OTTAWA – The Institute of International Communications Canadian chapter conference is set for April 20 and 21, 2020 at the Shaw Centre in Ottawa and early bird registration is now open.
Delegates will be able to hear from and meet the “top communications regulators, policy makers and lawyers from Canada, the U.S. and Europe, as they debate the key issues affecting broadcasting, telecommunications and the Internet today, weighing the BTLR’s recommendations, and what they mean for consumers, content and carriage in Canada,” says the release from conference organizers.
Topics to be explored will include:
- Location data: potential and pitfalls
- Artist compensation in a streaming world
- Communications law and the courts
- Communications law and copyright
- Competition and privacy
- Access to infrastructure for broadband deployment
- Network security vs. personal freedom
- Public interest participation in regulatory proceedings
- Digital platform regulation
The conference program has been designed to enable Ontario lawyers to claim accreditation for nine hours of continuing professional development as well as three hours of professionalism and equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) hours.
Approaches are being made to other provincial bar associations for accreditation and updates will be posted as they become available.
