International Congress «Towards a Responsible Development of the Metaverse» – 13th June

Recordings from the 13th June sessions

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Introduction - The Metaverse in Context

Speakers: Anne BAJART (Deputy Head of Unit for Interactive Technologies, Digital for Culture and Education at DG CONNECT; European Commission); Christina JACKSON (External Engagement Lead for Reality Labs Policy at Meta)

Chair: Manuel DESANTES REAL (Professor of Private International Law / Chair of the Scientific Committee of the MetaverseUA Chair;

#1 - Metaverse Governance

Speakers: Emmie HINE (PhD Candidate at University of Bologna / Katholieke Universiteit Leuven); Anselm KÜSTERS (Divisional Head Digitalisation, Centre for European Policy, Berlin); Faith OBAFEMI (Researcher / Privacy Policy Technician at Queen’s University Belfast); Nataliia MAZARAKI (State University of Trade and Economics (Ukraine) / Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition); Stella MEYER (Research Associate and project manager at the Lisbon Council)

 Discussants: Patrick GRADY (Editor of Metaverse EU / Tech lead at Fourtold);  José Ángel CAMISÓN YAGUE (Associate Professor Constitutional Law, University of Alicante).

 Chair: Pau GUARDIOLA (Stanford University / UCAM Universidad Católica de Murcia)

#2 - Avatars and Digital Identity in the Metaverse

Speakers: Vera Lúcia RAPOSO (Assistant Professor and Deputy Director for Value Creation and Internationalization at NOVA School of Law, Lisbon); Lorena María ARISMENDY MENGUAL (Professor of Private Law at CUNEF Universidad, Madrid);  Giovanni SORRENTINO (PhD Candidate at University of Bologna); A.Patricia LLAQUE GÁLVEZ, Domingo DÍAZ AMATO; Esther SÁNCHEZ GONZÁLEZ (Metaverse for Good)

 Discussants: Lisa KÄDE (Attorney at JBB); Martin EBERS (President of Robotics & AI Law Society (RAILS))

 Chair: Julián LÓPEZ RICHART (Associate Professor in Civil Law at the University of Alicante / Director of the Master in Law of the Digital Society)

#3 - Privacy and Personal Data Protection in the Metaverse

Speakers: Natalia MENÉNDEZ (PhD Candidate and Research Associate at the Centre for a Digital Society, European University Institute, Florence); Javier LÓPEZ-GUZMAN (PhD Candidate and Research fellow in Private international law at University of Alicante); Pablo TRIGO KRAMCSÁK (PhD researcher at Vrije Universiteit Brussel); Shweta DEGALAHAL (PhD Candidate at Tilburg University;  Stanley SIMOES (Early Stage Researcher at Queen’s University Belfast)

Discussants: Nicolas DE BOUVILLE (EMEA Privacy Policy Manager at Meta); Migle LAUKYTE (Associate Professor in Artificial Intelligence and Law, Universitat Pompeu Fabra)

Chair:  Aurelio LÓPEZ-TARRUELLA (Director of the Chair for the responsible development of the Metaverse, University of Alicante)

#4 - Intellectual Property and the Metaverse

Speakers: Sara LOUREDO (Assistant Professor of Commercial Law at University of Vigo, Spain); Vanessa JIMÉNEZ SERRANÍA (Associate Professor of Commercial Law at University of Salamanca, Spain); Daylin VALDÉS HERNÁNDEZ (LLM in Intellectual Property, University Carlos III, Madrid); Ioanna LAPATOURA (Lecturer in Law, at University College London)

Discussants: Gaetano DIMITA (Senior Lecturer in International Intellectual Property Law, Queen Mary University of London); Enrico BONADIO (Reader in Intellectual Property Law at City, University of London)

Chair: Laurent MANDERIEUX (Professor of Intellectual Property Law at Bocconi University)