The International Congress ‘Towards the Responsible Development of the Metaverse’ has been partially funded by the C035/23-OT Agreement between the public business entity RED.ES, M.P. and the consortium formed by Carlos III University of Madrid, the University of Alicante, the Autonomous University of Madrid, Pompeu Fabra University, the University of Santiago de Compostela, the University of Valencia, Odiseia, the General Council of the Spanish Bar Association, the COTEC Foundation, and the Illustrious Bar Association of Valencia, to promote the implementation of the Charter of Digital Rights in the realm of rights within new digital environments.
Recordings from the 13th June sessions
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Introduction - The Metaverse in Context
Speakers: Anne BAJART (Deputy Head of Unit for Interactive Technologies, Digital for Culture and Education at DG CONNECT; European Commission); Christina JACKSON (External Engagement Lead for Reality Labs Policy at Meta)
Chair: Manuel DESANTES REAL (Professor of Private International Law / Chair of the Scientific Committee of the MetaverseUA Chair;
#1 - Metaverse Governancea
Speakers: Emmie HINE (PhD Candidate at University of Bologna / Katholieke Universiteit Leuven); Anselm KÜSTERS (Divisional Head Digitalisation, Centre for European Policy, Berlin); Faith OBAFEMI (Researcher / Privacy Policy Technician at Queen’s University Belfast); Nataliia MAZARAKI (State University of Trade and Economics (Ukraine) / Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition); Stella MEYER (Research Associate and project manager at the Lisbon Council)
Discussants: Patrick GRADY (Editor of Metaverse EU / Tech lead at Fourtold); José Ángel CAMISÓN YAGUE (Associate Professor Constitutional Law, University of Alicante).
Chair: Pau GUARDIOLA (Stanford University / UCAM Universidad Católica de Murcia)
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#2 - Avatars and Digital Identity in the Metaverse
Speakers: Vera Lúcia RAPOSO (Assistant Professor and Deputy Director for Value Creation and Internationalization at NOVA School of Law, Lisbon); Lorena María ARISMENDY MENGUAL (Professor of Private Law at CUNEF Universidad, Madrid); Giovanni SORRENTINO (PhD Candidate at University of Bologna); A.Patricia LLAQUE GÁLVEZ, Domingo DÍAZ AMATO; Esther SÁNCHEZ GONZÁLEZ (Metaverse for Good)
Discussants: Lisa KÄDE (Attorney at JBB); Martin EBERS (President of Robotics & AI Law Society (RAILS))
Chair: Julián LÓPEZ RICHART (Associate Professor in Civil Law at the University of Alicante / Director of the Master in Law of the Digital Society
#3 - Privacy and Personal Data Protection in the Metaverse
Speakers: Natalia MENÉNDEZ (PhD Candidate and Research Associate at the Centre for a Digital Society, European University Institute, Florence); Javier LÓPEZ-GUZMAN (PhD Candidate and Research fellow in Private international law at University of Alicante); Pablo TRIGO KRAMCSÁK (PhD researcher at Vrije Universiteit Brussel); Shweta DEGALAHAL (PhD Candidate at Tilburg University; Stanley SIMOES (Early Stage Researcher at Queen’s University Belfast)
Discussants: Nicolas DE BOUVILLE (EMEA Privacy Policy Manager at Meta); Migle LAUKYTE (Associate Professor in Artificial Intelligence and Law, Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
#4 - Intellectual Property and the Metaverse
Speakers: Sara LOUREDO (Assistant Professor of Commercial Law at University of Vigo, Spain); Vanessa JIMÉNEZ SERRANÍA (Associate Professor of Commercial Law at University of Salamanca, Spain); Daylin VALDÉS HERNÁNDEZ (LLM in Intellectual Property, University Carlos III, Madrid); Ioanna LAPATOURA (Lecturer in Law, at University College London)
Discussants: Gaetano DIMITA (Senior Lecturer in International Intellectual Property Law, Queen Mary University of London); Enrico BONADIO (Reader in Intellectual Property Law at City, University of London)
Chair: Laurent MANDERIEUX (Professor of Intellectual Property Law at Bocconi University)
