Dr Mauricio Figueroa is a Lecturer at Durham Law School, where he teaches and conducts research in intellectual property and technology law. He is the host of the SCL Podcast.

Professor Irene Calboli is Regents Professor of Law at Texas A&M University School of Law. She specialises in intellectual property, trade, and cultural heritage law. A prolific scholar, she has published ten books and more than 100 articles, book chapters, and policy reports. She holds several honorary and visiting appointments, including at Sciences Po Paris, the University of Melbourne, Singapore University of Social Sciences, National Law School of India University, Delhi, Bocconi University, and Stanford University.

The IP & Innovation Researchers of Asia (IPIRA) Network is an academic organisation founded in 2018 to provide a platform for discussion and exchange on intellectual property and innovation-related issues in Asia, as well as from international and comparative law perspectives. Its mission is to foster a strong research community focused on intellectual property and innovation, and to create opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration among experts worldwide. The Network also seeks to promote engagement between researchers and policymakers, including officials from national governments and regional and international organisations, to support policy-oriented dialogue on intellectual property, innovation, and sustainable development.

David Chaplin and William Hooper examine current delay methods, their pre-requisites and what has changed to cause differences between construction and IT project methods. They review the rise of iterative delivery and Agile projects. An approach is proposed for delay analysis of iterative IT projects, focused on agile scrum. They also consider the implications for lawyers developing contracts for these projects.

Patrick Stokes is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia. He is currently a Chief Investigator on the project “Digital Death and Immortality” (2024-26) funded by the Australian Research Council. His most recent book is "Digital Souls: A Philosophy of Online Death" (Bloomsbury, 2021).

Edina Harbinja is an Associate Professor in Law at University of Birmingham, specialising in digital rights, post-mortem privacy, digital remains, and the regulation of emerging technologies. Her work drives international legal and policy innovation in digital legacy and technology governance. She's the author of "Digital death, digital assets and post-mortem privacy: Theory, Technology and the Law" (Edinburgh University Press, 2022). She serves on the Advisory Council of the Open Rights Group, a leading digital rights advocacy organisation, and on the Executive Committee of the British and Irish Law, Education and Technology Association (BILETA).

Mauricio Figueroa is a legal scholar that teaches and writes on Law and Digital Technologies. He is the host of the SCL podcast "Privacy and Technology Laws Around the World".

Mauricio Figueroa is a research scholar that teaches and writes on Law and Digital Technologies, and has international experience in legal research, teaching, and public policy. He is the host of the SCL podcast "Privacy and Technology Laws Around the World".

Tamara Kneese is the director of Data & Society Research Institute’s Climate, Technology, and Justice program. Previously, she led Data & Society’s Algorithmic Impacts Lab (AIMLab). Before joining D&S, she was lead researcher at Green Software Foundation, director of developer engagement on the Green Software team at Intel, and assistant professor of Media Studies and director of Gender and Sexualities Studies at the University of San Francisco. Her work has been published in academic journals including Social Text, the International Journal of Communication, and Social Media + Society and in popular outlets such as LARB, The Verge, Wired, and The Baffler. She is the author of Death Glitch: How Techno-Solutionism Fails Us in This Life and Beyond (Yale University Press, 2023). Tamara holds a PhD in Media, Culture and Communication from NYU. Her work has been supported by the National Science Foundation, the Internet Society Foundation, and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.

Diana Baptista is a Mexican data journalist with the Thomson Reuters Foundation, where she covers the intersection of tech, climate change and economic justice. As part of the Foundation, she also provides trainings for Latin American journalists on digital rights and AI ethics. Diana has more than a decade investigating human rights violations in the Americas and has previously collaborated with Reuters, Noticias Telemundo and newspaper REFORMA. 

Fernando Barrio is currently Reader in Sustainable Business Law and Policy at Queen Mary University of London. Fernando is the Queen Mary University of London Designated Focal Point to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. He led QMUL delegation to UNFCCC COP26 and COP27, and has been named member of the United Nations Climate Change organisation Technology Executive Committee’s Digital Technologies Group, by the Research and Independent Non-Governmental Organisations constituency. He is a trustee of the Society for Computers and Law (SCL).

