Upcoming events

Poster
Nov 19 to Nov 21

Digital Policy and Platform Governance: Global Trends and Comparative Regional Perspectives

Join us for a new global virtual series (in English and in Spanish) on digital politicies and digital platforms. Athina, Ius Et Veritas, the Centre fo…

Who's security are we talking about anyway?
Dec 2

Who's Security Are We Talking About Anyway?

Join us for a conversation with Dr. Kristen Thomasen and Prof. Jane Bailey examining issues of surveillance and security in the smart homes context.  …

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Past events

Poster 2024-10-28 Authoritarian Smart Cities and Total Urban Surveillance
Oct 28

Authoritarian Smart Cities and Total Urban Surveillance

Join us for a conversation on surveillance and smart cities to launch the CCS/Lab and welcome our new Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Global Fellow.  T…

SCC
Oct 10

(De)Coding the Court: Legal Data Insights into Canada’s Supreme Court

Join us for the launch of (De)Coding the Court: Legal Data Insights into Canada’s Supreme Court edited by Justice Carissima Mathen, Professor Wolfgang…

Event Poster
Sep 23

The Walls Have Eyes

Join us for a conversation with Petra Molnar around her new book exposing experimental AI surveillance technology sharpening of borders around the glo…

Poster of the event
Apr 19

Digital Empires: The Global Battle to Regulate Technology

Join us for a conversation with Prof. Anu Bradford on the regulatory approaches governing the digital economy and how governments and technology compa…

Poster of the event
Apr 10

Governing Online Harms

Join us for a conversation on Bill C-63 and the Online Harms Bill with leading legal experts. The University of Ottawa Centre for Law, Technology and …

Promotional poster of the event unLine: Exploring the transgressive potential of art in a digitally repressive environment
Mar 18

unLine: Exploring the transgressive potential of art in a digitally repressive environment

Join us on an exploration of the transgressive potential of art in a digitally repressive environment with Prof. Chloe S. Georas as we inaugurate her …

AI Hype and the Justice Gap Poster
Feb 21

AI Hype and the Justice Gap

Join us for a conversation with Prof. Milan Markovic on the deployment of AI in the legal profession and how it affects access to justice.

Poster for the event The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), Regional Integration, and Trade Policy
Feb 15

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), Regional Integration, and Trade Policy

Join us for conversation on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AFCFTA), regional integration and trade policy with Dr. Melaku Desta from the Uni…

Poster for Political Uses for AI in Canada presentation info
Jan 31

The Political Uses of AI in Canada

Join us for a conversation with Elizabeth Dubois, to discuss her new report, The Political Uses of AI in Canada, with Laura Tribe.…

Poster for Shaping AI for Just Futures Conference
Oct 18 to Oct 20

Shaping AI for Just Futures

Join us for a global and interdisciplinary conversation on the ethical, legal and societal implications of artificial intelligence with leading law, p…

Poster for Ian R. Kerr Memorial Lecture presentation info
Oct 18

Shaping the Politics of AI: Past, Present, Future

Join us for the inaugural Ian R. Kerr Memorial Lecture featuring Prof. Kate Crawford reflecting on the politics of AI and the scholarship of Dr. Kerr.…

Poster for AI and the legal profession with event details
Oct 4

AI and the Legal Profession

Join us for a conversation with leading Canadian experts on the latest AI developments for the legal profession.

Poster for Shaping Policy for the Next Frontier Technology lecture info
Sep 20

Shaping Policy for the Next Frontier Technology

Join us to meet the professors, projects and student opportunities of Canada’s leading research group in technology law, ethics and policy!

Poster for the Breaking the Silence - Engaging youth in digital policymaking presentation
Sep 27

Breaking the Silence

Join us for a conversation with Valerie Steeves and Jane Bailey about using arts-based and deliberative dialogue methods to engage young people in the…

Poster for Book launch Can't Compute presentation info
Jun 16

Book Launch Can't compute

Join us for the book launch of Can’t Compute, a collection of essays aiming at bridging this gap in Canadian studies to highlight technology issues th…