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Monday 5 October (0930 - 1045)
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Nicklas Lundblad examines the friction between agentic AI and fundamental legal doctrine. What does "agency" mean when intent is statistical?
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Monday 5 October (1115 - 1230)
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The session will cover both the risks of AI in perpetuating bias and the opportunities for AI to support diversity and inclusion initiatives globally. Risks include algorithmic bias, discrimination, lack of transparency in AI models, unequal access to technology, data privacy concerns, and the risk of homogeneous teams overlooking diversity in AI ethics frameworks.
Arab Regional Forum
IBA Diversity & Inclusion Council (Lead)
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Monday 5 October (1115 - 1230)
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Dependence on space is increasingly being reflected in the areas of safety, defence and security in the face of new challenges. Finally, AI-driven mechanisms struggle to be, at the same time, risks and opportunities within the space sector.
IBA Legal Policy & Research Unit
Space Law Committee (Lead)
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Monday 5 October (1430 - 1545)
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Since its involvement with the BIC AI project in 2024 and the issuance of the IBA report, the BIC’s working group has been updating and expanding its findings and research.
Bar Issues Commission (Lead)
IBA Legal Policy & Research Unit
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Monday 5 October (1430 - 1730)
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Moderators - Doil Son, Yulchon / Gustavo Giay, Marval / Caroline Berubé, HJM Asia Law & Co LLC
Topic 12
Should you and your clients accept the standard contract terms for Generative AI services?
AI tools assist in decision making-- AI shapes an outcome but users play a large role in proper input and examination of output. This roundtable will discuss the appropriate balance of responsibility and liability in AI terms and conditions. We will cover issues involving ownership, data use and deletion, use of customer data to train the AI tool, risk shifting to cover inaccurate or made-up data and challenges in a contract keeping up with the ever-changing AI technology.
Art, Cultural Institutions and Heritage Law Committee
Communications Law Committee
Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law Committee
Intellectual Property, Communications and Technology Section (Lead)
Media Law Committee
Space Law Committee
Technology Law Committee
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Robert Balin , Caroline Berube , Amelia Brankov , Vanessa Burrows , Bob Calmes , Timothy Creek , Herman Croux , Raphaël Dana , Daniela De Pasquale , Mario Di Carlo , Sarah Drukarch , Sam Feder , Francesca Ferrero , Innocenzo Genna , Gustavo Giay , Ping Gu , Norman Heckh , Dr Sebastian Heim , Elisa Henry , Johan Hubner , Luca Iaboni , Nazli Cansin Karga , Hasan Khan , Simone Lahorgue Nunes , Andreas Lenz , Roland Mathys , Rebecca McDougall , Professor Christopher Millard , Paul Monaghan , Matthias Orthwein , Elysangela Rabelo , Statira Ranina , Adam Rose , Joost Schmaal , Paulina Silva , Sajai Singh , Doil Son , Bob Sotiriadis , Rajesh Sreenivasan , Luiza Tangari Coelho , Hanna Tilus , Malin Tonseth , Erik Valgaeren , Anne Vallery , Astrid Wagner , Petra Warrington , Stefan Weidert , Laura Ziferman
Tuesday 6 October (0930 - 1045)
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This panel explores how AI is reshaping legal practice, from automating routine tasks to enabling smarter client services and firm management.
European Regional Forum (Lead)
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Tuesday 6 October (1115 - 1230)
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This panel will examine the continued growth of private military contracting, and the emergence of advanced cyber defence technologies, including AI systems. Does the privacy or confidentiality offered by international arbitration make it suited to these disputes, and is arbitration equipped to handle sensitive national-security-related information?
Arbitration Committee (Lead)
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Tuesday 6 October (1115 - 1230)
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As AI tools draft contracts, predict case outcomes and analyse vast datasets in seconds, clients are confronting a fundamental question: what are they actually paying for? This session examines how technology is transforming the essence of legal practice – shifting from time-based billing to value-driven partnerships, from individual expertise to human–AI collaboration, and from traditional service delivery to platform-based models.
