Event
Cybercrime Conference: Exploring the Future of Crime
Event information
Date & location
KU Leuven
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Michele Panzavolta
Associate Professor at the Leuven Institute of Criminology
michele.panzavolta@kuleuven.beParticipation
Submit your abstract by 11 June to participate in the conference.
Under the framework of Una Europa's Seed Funding Chair in Data Science and AI, the first Una Europa Cybercrime Conference "Exploring the Future of Crime" will take place on 5–6 October at KU Leuven, hosted by the Leuven Institute of Criminology (LINC).
Scholars are invited to present their research ideas on the present and future of criminal law enforcement in the context of our digital society. Contributions that engage in an analysis of the impact of new technologies on crime, crime prevention, investigation, and repression are welcome.
About the conference
The conference is organised by colleagues at KU Leuven—Leuven Institute of Criminology (LINC), together with Freie Universität Berlin, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna, and Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.
The conference intends to discuss and explore the present and future of criminal law enforcement in the context of our digital society. There will be particular focus on the advent of the next wave of transformative technologies including new forms of cryptography and encryption; artificial intelligence applications; blockchain; and virtual reality.
The Conference will consist of three panels, covering the topics of:
- Cybercrime and Cyber-investigations: New Challenges and Compliance with Human Rights
- AI, Prevention and Repression of Crimes
- Digitalization and Human Rights in Criminal Justice
Please see the Call for Papers document for further information on each of the panels.
The proceeds of the conference will be published in three special issues on the newly-launched Lawyer-in-the-Middle Attack Blog (LIMA Blog). The LIMA Blog, dedicated to cybercrime and technology law in the field of criminal justice, is the creation of the sponsoring universities under the lead of KU Leuven. It will provide a digital agora for discussion and aims to become a key instrument in the toolkit of any scholar and practitioner working in the fields of cybercrime and procedure.
How to get involved
Abstracts (max. 300 words) should be sent to michele.panzavolta@kuleuven.be or anna.mosna@kuleuven.be no later than June 11.
Completed papers should be submitted a week before the conference. Acceptance decisions will be communicated by the end of June, so that participants can make the necessary travel arrangements to Leuven. All contributions and presentations should be in English. Given the format of the blog, completed papers should be no longer that 4000 words (footnotes excluded). Selected researchers will present their papers in person.
Please note: Unfortunately, travel and accommodation costs cannot be reimbursed.
This event is initiated under the framework of Una Europa's Seed Funding Chair in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence.