International Legal Conference on Advance Technologies, Security & Society by UPES, Dehradun: Submit by Oct 15

About UPES

The School of Law, UPES is a private law school in India, located in Kandoli, Dehradun, Uttarakhand India.

About the Conference

Recent years have seen an increase in scholarship focused on technology law and policy. This conference recognizes the need for a dedicated forum for legal and interdisciplinary scholars. Providing a platform in the growing field of law and technology to discourse workshop papers, research ideas, and pedagogical approaches.

Prospective authors are kindly encouraged to contribute to and help shape the conference through submissions of their research papers. High-quality research contributions describing original and unpublished results of conceptual, constructive, empirical, experimental, or theoretical work in all areas of Technology and Law is cordially invited for presentation at the conference.

Themes and Sub-Themes

Reimagining legal order in the Changing Paradigm of Advanced Technologies, Security, & Society:

1. Contours of Private Data, Personal Data, and Public Data;
2. Effectiveness of the concept of Data Neutrality;
3. Data Privacy Concerns in the age of big data mining;
4. Effective Information Management processes for data stakeholders and regulations;
5. Balancing Privacy and Surveillance mechanisms for data utility;
6. Government collection of data for purposes including Biometric enabled cards or services;
7. Global heatwave on data privacy regulations and the Indian approach through the PDP Bill;
8. Legal Issues arising in the Internet Space and Social Media;
9. Social Media Expression on Internet;
10. The legitimacy of the Internet Movements;
11. Internet Access in the New Age and Human Rights violations;
12. Modern Warfare Systems and the changes needed in International Humanitarian Law;
13. Technological measures for data security; and
14. Any other topics related to the themes.

Eligibility

International Legal Conference on Advanced Technologies, Security, & Society is open for academicians, researchers, practitioners, and professionals otherwise engaged in the relevant sectors as well as interested learners and students.

It aims to serve as a platform for a healthy discussion and exchange of ideas related to the role of regularisation of advanced technologies, security, and society in contemporary times.

Submission and Formatting Guidelines

• The manuscript should be in .doc/.docx format.

• The cover page should contain the details of the author/co-author, viz. name, designation, name of the organization/institution associated with, email address, and contact number. Co-authorship is permitted with the upper limit on the number of co-authors being two (2).
• The second page should contain the title of the manuscript and it should be followed by the rest of the paper. No details of the author/authors should be mentioned anywhere (except for the cover page) for the purpose of blind peer review.
• The manuscript should be in a single-column layout with margins measuring 2.54 cm on all sides.
• All text in the manuscript should be in Times New Roman font with 1.5 line spacing.
  • The heading (title) should be in size 14, bold, and left-aligned.
  • Subheadings should be in size 12, bold, and left-aligned.
  • The main body of the text should be in size 12 and justified.
• Bluebook 20 th Edition method of citation should be used in the manuscript. Footnotes should be in Times New Roman font, size 10, justified, and with 1.0 line spacing.
• All submissions should contain an abstract of not more than 300 words along with 5 keywords.
• The word count of the manuscript should be between 3500 to 4000 (excluding footnotes).
• Papers found to be plagiarised shall be summarily rejected.
• Publishing rights remain with the authors. Only original and unpublished manuscripts will be accepted.
• Acceptance of abstracts will be on a rolling basis up to the final date of abstract submission (as stipulated below).

Conference Proceedings

• All submitted conference papers will be blind peer-reviewed by three competent reviewers. 
• Conference Outcomes:
  • Deliberation of new technologies and assessing the need for legal intervention.
  • All the presented papers will be screened by way of the peer-review method and the proceeds will be published.
  • Policy discourse with stakeholders in the government and academic discourses on related areas.
  • Selected papers may be considered for review in the upcoming edition of UPES Law Review (UGC Care listed)

How to Register?

• Click here to submit the abstract.
• Click here to register as attendees/delegates.
• There is no registration or submission fee.

Perks

Certificates will be awarded to participants acting in either capacity (as presenters or as attendees).

Location

School of Law, UPES, Kandoli (via, Prem Nagar), Dehradun, 248007.  

Important Dates

• Last Date for Abstract Submission: October 15, 2022
• Last Date for Final Paper Submission: October 30, 2022
• Last Date of Registration: November 05, 2022
• Conference Date: November 27, 2022

Contact Information

In case of any queries, please contact:

• Ms. Gunjan Saxena, Assistant Professor, School of Law, UPES
  • Email- gunjan.saxena@ddn.upes.ac.in
• Dr. Hardik Daga, Assistant Professor, School of Law, UPES
  • Email- hardik.daga@ddn.upes.ac.in