The second Summer School on Data Economy Law covers a broad range of trending and relevant legal aspects of data driven businesses. The programme provides selected content of the upcoming Data Economy Law, LL.M. starting in October 2023. The LL.M. and the Summer School have been jointly developed by a consortium of four partner universities:

• University for Continuing Education Krems -Coordinator/Lead (Austria)
• Georg-August University Göttingen (Germany)
• Masaryk University (Czech Republic)
• Kazimieras Simonavicius University (Lithuania)

Scholars and experts from all partner universities and from legal practice will lecture on selected aspects of the data economy. The participants will have the opportunity to discuss and work on case studies on current legal problems in the areas of Data Law, Data Protection and Cybersecurity, Transnational Business Law and Innovation and IP Strategy.

The Summer School addresses High Potentials (undergraduates, graduates, doctoral/PhD students) and interested professionals.

For successfully attending the Summer School a certificate worth 3 ECTS will be awarded.

The Summer School will start with a Preparatory Course on 21 August 2023. These first two weeks will be delivered online via a specially designed Moodle course which provides flexibility and learning autonomy for the participants. This phase will be a preparation for the final week and will allow the lecturers to start right into the respective topics. The final face-to-face Course will take place in Austria on 3-9 September 2023. During this phase international legal practitioners and scientists will provide state of the art lectures and workshops.

Kazimieras Simonavicius University has 8 places for its students to participate in this Summer School. If you are a Law or Business-related student and you are interested in taking part in this unique event, complete and send application to international@ksu.lt till 20 July.

The application form you’ll find here: Application form.

Selected students will get Erasmus scholarship of 490 EUR for trip and accommodation for onsite activities in Austria.

More information about summer school you’ll find here: DeL Summer School 2023 – University for Continuing Education Krems (donau-uni.ac.at)

And also here: https://www.ddm4sme.eu/

The Center of IP, Media and Innovation Law (University for Continuing Education Krems, Austria) hosts the first DDM4SME Conference on Data Economy Law (DELCON) on June 26, 2023 in Krems (Austria). The conference is jointly organized by the ERASMUS+ Strategic Partnership consortium consisting of the University for Continuing Education Krems (Austria), Masaryk University (Czech Republic), Georg-August-University Goettingen (Germany) and Kazimieras Simonavicius University (Lithuania)

In the modern data economy, data-driven management (DDM) and data-oriented business models require a broad spectrum of competences and skills: an intertwined technical understanding, management know-how and profound legal knowledge. Against this background, the Erasmus+ Strategic Partnership “DDM4SME” was initiated in 2020. The goal of the partnership is a research-based development and implementation of a new multinational, transdisciplinary LL.M. Program on Data Economy Law. The Program shall enhance learners’ employability and increase the competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and start-ups. The project is nearing completion and the LL.M. Program will start in October 2023.

DELCON 1 is not only meant to be the concluding conference for the project DDM4SME, but also the start of a new conference series – accompanying an innovative study program. It will provide a platform for presentations and discussions covering current issues in the field of data and innovation law.  Presentations at the conference will be centered around: Data, Artificial Intelligence & Beyond: Legal Challenges And Potentials For Startups And Smes In The Data Businesses

Programme: Conference Program DeLCON

Registration:
Free of Charge

Limited Number of Places Available

Coffee, Snacks and Lunch Included

Registration: ta.ca.inu-uanod@impi

On 24 May, KSU organised workshop “IP Strategy for startups“, which was led by prof. dr. Mindaugas Kiškis – law and management professor, attorney, co-founder of several technology startups, with over two decades of research, legal and consulting services in technology regulation and policy, intellectual property, and entrepreneurship.

During the seminar, it was discussed how to plan and make business decisions in the field of intellectual property, and examples of real startups and small and medium-sized companies were examined. The participants of the workshop had the opportunity to get acquainted with the main factors determining the intellectual property strategy, ways of responding to competitors’ business and legal actions related to intellectual property rights.

During the event, LL.M. study programme “Data Economy Law“ developed by Kazimieras Simonavicius University and partners from University for Continuing Education Krems (Austria), The University of Göttingen (Germany) and Masaryk University (Czech Republic) was presented.

The workshop was a dissemination event of the project “Transdisciplinary Digital Education in Data-Driven Management:  Innovative, Sustainable and Inclusive Approaches to Support StartUps, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Europe” (DDM4SME).

The Center of IP, Media and Innovation Law (University for Continuing Education Krems, Austria) hosts the first DDM4SME Conference on Data Economy Law (DELCON) on June 26, 2023 in Krems (Austria).

The conference is jointly organized by the ERASMUS+ Strategic Partnership consortium consisting of the University for Continuing Education Krems (Austria), Masaryk University (Czech Republic), Georg-August-University Goettingen (Germany) and Kazimieras Simonavicius University (Lithuania).

The Organizing Committee would like to invite papers on this topic. Possible subthemes include, but are not limited to:

• Risks and challenges of AI applications in businesses.
• Data related business models.
• Potential changes in legal structures due to ongoing digitization.

For innovative papers the DDM4SME project may grant scholarships for travel and accommodation.

To submit a paper (abstract, up to 500 words) for presentation at DELCON 1, please submit your proposal to ta.ca.inu-uanod@impi by May 22, 2023.

More information about conditions: DDM4SME Conference on Data Economy Law (DELCON 1) – DDM4SME