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
https://commons.erau.edu/jdfsl/
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.