The Technology Committee of the Cyprus Bar Association (CBA) is pleased to invite you to the 5th educational conference dedicated to Legal Tech entitled “Law & Technology: E-justice & Legal Technology”. The event will be held online via ZOOM on Thursday, 19 January 2023, at 15:00 (CET), with a live broadcast on the CBA’s Facebook page.
The conference is co-organized by the Technology Committee of the CBA and the European Legal Tech Association (ELTA) under the auspices of the CBA.

The president of the CBA, Dr Christos Clerides will open the conference and the honoured guests, Mr Grégoire Miot, President of the European Legal Tech Association (ELTA), Mr Kyriacos Kokkinos, Deputy Minister to the President for Research, Innovation and Digital Policy, Mr Panayiotis Perakis, President of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE), Mr Demetris Vervesos, President of the Athens Bar Association, Mr Elias Klappas, President of the Piraeus Bar Association, and the co-founder of “Cyprus Justice for All Network” Mrs Alexia Kountouri will then address the conference. A panel discussion will follow by renowned and experienced academics and lawyers from Cyprus and abroad. The conference will be moderated by Mrs Christiana Aristidou, President of the CBA’s Technology Committee and ELTA Ambassador for Cyprus, and Mr Konstantinos Anagnostopoulos, ELTA Ambassador for Greece and administrator of the Athens Legal Tech.

Agenda

Welcome Speech
4:00 – 4:10 — Welcome & Introduction – Dr. Christos Clerides, President of the Cyprus Bar Association (CBA)
4:10 – 4:20 — Speech by Mr. Grégoire Miot, President of the European Legal Tech Association (ELTA)
4:20 – 4:30 — Speech by Mr. Kyriacos Kokkinos, Deputy Minister to the President for Research, Innovation and Digital Policy.
4:30 – 4:50 — Opening Remarks

• Address by Mr. Panayiotis Perakis, President of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE)
• Address by Mr. Demetris Vervesos, President of the Athens Bar Association
• Address by Mr. Elias Klappas, President of the Piraeus Bar Association
• 4:50 – 5:00 — Introductory speech on «E-Justice and Legal Technology» by Mr. Holger Zscheyge, Former President of ELTA

5:00 – 5:50 — 1st Panel – E-JUSTICE
Moderation: Konstantinos Anagnostopoulos, Lawyer, Administrator of the Athens Legal Tech, ELTA Ambassador for Greece
Subject: Digital Justice: Present and Future
i) Digital Court Systems – Case study (Greek & Cypriot)
ii) Current Digital Justice issues: The impact of Artificial Intelligence
iii) The interaction of digital judicial systems with e-government supersystems.
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Panelists:
• Evangelos Papalambrou, Lawyer, Board Member of Information Society (IS) S.A., Legal counsel of the Association of Informatics and Communication companies of Greece (SEPE)
• Demetris Melides, Lawyer MSc, PhDc, Academic Supervisor and Instructor at the Programme “Digital Judiciary Systems & Tech ethics”, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (UoA), Moderator at E-Justice, Piraeus Bar Association
• Alexia Kountouri, co-founder of “Cyprus Justice for All Network”
• Vasilis Charalambous, Lawyer, Vice-President of the CBA’s Technology Committee
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6:00 – 6:50 — 2nd Panel – LEGAL TECHNOLOGY
Moderation: Christiana Aristidou, Lawyer, President of the CBA’s Technology Committee and ELTA Ambassador for Cyprus
Subject: Modern (Legal Practice) in the digital world: Challenges and Perspectives
Panelists:
• Spyros Tassis, Lawyer, LL.M., President of the Hellenic Association of Data Protection & Privacy, co-founder of Athens Legal Tech
• Przemyslaw Barchan, ELTA Ambassador for Poland
• Ana-Maria Drăgănuță Briard, Founding Attorney – Legally Remote | Law Office & Co-Vice President of ELTΑ, Ambassador for Romania
• Laura Fauqueur, ELTA Ambassador for Spain, founder of Legalshake
• Dr. Charis Savvides, Lawyer & Law Lecturer at University of Nicosia, Member of the CBA’s Technology Committee
• Marisa Monteiro Borsboom, Co-Vice President of ELTΑ, Ambassador for Portugal
** The discussion of the 2nd panel will be conducted in English
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6:50 – 7:00 – Q & A
The event will be broadcasted on the CBA’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/CBACYPRUS