Discover the events hosted by the Centre for Law, Technology and Society to foster dialogue and awareness around the greatest technological challenges and how to shape a better technological future.

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Dec 3

AI Beyond Tech: A Conversation with the Privacy Commissioner of Canada

Join us for a live recording of the season finale of the Wonks and War Rooms podcast, with Privacy Commissioner of Canada Philippe Dufresne in convers…

Nov 10

Gouverner l’IA en santé : Regards croisés France–Canada sur les enjeux de données et responsabilités

The Centre for Law, Technology and Society and Centre for Health Law, Ethics and Policy at the University of Ottawa, in collaboration with the Partena…

Nov 9

SimPolitics: America’s Quest to Solve Politics with Computers

The University of Ottawa Centre for Law, Technology and Society presents a conversation with Fenwick McKelvey (Concordia University) around his new bo…

Nov 5

Influence and Political Integrity: Mapping Regulatory Frameworks for Influencers in Elections

The University of Ottawa  Centre for Law, Technology and Society and the Pol Comm Tech Lab, in collaboration with International IDEA, presents a conve…

Nov 2

Guardrails: Design Principles for Regulating AI

The University of Ottawa Centre for Law, Technology and Society presents a conversation with Urs Gasser and Viktor Mayer-Schönberger (Technical Univer…

Sep 28

AI and the Future of the Legal Profession

The University of Ottawa Centre for Law, Technology and Society presents a conversation between Kelly Elliott (McMillan) and Wolfgang Alschner (uOttaw…

Sep 22

Jeux vidéo sans support : Regards croisés sur les droits des joueuses et joueurs

The Centre for Law, Technology and Society and the Faculty of Law, Civil Law Section at the University of Ottawa present a conversation featuring Phil…

May 11

Canadian Privacy Law

Join us for a conversation with Ignacio Cofone around his new book Canadian Privacy Law exploring how legal frameworks are evolving to address the cha…

Mar 26

Technology and Moral Panic: A Practical Guide

Join us for the Ian R. Kerr Memorial Lecture featuring Prof. Meg Leta Jones to explore how emerging technologies reveal deeper anxieties in a rapidly …

Mar 12

Through Rose-Coloured Glasses?

Join us for a conversation with Jane Bailey and Jacquelyn Burkell on the limits of individual informed consent in the age of new technologies and its …

Feb 23

Chilling Effects

Join us for a conversation with Jon Penney around his new book Chilling Effects exposing how emerging technologies are increasingly weaponized to thre…

Feb 11

Formaliser l’informel : Le Dictionnaire de la norme

Join us to discuss the evolution of normative frameworks in the digital space and elsewhere, and the social, political and economic impact of these ne…

Nov 18

What Freedom of Expression Asks of Us

Join us for the Inaugural Călin-Rovinescu Lecture featuring a conversation on online freedom of expression, exploring how online hate speech challenge…

Oct 23

Rethinking Innovation for Africa’s AI Age

Join us for the Open AIR Annual Lecture featuring a conversation on how openness and intellectual property can shape innovation in Africa in the age o…

Oct 15

Rethinking Our Futures in an Age of Planetary Crisis

Join us for a conversation exploring how cities, technology, and media can create better possibilities and help reimagine our futures in an age of cri…

Oct 3

Shaping Technology for Society

Join us to celebrate 25 years of law, ethics, and technology policy at the University of Ottawa and the 15th anniversary of the Centre for Law, Techno…

Apr 1

Privacy and Civil Rights

Join us for the Ian R. Kerr Memorial Lecture featuring Prof. Anita L. Allen on the intersection of privacy and civil rights, exploring how data collec…

Mar 27

Artificial Intelligence’s Impact on Legal Journals

Join us for the book launch of Artificial Intelligence’s Impact on Legal Journals featuring a conversation with Yan Campagnolo and Marina Pavlović.   …

Mar 20

[Postponed] Canada Under Influence?

Due to the upcoming federal election, we have made the difficult decision to postpone this event until the fall, we look forward to welcoming you then…

Mar 18

What Competition Law for a Healthy AI Market?

