Speak at the 2026 European Conference – Submission Deadline March 20, 2026

Business Development

• Use of AI in the Legal Profession, including in-house, as external lawyer and in automatic decision making
• How to approach business development for lawyers

Data and Emerging Technologies

• Navigating in an era of increasing technology regulations in the EU
• Defense Tech
• The regulation of data
• Quantum Computing
  • Understanding the Technology
  • Use Cases and Pitfalls
  • Regulatory Constraints
• Space and Satellite
• Electric Vehicles
• Smart Grid Panel
• Ad Tech with In-House
• Data Act in Practice
• Regulations and the Approach to AI Contracting

AI & Algorithms

• The EU AI Act: Lessons from Early Implementation and Enforcement Readiness
• Contracting for AI: Risk Allocation, Liability, and IP in AI-Driven Services
• Explainability, Transparency, and Human Oversight – Legal vs. Technical Realities
• Generative AI in Regulated Industries:
  • Healthcare
  • Finance
  • Public Sector
• Deep Dive on Legal Issues when using AI
  • e.g. transparency obligations
• Contentious AI/Dispute Resolution AI
• AI in a transactional context
• Considering AI Risk

Cybersecurity, Resilience, and Incident Management

• Governance
• Incident response across borders: legal, regulatory and reputational aspects
• Contractual cybersecurity obligations in complex supply chains
• Board-level accountability for cyber risk
• NIS2/DORA
• Digital Sovereignty and Cyber Resilience
• Virtual Crisis with Crisis Response
• Navigating the CRA and cyber security in connected products

Commercial Technology Contracts

• Contracting in e-Commerce
• Cloud, SaaS, and Hyperscaler Negotiations: Market Standards vs. Legal Risk
• Managing Vendor Lock-In and Exit Rights
• NIS2, DORA, and other global regulation and the rise of mandatory cyber governance

Future-Facing & Thought Leadership Sessions

• The Future of Digital Sovereignty in Europe
• Ethical Tech and Soft Law: Does it still matter?
• Will regulation slow innovation – or enable trust-based growth?
• What digital regulation will look like in 2030
• Managing multi-jurisdictional Regulatory Exposure

Proposals that will have a higher chance of acceptance should be interesting, surprising or perhaps entail disruptive take home messages! Consider including the following in your proposal:

• Sessions that require interaction with and/or input from the audience;
• Deep-dive sessions;
• Showcases on technological developments (show how it works in practice instead of merely talking about it);
• Case studies on how to deal with new developments (IT, legal or both) in daily practice (in-house lawyers’ best practices);
• Any innovative or creative format you believe would work at an ITechLaw conference.

To maximize the overall number of views expressed during the conference, the Planning Committee will continue the practice to limit presenters to one per firm for the duration of the conference.

Presenters who were speakers or moderators at the 2025 European Conference are not eligible to speak or moderate at the 2026 European Conference, however, they may still submit a topic and are encouraged to submit additional speakers that would be knowledgeable on the topic.

This proposal submission is intended for individual paper submissions; however, if you propose a panel you may still be considered depending upon the space available in our programming. Panel submissions with multiple presenters must not have duplicate representation from firms – see above, only one speaker per firm will be selected for the entirety of the conference.

More than 75 proposals are regularly received for consideration for each conference, so please understand that selecting panels is a difficult and highly selective process. Preference in selection will be given to proposals that are made by ITechLaw members and focus on advanced knowledge of a topic. All proposals must be submitted by March 20, 2026  at 11:59 pm PT for consideration. The Conference Chairs and Planning Committee will review all submissions and notify each presenter of the status in June 2026. If you have any questions, please contact us at conferences@itechlaw.org.

ITechLaw enforces the following speaker policy when considering the proposal submissions. Speaker Policy: speaker may not speak at two conferences in a row in a particular geographic region. (e.g, no speaking at two European Conferences in a row). Planning Committee members may not act as speakers or moderators. Speakers from their firm are permissible. Only one representative per firm is allowed to speak at the conference. ITechLaw does not pay speaking fees to any speakers. Speakers receive a discounted rate to the member registration rate to attend the full conference. An exception is made for in-house counsels, academic faculty, and government officials who may attend complimentary.

Please note that not all proposals will be accepted. Decisions on all proposals will be made after proposals have been reviewed, we aim for a timely response with sufficient time to make travel arrangements, however due to the development of agenda a firm date is difficult to provide.

Please only submit a proposal if you are available to attend the conference, be sure to save the dates, 21-23 October 2026.

When considering a proposal and curating panels, ITechLaw is conscious of diversifying the panels to represent a global perspective, inclusivity of genders, and limiting one speaker per firm/organization. This should be considered when submitting your proposal. Sessions are typically between 60 minutes in length with up to 3 concurrent sessions.