Conference: Law in the Digital Era - Perspectives from IP Law, Contract Law and IT Law Date: 10-12 December 2017 Digitalization and digital technologies are increasingly driving towards revolutionary changes in the innovation system, affecting industries, universities and public institutions. Big data, 3D printing, software and AI technologies are pushing corporations towards adapting or newly creating business models to cope with the digital disruption. The problem is certainly not only technological or economic but also legal. Indeed, the regulatory framework needs to be shaped in such way that it provides with a fertile and healthy soil for these technological innovations to grow. This conference brings together experts from the academia, industry, as well as policy makers in a joint effort to raise awareness and propose solutions to some of the key legal disruptions that digitalization is causing in the fields of intellectual property law, contract law and ICT law. Contact: Rosa Maria Ballardini rosa.ballardini@ulapland.fi Tel. +358 40 189 8816 Among the speakers and panelists featured: Timo Minssen, Professor of Biotechnology Law, University of Copenhagen Aleksandr Savelyev, Associate Professor, Higher School of Economics, Moscow Taina Pihlajarinne, Professor of Copyright Law, University of Helsinki Christopher Kuner, Senior of Counsel at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, and Honorary Fellow of the Centre for European Legal Studies, University of Cambridge Päivi Korpisaari, Professor in Communication Law, University of Helsinki Dr. Tuomas Pöysti, title of docent in Administrative law, Chancellor of Justice (from 1.1.2018) Olli Pitkänen, IPR University Center Seppo Kuula, Siili Solutions Viveca Still, Ministry of Culture and Education Mikko Välimäki, Tuxera Mikko Manner, Roschier Rosa Maria Ballardini, Lecturer in IP law, University of Lapland Soili Nysten-Haarala, Professor of Commercial Law, University of Lapland Rauno Korhonen, Professor of Legal Informatics, University of Lapland