Regulation
and Enforcement in the Digital Era:
Challenges
of data protection, copyright law, e-commerce and consumer law
Thursday,
5 November 2015
16.30
– 17.00:
Registration
17.00
– 17.20:
Welcome
Speeches
Dr Christos Kassimeris, Dean, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, European University of Cyprus
Dr
Nikitas Hatzimichael, Chair of the Law Department of the University
of Cyprus
Mr Panos
Papadopoulos, Enterprise and Partners Group Manager, Microsoft Cyprus
session
I: The
reform of Personal Data PROTECTION: what perspectives?
Chair: Mrs
Irene Loizidou – Nikolaidou, Commissioner for Personal Data
Protection
17.20
– 17.40:
Dr
Lee Bygrave, Professor, Department of Private Law, Faculty of Law,
University of Oslo,
Reform
of the EU data protection framework: where does it stand and where
is it heading?
17.40
– 18.00:
Mrs
Maria
Michaelidou, Data Protection Unit, Council of Europe, Modernising
Data
Protection Convention 108: A Safe Basis for a Global Privacy Treaty
18.00
– 18.20:
Dr Constantinos Kombos, Assistant Professor, Department of Law,
University of Cyprus, Data
Retention in Cyprus: Going beyond the Call of Duty
18.20
– 18.40:
Mr
Jochen
Engelhardt, Legal Director for Microsoft Central and Eastern Europe,
Trustworthy Cloud Computing
18.40 – 19.00: Discussion
18.40 – 19.00: Discussion
COFFEE
BREAK (19.00 – 19.20)
SESSION
II – CONSUMER LAW: PROTECTING THE “average
CONSUMER”
IN AN INTERNET ERA?
Chair:
Mrs Lena Demetriadou - Andreou, President of the District Court of
Nicosia
19.20
– 19.40: Dr
Christiana Markou, Lecturer, School of Law, European University
Cyprus,
Unfair
commercial practices in the app world
19.40
– 20.00:
Dr
Thalia Prastitou, Lecturer, School of Law European University
Cyprus, European
contract law in a digital market era: Rebirth of an EU consumer
contract law proposal?
20.00
– 20.20:
Dr
Evripidis Rizos, Lecturer, School of Law, European University
Cyprus:
Payment with bitcoins: The consumer’s right to withdraw
20.20
– 20.40:
Discussion
Friday,
6 November 2015
SESSION
III – COPYRIGHT LAW: HOW TO SURPASS THE CRISIS?
Chair:
Mr Achilleas Demetriades, Lawyer
10.30
– 10.50: Dr
Tatiana Synodinou, Associate Professor, Department of Law, University
of Cyprus,
Copyright
law in the EU Digital Single Market
10.50
– 11.10: Dr
Stephanie Carre,
Professor,
Faculty of Law, University of Strasbourg,
Copyright
law and new technologies in CJEU’s case law
11.10
– 11.30:
Dr
Orit Fischman Afori, Professor, Vice Dean College of Management
Academic Studies Law School, Israel,
Proportionality
-- A New Mega Standard in European Copyright Law
11.30
– 11.50: Discussion
COFFEE
BREAK (11.50 – 12.10)
SESSION
IV – Towards a more secure e-commerce
Chair:
Mr Andreas Paschalides, Judge of the Supreme Court of Cyprus
(Retired)
12.10
– 12.30:
Mr Tamir Afori, Adv., senior partner at Gilat, Bareket & Co, the Reinhold Cohn Group, Israel,
Enforcement of Copyright over the Internet, Current Developments from
Israeli Courts
12.30
– 12.50: Dr
Philippe Jougleux, Associate Professor, School of Law, European
University Cyprus,
The
role of the internet intermediaries in assuring a more secure
e-commerce in Europe
12.50
– 13.10: Dr
Nikitas Hatzimichael, Associate Professor, Department of Law,
University Cyprus, Cross
border enforcement in cyberspace
13.10
- 13.20: Discussion
LUNCH BREAK (13.20 – 15.00)
SESSION
V: Developments
and new initiatives in media law
Chair:
Mrs Marina Papadopoulou, District Judge
15.00
– 15.20: Dr
Achilleas
Emilianides, Professor, Department of Law, University of Nicosia,
The regulation of TV rights in the EU: reflections on the SKY case
15.20
– 15.40:
Dr Ioannis
Iglezakis, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Aristotle University
of Thessaloniki, Hate
and xenophobic speech on the Internet
15.40
– 16.00: Dr
Costas
Stratilatis, Assistant Professor, Department of Law, University of
Nicosia,
The
Journalist's privilege and the new media
16.00
– 16.20: Discussion
COFFEE BREAK (16.20 – 16.30)
Microsoft
WORKSHOP: Practical aspects and new challendes of information
technology
16.30
– 17.00: Mrs
Vanessa Antoniadou, Academic Program Manager, Microsoft Cyprus,
Modern
Workplace: Better Together – Today’s Dynamic Teams
17.00: Conclusion
END
OF CONFERENCE
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