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Metaverse; Artificial Intelligence; and Web3.0 Technology

7 Sep - 8 Sep 2023

Session information

Panel four - Legal and ethical challenges/dispute resolution

Friday 8 September (1100 - 1230)

Description

This panel will analyse the most relevant legal and ethical questions that are already on the table regarding Metaverse and the underpinning technologies. This analysis will be made from three different angles, related to each one of the agents involved in these new environments:

 - Users - covering elements such as consumer-protection rights; privacy; self-image protection; etc.

- Companies present in the Metaverse - including questions such as IP-protection; advertising; employment; tax; real estate, etc and

- Metaverse-platform operators - covering questions such as contractual models for the renting or sale of virtual spaces; potential liabilities; IP; interoperability and competition law, etc.

- AI challenges

- Crypto assets, micro-transactions, NFTs, DAOs self-regulations

- Jurisdictional challenges and forums for disputes

- Metaverse environments for dispute-resolution, covering both arbitration and ADR systems

Session / Workshop Chair(s)

Albert Agustinoy Cuatrecasas, Barcelona, Spain; Associations and Committees Liaison Officer, Technology Law Committee
Alejandro Luna Olivares, Mexico City, Mexico; Co-Chair, Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law Committee

Speakers

Teki Akuetteh Nsiah Akuetteh & Co, Accra, Ghana; African Regional Forum Liaison Officer, Communications Law Committee
Laurence Bary Dechert, Paris, France; Corporate Counsel Forum Liaison Officer, Communications Law Committee
Philippe Coen Respect Zone, Paris, France
Cécile Théard-Jallu De Gaulle Fleurance, Paris, France; Co-Chair, Healthcare and Life Sciences Law Committee