Shaastra & Anand & Anand’s LawTech Conference [4th Jan; IIT Madras]

Shaastra, IIT Madras, in collaboration with Anand&Anand, is organising the LawTech Conference 2019. Date: 4th January 2019 Venue: Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai Growing out of the increasing intersection between Law and Tech, the LawTech Conference seeks to serve as a platform to enlighten those interested in the emerging field. With a wide array of events such as workshops, panels, lectures are more, the conference will cover the use of advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence, blockchain and law-bots for assisting lawyers and to also help entrepreneurs and inventors with laws on intellectual property and patents. The Conference is open to: Lawyers and Law students Innovators and startups in law tech Engineers and inventors interested in patenting Highlights of the LawTech Conference 2019 Artificial Intelligence & Governance Blockchain & Smart Contracts Future of Legal-Tech Freelancing as a Patent agent Schedule: 09:00 AM to 10:00 AM: Introductory Lecture by Rohan George 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM: Lecture on Blockchain, Cryptocurrency & Smart Contracts 11:00 AM - 01:00 PM : Panel Discussion on Artificial Intelligence & Governance by Sachin Malhan, Chittu Nagarajan and Shashank Bijapur and moderated by Prof. Feroz Ali 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM: Networking Lunch 02:15 PM - 03:15 PM: Lecture on Future of Legal-Tech by Hrishikesh Datar 03:30 PM - 05:30: PM Demo on Hands-on online Patenting by Prof. Feroz Ali & Team Queries can be addressed to mootcourt@shaastra.org, or Hardhik B Jhurani, or CharishmaTakkallapalli.