In this episode, host Mauricio Figueroa is joined by three experts to explore three key jurisdictions at the heart of Latin America's digital transformation: Colombia, Brazil, and Mexico.

Mauricio Figueroa is a research scholar that teaches and writes on Law and Digital Technologies, and has international experience in legal research, teaching, and public policy. He is the host of the SCL podcast "Privacy and Technology Laws Around the World".

Beatriz Botero is an Assistant Professor of Law at Sciences Po Law School and a Faculty Associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University. She holds an LLM and a doctorate from Harvard Law School where she defended a dissertation on the governance of smart cities, urban platforms and the data they collect. She holds an LLB from Universidad de los Andes, in Bogotá, Colombia.

Barbara Lazarotto is a Ph.D. researcher at Law, Science, Technology and Society (LSTS) Research Group at Vrije Universiteit Brussel and an Executive Member of the Brussels Privacy Hub, where she conducts research on various topics regarding Data Protection Law, Digital Law, and Fundamental Rights. She is a Lecturer at Sciences Po Paris, where she teaches Digital legal matters and perspectives.

Luz Helena Orozco y Villa is a Dphil (PhD) Candidate at the Faculty of Law, University of Oxford, a non-resident Scholar at the Baker Institute of Public Policy, Rice University, and a Research Assistant at the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights. Prior to joining Oxford, she served as a career clerk for the Mexican Supreme Court of Justice and worked as a research advisor at the Gender Equality Program of the Federal Judicial Council.  Luz holds an LL.M. from Columbia Law School, where she studied as a Fulbright grantee and Charles B. Bretzfelder Constitutional Law scholar, and an LL.B. from ITAM, Mexico. Her current research lies at the intersection of constitutional law, regulation, and emerging technologies. 

In this episode, host Mauricio Figueroa is joined by two leading legal experts from Japan, Kaori Ishii and Hajime Idei, to explore this complex and often overlooked jurisdiction in the global conversation on tech law. Tune in for an interesting conversation on the intersection of culture, technology, and law in one of the world’s most innovative nations.

Mauricio Figueroa is a Mexican legal scholar based in the United Kingdom. His area of expertise is Law and Digital Technologies, and has international experience in legal research, teaching, and public policy. He is the host of the SCL podcast "Privacy and Technology Laws Around the World".

Kaiori Ishii is a Professor in Chuo University, Faculty of Global Informatics from April 2019.

Before joining Chuo University, her professional experience included roles as a lawyer, in-house counsel, and academic positions at the Institute of Information Security and the University of Tsukuba.

Her research focuses on legal issues related to data protection and privacy across different countries. Her work includes comparative analyses of data protection legislation, exploring insights into the right to privacy, and examining how to harmonize current technological advancements with privacy protections. Recently, she has been interested in the intersection of privacy and data protection with competition law and consumer protection law.

She has been involved in various expert committees under the Cabinet Secretariat, ministries, and local governments in Japan, where she has provided input based on her expertise.

Hajime Idei is Japanese lawyer, graduated from Waseda University School of Law. After working at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune, he joined Kotto Dori Law Office (https://www.kottolaw.com/en/). His specialty is entertainment law. He mainly advises the anime, game, AI, and VR industries.

From 2020 to 2023, he was involved in Japan's Intellectual Property policy as an assistant counsellor at the Intellectual Property Strategy Headquarters of the Cabinet Office.

His publications include “The Current State of the Debate on the Copyrightability of AI Creations and Future Legal Practice” (July 2024).

Since 2022, he has also served as an auditor of the Japanese Animation Society, researching development of Japanese anime culture.

Mauricio Figueroa sits down with legal professionals Chris Mammen and Maria Angel, two experts based on opposite coasts of the U.S., bringing complementary and insightful perspectives. Together, they discuss the evolving legal challenges around privacy, intellectual property, and content moderation in the United States.

Mauricio Figueroa is a Mexican legal scholar based in the United Kingdom. His area of expertise is Law and Digital Technologies, and has international experience in legal research, teaching, and public policy. He is the host of the SCL podcast "Privacy and Technology Laws Around the World".

