the current digital revolution to the fundamental guarantees of the rule of law, namely the accessibility and foreseeability of the law, equality before the law and the prohibition of discrimination, as well as the right to a fair trial. It will also highlight the importance of applying certain aspects of these fundamental guarantees to private stakeholders involved in the computerisation of justice and the State. As a second step, the conference will focus on the role that lawyers should play in this context in order to defend the interests of citizens, to oversee ongoing developments and to maintain the independence of Bars and Law Societies in the face of technological change.
15.15 - Presentation of the CCBE-AIJA questionnaire : The Legal Profession in a Global and Digital World
Speaker:
- Xavier COSTA, President of AIJA
Following the survey of 2016, and as the views of young lawyers on the “future of the legal profession” are crucial, the CCBE prepared a survey in collaboration with AIJA, the International Association of Young Lawyers. This survey was conducted during September and October 2018 in order to understand the issues that will impact on the future of the legal profession, with a focus on technology and innovation. The final results of this survey will be presented for the first time by the President of AIJA.
15.30 - Feedback from the workshops
Moderators:
- Thierry WICKERS, Head of the French Delegation to CCBE and Chair of the CCBE Future of the Legal Profession and Legal Services Committee, Member of the Bordeaux Bar
- Christian LEMKE, Vice-Chair of the CCBE Future of the Legal Profession and Legal Services Committee, President of the Hamburg Bar, Bar Certified Specialist Lawyer for Industrial Property Law and for Information Technology Law
Speakers:
- "What training in the 21st century?", Bénédicte BURY, Member of the CCBE Training Committee, Vice-Chair of the ACE (Avocats conseils d'entreprises), Lawyer at the Paris Bar
- "Blockchain, smart contracts", Florence G'SELL, Professor at the Université de Lorraine
- "Legal Design", by Eleonore ZALHLEN, Co-Chair of the Commission on advanced technologies of the ACE (Avocats conseils d'entreprises), Lawyer at the Paris Bar
- "Platforms, ethics and deontology", Bertrand DEBOSQUE, Vice-Chair of the CCBE Deontology and Towards a model Code of Conduct Committees, Former President of the Lille Bar Association, Member of the Paris and Lille Bars
- "The quality and security of open data", Stéphane DHONTE, President of the Lille Bar Association
- "Predictive justice and algorithms", Péter HOMOKI, Hungarian lawyer specialising in IT and telecommunication matters
- "The supply of legal services in the digital age", Louis DEGOS, Member of the Conseil national des barreaux, Member of the Paris Bar
- "Towards digital justice", Panagiotis PERAKIS, Chair of the CCBE Access to Justice Committee
16.45 - Conclusion
Speakers:
- Thierry WICKERS, Head of the French Delegation to CCBE and Chair of the CCBE Future of the Legal Profession and Legal Services Committee, Member of the Bordeaux Bar
- Christian LEMKE, Vice-Chair of the CCBE Future of the Legal Profession and Legal Services Committee, President of the Hamburg Bar, Bar Certified Specialist Lawyer for Industrial Property Law and for Information Technology Law