Lex Informatica 2011 Cyberlaw Conference

The 4th Regional Conference on Law & Electronic Communications (Lex Informatica 2011) is co-organised this year in conjunction with The 5th Regional Conference on Cybercrime, Law & Information Technology (CLIT 2011).

Following the success of the last three Lex Informatica conferences, Snail Attorneys @ Law will be hosting Lex Informatica 2011 at Burgers Park Hotel in Pretoria on 29 June 2011 - 30 June 2011.

The event aims to discuss and evaluate the legal aspects of Intellectual property, E-globalization, Procedural Law Aspects, Cyber Security, IT-Management, IT Governance, Quality Management, Telecommunication Law, Domain Names, Cyber Crime, Contracts, Cyber forensics, Software Contracts , Privacy Laws, Cyber Security, Corporate Governance in IT, E-Consumerism and E-commerce Transaction.

The conference will be co-chaired by Mohamed Chawki and Sizwe Snail and the confirmed speakers to date will be as follows:

Opening and introduction of Keynote Speaker - The Hon. Mr Justice Neil Tuchten (PRETORIA HIGH COURT JUDGE )

• Judge Dr Mohamed Chawki - AILCC and ACCP (Egypt) - KEYNOTE SPEAKER
• Prof Dana van der Merwe - UNISA (RSA)
• Prof Tana Pistorius - UNISA (RSA)
• Ms Tumelo Tshaya - Adams & Adams ( RSA )
• Mr Sizwe Snail - Snail Attorneys / Michalsons (RSA)
• Ms Joey Jansen van Vuuren, Dr Marthie Grobler, Dr Jannie Zaaiman -CSIR (RSA)
• Ms Riana Smallberger - SSG (RSS)
• Mr Danny Myburgh and Obi Oberholzer - Cyanare ( South Africa )
• Mr John Giles - Michalsons Attorneys ( RSA)
• Mr Jason Jordan ( SIU ) - (RSA)
• Ms JC Jansen van Vuuren, J Phahlamohlaka - CSIR (RSA)
• Ms Annette Hübschle, Senior Researcher: Organised Crime, ISS, (RSA)
• Adv Sylvia Papadopoulous - University of Pretoria ( RSA)
• Ms Verine Etsebeth - Univeristy of Witwatersrand (RSA)
• Mr Jaco De Jager - ACFE SA (RSA)
• Mr Mark Heyiink -INFORMATION GOVERNANCE CONSULTING (SA)

Who should attend?

• Directors (executive and non-executive, CEOs and FDs) - to discharge their legal duties and direct the course of the organisation
• CAEs, auditors and assurance providers (internal and external) - to audit and provide assurance regards ICT
• CROs and Risk Managers - to address ICT legal risks
• CIOs and ICT Managers - to manage ICT
• ICT Operators - to ensure that ICT operates
• ICT Security officers - to secure ICT
• Information (protection) officers - to balance access to information and protection of personal information
• ICT Governance officers and specialists - to govern ICT
• Compliance officers - to effectively comply with ICT laws
• Consultants - to advise and provide solutions on ICT related issues
• Legal advisors (corporate lawyers or in-house lawyers) - to provide good legal advice on ICT issues
• Attorneys and advocates - to provide good legal advice on ICT issues
• Law enforcement agencies - to enforce ICT law
• Magistrates -to be up-to-date
• Fraud Investigators, Anti-Fraud Managers, and Anti-fraud specialists - to know ICT law
• Local Government & Government Agencies
• Academics and Prosecutors.

The event will be sponsored by LexisNexis - www.lexisnexis.co.za and is associated with the following organisations:

Michalsons Attorneys
www.Michalsons.co.za

Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law
http://www.jdfsl.org

Association Internatioanle de Lutte Contre la Cybercriminalité
http://www.cybercrime-fr.org/

Cyanre (Pty) Ltd
www.cyanre.co.za

African Center for Cyberlaw and Cybercrime Prevention (ACCP)
http://cybercrime-fr.org/index.pl/Accp

Digital Evidence and Electronic Signature Law Review
http://www.deaeslr.org

Van Schaik Publishers
www.vanschaiknet.com

Tech4Law - Helping Lawyers Save Money Through Technology
www.tech4law.co.za

For more information contact Sizwe Snail on ssnail@snailattorneys.com or visit the web site www.lex-informatica.org.