Join us for the launch of the Deakin Law School’s Centre for Law as Protection, as we share our vision for the Centre and hear from a range of speakers on ideas of protection in law and culture.
Event details
- Day/Date: Friday, 9 August 2024
- Time: 09:30-17:00
- Venue: Deakin Downtown
- In-Person event
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Event program:
Our launch program reflects our aim to foster research collaboration around the idea of protection in a variety of legal domains:
09:30 – Coffee and registration
09:45 – Welcome and acknowledgment of country
09:50 – Greetings from Professor Jenni Lightowlers, Executive Dean, Deakin Faculty of Business and Law
10:00 – Keynote address, Professor Matilda Arvidsson (University of Gothenburg)
Artificial Intelligence, Law and Society: What Cold War Data Law and History can Teach us About Artificial Intelligence, Human-Data and More-Than-Human Relations
11:00 – Morning tea
11:30 – The Centre for Law as Protection: vision and overview (Centre Directors)
12:00 – Research themes: conceptualising current threats (brief presentations from research theme leads followed by discussion)
13:00 – Lunch
13:30 – Lunch talk and art exhibition tour, Dr Kathryn Brimblecombe-Fox (University of
Queensland)
During lunch, you are invited to consider the links between law, protection and culture, with a pop-up art exhibition and discussion of ‘The Idea of Protection in Art and Culture’ by Brisbane artist Kathryn Brimblecombe-Fox. Kathryn generously contributed her powerful painting ‘Target’ to serve as our Centre’s website banner.
14:30 – Panel discussion: Law Schools’ Role in the ecosystem of protection
16:00 – Concluding remarks from Professor Marilyn McMahon, Dean, Deakin Law School
16:15 – Afternoon tea/networking drinks
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