OTTAWA – The Canadian Chapter of the International Institute of Communications (IIC Canada) will host its first Communications Law and Policy conference at the Shaw Centre in Ottawa on November 14 and 15, 2017.
The conference will bring together leading communications sector players to discuss developments in Canadian and international communications law and policy. A preliminary list of topics includes:
- Private International Law in the Internet Era – Including a consideration of the reach of Canadian and foreign courts over the provision of multi-jurisdictional Internet services;
- Surveillance and Cyberattacks – Including the Government of Canada's cyber security consultations, reconsideration of Bill C-51, and the evolution of cyber security issues in the era of ransomware and the Internet of Things;
- Copyright Law Review – This year marks the fifth year following the amendments of the Copyright Act, triggering a mandatory five-year review. The key outstanding issues will be assessed and debated;
- Privacy Law Developments – Including the Office of the Privacy Commissioner's consultation on the meaning of "consent" in digital services, legislative changes and diverging policies in the U.S. and Europe;
- Piracy of Digital Products and Services – Including developments involving virtual private networks, set-top boxes and other means of circumventing previously agreed geographic and temporal rights;
- Fake News and the Regulation of Internet Content – A discussion of how lawyers, the courts, Internet service providers, web site managers and others should deal with defamation, hate speech and intentionally circulated false news;
- Impact of New Technologies on Lawyers and Others – Including the rapid evolution of Artificial Intelligence software and mobile technologies; and
- The CRTC's Enforcement Regime – An assessment of the CRTC's expanding enforcement regimes, authorized by the Telecommunications Act and the Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL), with a comparison to other enforcement models.
Program details and registration information can be found at www.iic-canada.ca.
In addition, the IIC's annual international conference is scheduled for October 9 – 12, 2017 in Brussels. Visit the IIC global website www.iicom.org for information about this conference program.
