Drone Law Update
2/24/2022 | Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
Host, Committee Chair, Matt Henshon, discusses the latest news and law updates within the drone world with speakers Dawn Zoldi, Kevin Morris, and Jonathan Rupprecht.
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The Smart City in the Post-COVID-19 Era
01/2022 | The SciTech Lawyer Magazine
In this episode, we'll highlight authors and articles from the Winter 2022 issue of The SciTech Lawyer, whose theme was Smart Cities. We will hear from 4 of the authors: Wayne Unger, Tod Caflisch, Professor Elie Bou-Zeid, and Tim Derden.
SciTech Summer Series - Thankful Thursday Rewind
SciTech Summer Series - Thankful Thursdays was a SciTech Member Appreciation program series. If you were not able to attend or would like to watch a program again, please visit the SciTech Summer Series Rewind page to hear/watch the recordings and view the PowerPoint presentations.
SciTech Presents: Everyone Should Be a Skeptic - Questioning the Probative Value of Purported Scientific Evidence
8/26/21 | Summer Series | Scientific Evidence
Before proving the case with scientific evidence, know that not all science is created equal. Join panelists to discuss whether to defend or debunk science in the courtroom.
Speakers:
Hon. Roderick T. Kennedy, Retired Chief Judge, New Mexico Court of Appeals
Robert Knaier, Fitzgerald Knaier
Hot Topics in Cleantech and Climate Change
8/12/21 | Summer Series | Cleantech and Climate Change
This summer has been hot in climate change legal and technological developments. The European Parliament has passed the European Climate Law, a “law of laws” to drive reductions in greenhouse gas emissions to climate neutral levels, the US has upped its effort on climate initiatives through a series of executive orders earlier this year and states across the country are deliberating and passing legislation, like the Act for the Next Generation Roadmap for Massachusetts Climate Policy to ensure safety, security from cyberattacks and physical sabotage, equity, and reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. Join SciTech’s Cleantech and Climate Change Committee members for the latest legal and technological updates in the effort to stave off climate change.
Speakers:
Elizabeth Dawson, Crowell & Moring
Robert Brammer, Brammer Technology, LLC
Real-World Evidence: A Potentially Transformative Tool in Drug Development and Regulation
7/22/21 | Summer Series | Precision Medicine
Interest in Real-World Evidence (RWE) took off after the 21st Century Cures Act of 2016 required FDA to explore use of RWE in certain drug approval submissions. FDA has since utilized RWE in multiple regulatory approvals, including a drug treatment for male breast cancer, a label expansion for a device for minimally invasive heart valve surgery and expansion of use for an injectable to treat schizoaffective disorder. As an alternative or complement to traditional drug approvals, RWE can accelerate and reduce the cost of drug approvals and make possible more sophisticated evaluations of drugs and medical devices. Most drug approval applications now include at least some RWE data, and recent surveys have shown that more than 90% of pharmaceutical companies either already are or plan in the near future to prioritize RWE programs.
Speaker:
Neil Belson, Law Offices of Neil Belson
The Future of Mobility: From Personal Assistants to Geofencing
12/18/2019 | Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
Get a jump on the upcoming Winter 2020 SciTech Lawyer issue - focused on mobility. Authors will preview the highlights of their respective articles, including personal assistants, geofencing, and mobile devices in professional sports. Mobile devices have never been more widely used, and you will hear the legal issues that such devices can raise.
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The Final California Consumer Privacy Act - What Are Your Obligations
12/04/2019 | E-Privacy Law
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) takes effect January 1, 2020, and will impact most for-profit companies that handle personal information (defined very broadly). In the past few weeks, the California legislature (through amendments) and the California Attorney General (through draft regulations) have fundamentally changed many aspects of the law. Join us for a robust discussion of the CCPA's requirements, including the impact of the recent amendments and draft AG regulations.
Managing Open Source Compliance and Risks
11/12/2019 | Open Source Software
Virtually every company today is using open source software in the development of its products and services. Because open source software is developed outside of your organization and is licensed under a myriad of different licenses, organizations need tools and resources to help them effectively and efficiently comply with the relevant licenses and identify other risks associated with the use of community-developed code. Our panel of experts will provide an overview of some of these tools and resources and how organizations can implement them.
Talking Privacy with NIST
10/29/2018 Data Privacy
NIST (the National Institute of Standards and Technology within the Department of Commerce), is well known for developing cybersecurity standards, guidance, and best practices for the public sector that have been widely adopted in the private sector as well. Since developing and releasing the privacy controls in Appendix J of NIST Special Publication 800-53 rev. 4, Security and Privacy Controls for Federal Information Systems and Organizations (2013), the NIST team has worked on an impressive array of privacy materials, strategies, and guidance. NIST's current activities include privacy engineering and privacy risk management undertakings, the upcoming release of SP 800-53 rev. 5 (which will integrate privacy and data security controls), and the recently announced privacy framework initiative (www.nist.gov/privacy-framework), which will be modeled on NIST’s earlier cybersecurity framework initiative.
SciTech Focus on Blockchain: Introduction to Blockchain Technology
10/24/2018 | Business Development
An explanation of the fundamentals of blockchain technology in a way that is accessible to the legal community. The primary attribute of the technology is an immutable ledger or database of information that is created, maintained, and shared among all network participants. Although bitcoin was the first blockchain system, many other types have emerged since then. The program will discuss some of these applications as an illustration of the technology.