The Ukrainian Bar Association is pleased to invite you to the VII Conference on IT Law: #ubaITconf. This year's event promises to be especially interesting and full of relevant topics and opinions of leading industry experts.

Date: April 11, 2024

Venue: National Hotel, 5 Lipska St., Kyiv / online (Zoom)

At the conference, we will discuss topical issues in the field of IT. From artificial intelligence and business security to structuring the IT sector in Ukraine and abroad, as well as structuring in the world of Web 3.0.

Register and join the fruitful discussion about technological challenges and opportunities that the future holds.

*PROGRAM:

09:30–10:00 Registration of participants. Welcome coffee. 

10:00–10:10 Opening of the event

10:10–11:30 Session 1: Artificial intelligence: aspects of legal regulation

Moderator:

Andriy Gorbatenko, Partner of Competition Practice at LA Law Firm

Questions for discussion: 

• Practice of using AI
• Legal regulation of AI from the point of view of intellectual property 
• Protection of privacy in the era of artificial intelligence

Experts: 

Martin Ebers, President of the Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Lawyers Society (RAILS) and Associate Professor of IT Law at the University of Tartu (online / Estonia)

Tetiana Avdeyeva, senior lawyer at the Digital Security Laboratory, expert of the Expert Committee on Artificial Intelligence at the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine (online)

Olena Andrienko, Deputy Director of Legal Affairs at Publicis Groupe Ukraine, expert of the Expert Committee on Artificial Intelligence at the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine

Oleg Dubno, legal consultant on the development of legal regulation of artificial intelligence at the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine

Dmytro Doroshenko, Head of Creative Sectors Development Department at the Ukrainian National Office of Intellectual Property and Innovation

Veronika Zbryzka, Deputy Head of Legal Department at Sport Labs Group, meta.ua, attorney at law

11:30–12:00 Coffee break

12:00–13:20 Session 2: IT business security

Moderator:

Stanislav Borys, Managing Partner of Vidar

Questions for discussion: 

• Cryptocurrency in criminal proceedings
• Searches of business
• Principles of communication with law enforcement agencies
• Hacker attacks
• Protection of electronic data in criminal proceedings

Experts:

Oleksandr Maksymenko, Head of the Investment Protection and Implementation of Prosecutors' Specialization Division of the Department of Criminal Policy and Investment Protection, Prosecutor General's Office

Lilia Sushko, Chief Inspector of the Department for Combating Crimes Related to Virtual Assets

Stanislav Yena, Counsel at VB PARTNERS, attorney at law

Representative of the State Service for Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine

13:20–14:20 Coffee break

14:20–15:40 Session 3: Structuring IT business in Ukraine and abroad

Moderator:

Anton Zaderigolova, Partner of AVELLUM

Questions for discussion: 

• Diia City is a snapshot of the current state of affairs.
• Ukrainian CFC rules — challenges for IT business owners. 
• Dual residency and relocation of IT professionals abroad: can Backham Law help?
• Structuring the relationship with an IT specialist: Sole proprietorship, employment contract, gig contract. Advantages and disadvantages"

Experts:

Oleksii Dobronravov, Head of the Main Department for Ensuring the Functioning of the Legal Regime of Diia City, Directorate for IT Industry Development, Ministry of Digital Transformation 

Olena Kuznetsykova, Managing Partner of LAW GUIDE Law Firm

Volodymyr Igonin, Partner at Vasil Kisil & Partners Law Firm

Vitaliy Labadin, Senior Associate of Tax and Customs Practice at INTEGRITES Law Firm

Volodymyr Khomenko, attorney at law at Gramatskyy and Partners

15:40–16:10 Coffee break16:10–17:30 Session 4. Structuring in the world of Web 3.0

Moderator:

Viktor Tesliuk, managing partner at Legalact 

Questions for discussion: 

• Protecting cryptocurrency 
• Web 3.0
• NFT
• GDPR

Experts:

Nestor Dubnevych, Co-Founder at Legal Nodes (online)

Anastasia Kazankina, counsel at Doubinsky & Osharova (online)

Olesya Arkhipova, owner of Arkhipova Advisory, head of Web-3 subclub at Young Business Club

Yulia Tesliuk, attorney at Legalact

17:30–18:30 Networking

*The program is preliminary and will be updated

Registration is required to participate in the event.

Participation is considered confirmed after payment of the registration fee.

For more information about the event, participation as a speaker and partnership opportunities, please contact us by phone: +38 (098) 764-21-53 (WhatsApp, Telegram, Viber) or e-mail: forum@uba.ua. Contact person — Tetiana Fodor.