Join us for a conversation exploring the anti-competitive behaviours of dominant players in the AI ecosystem, and the future of Canada’s regulatory co…

Mar 13

Promoting Digital Safety Through Whistleblower Protection

The HC2P – Human-Centric Cybersecurity Partnership, in collaboration with the University of Ottawa Centre for Law, Technology and Society, presents:…

Mar 11

Autonomy and Its Social Contexts

Join us for a talk on the structural and individual barriers to a critical understanding of autonomy within its social contexts.  The University of Ot…

Mar 4

La lA en las Urnas: Lanzamiento del Informe de Política Pública Global sobre lA

Join us for the launch of the Spanish version of the Global Policy Brief on AI and elections: "La IA en las urnas: Cuatro medidas para salvaguardar la…

Feb 27

Conférence de lancement de la Chaire de recherche en droit international et comparé de l'IA

La Chaire de recherche du Canada en droit international et comparé de l’intelligence artificielle, sous la direction de la Professeure Céline Castets-…

Feb 19

Poverty, Agency, and Resistance in the Future of International Law: An African Perspective in a Time of Global Ferment

Join us for the Open AIR Annual Lecture and a conversation about the future of international law for African peoples.Open AIR and the University of Ot…

Feb 10

AI and Elections: A Global Call to Uphold Democracy

Join us for a conversation during the Paris AI Action Week to explore the critical challenges AI poses to elections and democracy, and to unpack key r…

Jan 29

The Law and Ethics of Reading the Mind from Brain Data

Join us for a talk about the ethical and legal issues of brain-computer interfaces and the use of brain data.The University of Ottawa Centre for Law, …

Dec 2

Whose Security Are We Talking About Anyway?

Join us for a conversation with Dr. Kristen Thomasen and Prof. Jane Bailey examining issues of surveillance and security in the smart homes context.  …

Oct 28

Authoritarian Smart Cities and Total Urban Surveillance

Join us for a conversation on surveillance and smart cities to launch the CCS/Lab and welcome our new Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Global Fellow.  T…

Oct 10

(De)Coding the Court: Legal Data Insights into Canada’s Supreme Court

Join us for the launch of (De)Coding the Court: Legal Data Insights into Canada’s Supreme Court edited by Justice Carissima Mathen, Professor Wolfgang…

Sep 23

The Walls Have Eyes

Join us for a conversation with Petra Molnar around her new book exposing experimental AI surveillance technology sharpening of borders around the glo…

Apr 19

Digital Empires: The Global Battle to Regulate Technology

Join us for a conversation with Prof. Anu Bradford on the regulatory approaches governing the digital economy and how governments and technology compa…

Apr 10

Governing Online Harms

Join us for a conversation on Bill C-63 and the Online Harms Bill with leading legal experts. The University of Ottawa Centre for Law, Technology and …

Mar 18

unLine: Exploring the transgressive potential of art in a digitally repressive environment

Join us on an exploration of the transgressive potential of art in a digitally repressive environment with Prof. Chloe S. Georas as we inaugurate her …

Feb 21

AI Hype and the Justice Gap

Join us for a conversation with Prof. Milan Markovic on the deployment of AI in the legal profession and how it affects access to justice.

Feb 15

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), Regional Integration, and Trade Policy

Join us for conversation on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AFCFTA), regional integration and trade policy with Dr. Melaku Desta from the Uni…

Jan 31

The Political Uses of AI in Canada

Join us for a conversation with Elizabeth Dubois, to discuss her new report, The Political Uses of AI in Canada, with Laura Tribe.…

Oct 18 to Oct 20

Shaping AI for Just Futures

Join us for a global and interdisciplinary conversation on the ethical, legal and societal implications of artificial intelligence with leading law, p…

Oct 18

Shaping the Politics of AI: Past, Present, Future

Join us for the inaugural Ian R. Kerr Memorial Lecture featuring Prof. Kate Crawford reflecting on the politics of AI and the scholarship of Dr. Kerr.…

Oct 4

AI and the Legal Profession

Join us for a conversation with leading Canadian experts on the latest AI developments for the legal profession.

Sep 20

Shaping Policy for the Next Frontier Technology

Join us to meet the professors, projects and student opportunities of Canada’s leading research group in technology law, ethics and policy!

Sep 27

Breaking the Silence

Join us for a conversation with Valerie Steeves and Jane Bailey about using arts-based and deliberative dialogue methods to engage young people in the…

Jun 16

Book Launch Can't compute

Join us for the book launch of Can’t Compute, a collection of essays aiming at bridging this gap in Canadian studies to highlight technology issues th…