16-17 September 2022

Prof. Giusella Finocchiaro will speak at the Annual Conference of ICON-S Italia, the Italian section of the International Society of Public Law, which this year is being organised at the Alma Mater, University of Bologna. The title of the Conference is “The Future of the State” and the Professor will give a speech on the topic of “Digital Sovereignty” during the 1st Plenary Session of the event, which will be chaired by Prof. Avv. Paola Severino, LUISS University. Prof. Finocchiaro will be joined by the jurist and academic Prof. Sabino Cassese, Pres. Gian Carlo Blangiardo, ISTAT, and Prof. Andrea Morrone, Alma Mater, who will give the concluding plenary greetings.

5-8 September 2022

Prof. Giusella Finocchiaro will participate in the Annual Conference organized by the European Law Institute (ELI) to be hosted by the Charles III University in Madrid from 5 to 8 September 2022. Prof. Finocchiaro will join the panel of the fourth day themed “Guiding Principles and Model Rules on Algorithmic Contracts”, coordinated by Prof. Teresa Rodríguez de las Heras Ballell, Charles III University of Madrid, and in which Prof. Christoph Busch, University of Osnabrück and Yale University, Maria Peltoniemi LL.M., Policy Officer of the European Commission, and Prof. Christian Twigg-Flesner, University of Warwick, will also give speeches.

27 July 2022, 12:00 AM-13:00 PM

Avv. Laura Greco will be the speaker of the webinar “L’evoluzione normativa in materia di identificazione elettronica: la revisione di e-idas e il sistema di gestione deleghe”, organized by the Observatory Digital Identity, one of the Observatories on Digital Innovation of the Politecnico di Milano’s School of Management.
During the webinar, Avv. Greco will illustrate the evolution of the legal  framework on electronic identification, delving into the model law developed by the UNCITRAL Working Group on Electronic Commerce, the proposal for a Regulation amending Reg. e-IDAS and the Italian “sistema di gestione deleghe”. 

The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) adopted the “Model Law on the Use and Cross-border Recognition on Identity Management and Trust Services,” a model law developed by the Working Group IV – Electronic Commerce, chaired by Professor Giusella Finocchiaro since 2014.
The model law is the first text that addresses on an international level the issue of digital identity and is the fruit of the seeds that were sown more than ten years ago, as work on identity management and trust services has first been proposed in New York. Since then, it has become evident that this matter lies at the core of the digital economy and the model law may be used to facilitate interaction between existing and future regional models and schemes.
Since Professor Finocchiaro is the Chairwoman of the Working Group IV – Electronic Commerce, two other projects have already been adopted: the Notes on the Main Issues of Cloud Computing Contract and the Model Law on Electronic Transferable Records, endorsed by G7 and adopted in many countries, the European States included.

The 55th session of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), in which Prof. Avv. Giusella Finocchiaro will take part, is currently underway in New York. In fact, the focus of the working session will be the draft of the “Model Law on the Use and Cross-border Recognition of Identity Management and Trust Services,” the model law that will allow in a cross-border context the use and recognition of digital identities and trust services internationally. The law was drafted by the Working Group IV - Electronic Commerce, under the leadership of the Professor as the Chairwoman of the group.

30 June 2022, 2:30-5:00 PM

Avv. Alessandro Candini will be the speaker of the Workshop "Artificial Intelligence applicata ai processi amministrativo-contabili”, organized by the Observatory Digital B2b, one of the Observatories on Digital Innovation of the Politecnico di Milano’s School of Management. Avv. Candini will illustrate the possible uses of AI in administrative and accounting processes, delving into critical issues as the liability regime for AI, AI and data protection, the case law and the proposal for a European Regulation on AI, the AI Act.