Chris Mammen is the Office Managing Partner of Womble Bond Dickinson's San Francisco office, who has guided Silicon Valley, national, and global tech and life sciences clients in high-stakes patent, other intellectual property, and technology litigation for over 25 years. He has led both large and small trial teams in courts throughout the United States, and has also served as lead counsel on appeals before the Ninth and Federal Circuits. His clients include companies in the software, artificial intelligence, telecommunications, microelectronics, medical devices, and life sciences sectors. Before joining Womble Bond Dickinson in 2019, Chris practiced in the Bay Area offices of several nationally-known law firms.  One of only a handful of practicing lawyers to have earned a doctorate in Law from Oxford University in addition to a U.S. law degree, Chris has held visiting faculty positions at UC Hastings School of Law, Berkeley Law School, Stanford Law School, and Oxford University. Drawing on his years of teaching civil procedure, evidence, e-discovery, and advanced patent law, Chris is a creative strategist and has marked wins for clients on a variety of unconventional issues. Before entering law practice, Chris clerked for Judge Robert Beezer on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

María P. Ángel is a Postdoctoral Resident Fellow at Yale Law School’s Information Society Project (ISP). She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Washington School of Law. Her research focuses on privacy law, law and technology, and Science and Technology Studies (STS). Using STS’s theoretical and conceptual framework, María examines legal debates on privacy regulation and algorithmic governance. Her work aims to influence and hopefully improve scholarship and public policy discussions on these matters, by surfacing the transformation of key working concepts used by legal actors, the normative commitments that underpin certain proposed regulatory reforms, and the diverse ways in which different stakeholders understand the role of technology in these conversations.

The Panel:

Mauricio Figueroa in an early career researcher that has published peer-reviewed articles and book chapters on digital technology law; taught university courses on Contract Law, Introduction to Legal Theory, and Alternative Dispute Resolution; and delivered keynote lectures on Information Technology Law at Higher Education Institutions in India, Argentina, and Mexico, and was invited to address lawmakers at the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) as an expert in AI regulation. He has also been a panellist at Law and Technology events in Spain, Mexico, and London. His research and insights have been featured in media outlets like ABP News (India), ABC News (Australia), Azteca Noticias (Mexico), and El Clarín (Argentina).

Tomás McInerney is a Lecturer in Law and Technology at Queen’s University Belfast. He completed his PhD in early 2024 on When Should a Computer Decide? Judicial Decision-making in the Age of Automation, exploring the limits of AI in judicial contexts. His postdoc at UCL Faculty of Laws examined trade-offs in optimising Large Language Models. Forthcoming work includes a chapter in a research handbook (preprint online) and a contribution to an edited volume on Epistemic Injustice, analysing how the process of constructing Large Language Models can embed injustice in the technology. His doctoral research is being developed into a monograph.

Anca Radu is a doctoral researcher in Law at the European University Institute, where she examines legal and ethical questions around the design, development, and deployment of AI systems in the judiciary. She is also a Teaching Assistant at the School of Transnational Governance, EUI. Besides her academic activities, she collaborates with international organizations on AI policy and regulation. She currently acts as an independent Scientific Expert for the Council of Europe’s European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice and for the UNESCO. As a former Lawyer within the Registry of the European Court of Human Rights, she has solid human rights expertise.

Cari Hyde-Vaamonde is a lawyer, former court advocate, and academic specialising in the intersection of law, technology, and artificial intelligence. Cari focuses on the integration of emerging technologies into legal systems and their impact on processes and decision-making. Currently, she is engaged in interdisciplinary research at King’s College London, working with experts in mathematics and computer science to explore AI audit methodologies and address the ethical and regulatory challenges of implementing AI across sectors, including criminal justice and healthcare. Supported by a competitive UKRI award, Cari’s doctoral research examines how algorithmic decision-making affects the legitimacy of court systems. She has published on AI’s societal impacts, including in AI and Society, and has led policy-focused initiatives such as the "Generative AI in Legal Education" project, integrating tools like prompt engineering as part of efforts to prepare legal professionals for the challenges of emerging technologies. As a Visiting Lecturer and Module Leader in AI, Law, and Society, she has designed and delivered postgraduate curricula for a cohort of over 200 students, bridging the gap between complex technical concepts and legal application. Cari’s MERCY initiative, recognized with a Law Impact Award at King’s College London, uses innovative methods like visual art to communicate the implications of algorithmic justice. As co-convener of the Innovations in Judging research network and a regular speaker at international academ