Biennial IBA African Regional Forum Conference
Future-proofing the African legal profession: meeting the opportunities and challenges arising from innovation, technological disruption and integration

1-3 April 2020, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

A conference co-presented by the IBA African Regional Forum

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TOPICS INCLUDE:

• African regional and continental integration in a post-Brexit and post-North American Free Trade Agreement world: free trade or protectionism?
• Disruptive innovation and the role of lawyers in Africa
• From M-Pesa to crowdfunding: opportunities and challenges for regulating new players in the African financial services sector
• Roundtable discussion: what do 21st century clients expect from external counsel?
• The art of risk management and data privacy regulations: local versus exterritorial laws
• The domestic future of international criminal law
• Training the future lawyer: are current frameworks fit for 21st century purposes?
• What will remain unchanged in arbitration and alternative dispute resolution?

Speaker opportunities

If you would like to be considered as a potential speaker at this specialist conference then please contact the relevant Chair / Co-chairs in the African Regional Forum with your request; please send your bio together with information on your qualification and expertise on the topic.