The University of Lausanne (UNIL) LL.M. in International Business Law & CEDIDAC are inviting abstracts on the topic of Art & Innovation Law.
Deadline for Abstracts: 15 March 2025 / Deadline for Papers: 30 June 2025
Conference Date: 19 September 2025
Topic Ideas & Suggestions. In order to encourage a wide range of submissions, UNIL’s LL.M. in International Business Law & CEDIDAC plan to facilitate interdisciplinary discussions among academic faculty & researchers, as well as practitioners to encourage abstracts on the most recent developments, trends, concerns, opportunities, and practical challenges relating to artistic works in the context of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and/or Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs).
Papers of interest might discuss any of the following topics in relation with artistic works:
- Intellectual Property Law and AI or NFTs
- Legal and Policy Implications of AI or NFTs
- Opportunities and Regulatory Implications with respect to AI or NFTs
- Recent jurisprudence with respect to AI or NFTs
- Recent legislation with respect to AI or NFTs
Submissions & Peer-Reviewed Publication. Abstracts of up to 500 words from scholars at any stage of their career should be sent to Ms. Alexandra Vida (alexandra.vida@unil.ch). A decision on acceptance of the abstract will be communicated by 31 March 2025.
To facilitate discussion, authors of accepted abstracts are expected to submit a draft paper by 30 June 2025. We hope to include selected papers in a peer-reviewed publication, co-edited by Dr. Pascal Favrod-Coune (University of Lausanne) and Asst. Prof. Kristijan Poljanec, PhD (University of Zagreb) in the University of Lausanne’s award-winning series with BRILL, International and Comparative Business Law and Public Policy (https://brill.com/display/serial/BLPP). Papers will be chosen for publication based on academic excellence as well as originality, and will go through a peer-review process.
About the Organisers. The UNIL LL.M. in International Business Law takes an interdisciplinary, comparative, and practice-oriented approach to enable young lawyers to face legal challenges in today’s global business environment. Offering the highest quality of teaching in small group settings and six specialisations, the Programme is taught by an international team of distinguished academics and practitioners. For more information, see www.unil.ch/llm.The CEDIDAC is a center for continuing education, conferences and research, which hosts/co- hosts between 15 and 25 well-attended events (conferences, seminars, etc.) per year. The CEDIDAC brings academics and practitioners together and has published more than 115 books, mostly in topics principally related to Swiss national law, since it was founded in 1985. For more information, see www.unil.ch/cedidac.