Alternative and New Law Business Structures Committee (Lead)
Law Firm Management Committee
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Tuesday 6 October (1115 - 1230)
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The use of AI has become widespread and almost ubiquitous in the community.
Arbitration Committee
Forum for Barristers and Advocates
IBA Legal Policy & Research Unit
Judges' Forum (Lead)
Litigation Committee
Mediation Committee
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Tuesday 6 October (1115 - 1230)
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How can smaller firms better anticipate and respond to the fast evolution of the legal services industry between now and 2030? At this “world café” session, participants will share the practical impacts and implications they are experiencing and how they are responding to the challenges and opportunities that artificial intelligence presents.
Law Firm Management Committee (Lead)
Small and Medium Firms Subcommittee
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Tuesday 6 October (1430 - 1545)
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As the enforcement of abuse of dominance cases across the globe continues to gather momentum across high-stakes sectors like life sciences, pharma, and AI, our panellists will discuss and share predictions and perspectives on the most important developments and issues in their regions. With regulators scrutinising everything from drug affordability to digital interoperability, how are traditional antitrust theories of dominance evolving? Are new AI product integrations inherently exclusionary?
Antitrust Section (Lead)
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Tuesday 6 October (1615 - 1730)
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The discussion will also highlight emerging due diligence frontiers, strategic use of AI in M&A, innovative approaches to allocating and mitigating political and regulatory risk, and drafting strategies that can build flexibility and resilience into contractual frameworks.
Oil and Gas Law Committee (Lead)
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Wednesday 7 October (0930 - 1045)
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This session will examines AI’s growing role in immigration law — from tools assisting lawyers with research, drafting, and analytics to government use in adjudication, fraud detection, and border control — highlighting opportunities, ethical risks, and transparency concerns.
Immigration and Nationality Law Committee (Lead)
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Wednesday 7 October (1115 - 1230)
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The discussion will focus on how artificial intelligence is transforming law firm operations, governance and professional responsibility — including issues of data protection, intellectual property ownership and ethical use of AI tools.
Employment and Industrial Relations Law Committee (Lead)
Law Firm Management Committee
Professional Ethics Committee
Technology Law Committee
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Wednesday 7 October (1615 - 1730)
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This session will look at disputes arising out of the development and integration of AI technology into other products and services, and where issues of liability may involve multiple parties in the AI supply chain all the way to the end-user.
Arbitration Committee (Lead)
Litigation Committee
Technology Law Committee
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Thursday 8 October (0930 - 1045)
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The panel will explore issues that arise in relation to digitalisation and data in the context of investigations and merger reviews: data storage and extra-territorial jurisdiction, legal privilege, use of technologies including AI for document production, use of private digital messaging and devices and the interaction of privacy and competition law in this area.
Antitrust Section (Lead)
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Thursday 8 October (1115 - 1230)
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We will explore some of the many sources of the pressure to implement AI and boost the visibility of legal ops, including the pressure to do more with less, the explosion of legal technology, data-driven decision making and internal stakeholder expectations.
Corporate Counsel Forum (Lead)
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Thursday 8 October (1115 - 1230)
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AI and digital technologies are dismantling traditional barriers of cross-border legal practice and increasingly lawyers are accessing tools that were once the preserve of large international players to research foreign markets, identify and serve clients across multiple jurisdictions and compete globally.
BIC International Trade in Legal Services Committee (Lead)
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Thursday 8 October (1115 - 1230)
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The discussion will also explore how AI affects counsel selection: does it empower general counsel with greater flexibility in hiring decisions by serving as an independent check on counsel?
Law Firm Management Committee
Leisure Industries Section (Lead)
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Thursday 8 October (1615 - 1730)
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It'll look too at flexible, AI-enhanced roles, on-demand talent (including contract lawyers, project-based specialists, etc) and the implications for client service, cost efficiency etc.
Law Firm Management Committee (Lead)
Talent and Leadership Subcommittee