IBA Annual Conference Sydney 2017
8 Oct - 13 Oct 2017
Room C4.1, Convention Centre, Level 4
Session information
The future has already arrived: liability, implications and security
Tuesday 10 October (0930 - 1230)
Room C4.1, Convention Centre, Level 4
Committee(s)
Technology Law Committee
(Lead)
Description
Technologies such as virtual reality, augmented reality (AR), artificial intelligence, big data analytics and the internet of things, which were once the stuff of science fiction and futurists, have now well and truly arrived. The phenomenon of Pokémon Go, which is AR, has shown a little of the potential of AR in the entertainment area. However, clever scientists are now combining all these technologies to create breakthroughs, particularly for people with disabilities. For example, an Australian company, Psykinetic, is combining all these technologies in telekinesis to enable someone whose only function is his or her eyes to use the eye muscles to drive a car and another person with a disability to play a keyboard at a concert. Nevertheless, all these technologies raise a number of legal and regulatory questions. The session will give some insight into these technological developments, and will raise some of the liability and other legal issues and public policy concerns.
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| Frederick Chilton | Toomey Pegg, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Peter G Leonard | Data Synergies, Lane Cove, New South Wales, Australia |
Speakers
| alex Birrell | Clean Space Technology, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Carla Brown | University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Marc Hilber | Oppenhoff & Partner RAe StB mbB, Cologne, Germany; Website Officer, Technology Law Committee |
| Christopher Holder | Bristows, London, England; Vice Chair, Technology Law Committee |
| Emma Hossack | Australian Medical Software Industry Association, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Simone Lahorgue Nunes | Lahorgue Advogadas Associadas , Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Susan Ning | King & Wood Mallesons, Beijing, China |
| Professor Mary O'Kane | NSW Department of Industry, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Ian Oppermann | NSW Data Analytics Centre, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Scott O’Brien | Humense, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Hon Angus Taylor MP | Australian Government, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |