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 14th June sessions

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Keynote Speech - The future of the Metaverse

Speaker: Lasse ROUHIAINEN (International Keynote Speaker on Artificial Intelligence)

#5 - Content and Behavior Moderation in the Metaverse

Speakers: Pin LEAN LAU (Director of Research at the UK & European Chapter Responsible Metaverse Alliance); Noémie KRACK (Legal Researcher at KU Leuven Centre for IT & IP Law (CiTiP)); Jean DE MEYERE (PhD Candidate at the KU Leuven Centre for IT & IP Law (CiTiP); Gian Marco BOVENZI (PhD Candidate at Centro Alti Studi per la Difesa, Rome); Adèle SERIO (Ph.D. Candidate in Law at the University of Montreal and the University of Poitiers); Salomé LANNIER (Post-doctoral researcher, University of Luxembourg)

Discussants: Giancarlo FROSIO (Professor of Intellectual Property and Technology Law / Director of the G-IPTech Centre at Queen’s University Belfast, School of Law); Jan DE BRUYNE (Head of Unit at the KU Leuven Centre for IT & IP Law)

Chair: Paul POLAŃSKI (Professor, Department of Information Systems at Kozminski University

#6 - Virtual Worlds as Markets

Speakers: Ana Mercedes LÓPEZ RODRÍGUEZ (Associate Professor of private international law at the Loyola University of Sevilla); Jacopo CIANI (Research Fellow at the University of Torino / Adjunct Professor at the ESCP Business School Turin); Marcos CRUZ GONZÁLEZ (Substitute Professor of Commercial Law at the University of Salamanca); Germán Darío FLÓREZ ACERO (Director of the Master in Innovation in Digital Law and Legal Tech at the Universidad Sergio Arboleda, Colombia)

 Discussants: Antonio SERRANO ACITORES (Associate Professor of Commercial Law at University Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid); Giovanni Maria RICCIO (Professor of Comparative Law at the University of Salerno / Founder & Senior Partner at e-Lex Law Firm)

Chair: Teresa RODRÍGUEZ DE LAS HERAS BALLELL (Professor of Commercial Law at University Carlos III, Madrid)

Conclusions - The Metaverse and Legal Research: Where Are We Heading?