The International Association of IT Lawyers (IAITL) invites you to participate in the 9th International Conference on legal, security and privacy issues in information technology law. The 2014 IAITL Conference will be held in Lisbon under the auspices of the International Association of IT Lawyers.

The Conference is an opportunity for academics, practitioners and consultants to come together, exchange ideas, and discuss emerging issues in IT law and the emerging technological environment. We invite contributions focusing on Legal, Security and Privacy Issues of IT, including but not limited to:

    Digital Identity
    E-signatures
    E-forensics and Evidence
    Email monitoring and privacy issues in the workplace
    Data retention & protection
    Intellectual Property Rights
    Contract and Tort
    Virtual Companies
    E-commerce law
    Media & entertainment law
    Data mining
    Internet Freedom
    Phishing, virus, malware etc.
    Trustmarks
    Legal risks and protection strategies
    E-government & edemocracy
    Privacy, Virology and security issues
    Jurisdiction in Cyberspace
    Cloud computing
    Online gaming
    Mobile technology
    Robots & Intelligent agents
    Consumer Protection
    Cross-border ADR and Litigation
    Content Regulation and Liability Issues
    Telecommunication law and technology
    Licensing and franchising
    IT Outsourcing
    Taxation of cross-border transactions
    Jurisdictional barriers to regulation and enforcement
    E-trade
    Audio-visual technology
    Broadband technology
    Virtual worlds: regulation and taxation issues
    Biometrics
    Risk Management
    Cybercrime
    Electronic Health Records (EHR)
    Telemedicine

The conference committee is seeking submissions of papers for oral presentations at the conference in three major categories:

- Academic, peer reviewed papers - these papers will be peer reviewed by members of the program committee and other independent reviewers (where necessary) and will be published   in the edited conference proceedings with ISBN.  All papers will also be published in several leading international journals. Case studies, abstracts of research in progress, as well as full research papers will be considered for the conference program for presentation purposes.  However, only complete papers will be published in the proceedings. Previously published peer-reviewed papers will also be considered, provided the authors (s) are granted license from the publisher and publication information are noted in the article.

- Presentations based on a short abstract & non-academic papers - these papers will not be peer reviewed. These papers will be selected on merit by the program committee. This category covers corporate papers, best practices, new technologies, policy issues etc.

All accepted papers will also be published in leading international journals. 

Authors must provide about 150 words abstract. For complete papers, authors must provide about 150 word abstract and five keywords. There is a word limit of maximum page limit of 15 pages using a paper size of 16 x 23 or approximately 6500 words including references). All photos, tables and figures must be in jpg format.

For full papers submitted for peer review, identifying information should be removed. Please send in a separate Word attachment the following information: Title, Affiliation and Author's Name.  When preparing your final version of the manuscript, please ensure that you use the conference template (click here). 

Send submissions by electronic mail in a Word document to: submit@lspi.net or sylvia@kierkegaard.co.uk