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2nd Würzburg Conference on Technology Law

Welcome to the 2nd Würzburg Conference on Technology Law

We cordially invite you to the 2nd Würzburg Conference on Technology Law on 17 and 18 October 2014. The conference will focus on the legal aspects of vehicle automation.

This conference offers a framework for the scientific exchange of research and practice in the field of vehicle automation. In addition to legal issues, technical developments, insurance aspects and social issues will also be discussed.

 

Programme

 

"2nd Würzburg Conference on Technology Law"

"Legal Aspects of Vehicle Automation"

Friday, 17 October 2014

10:00 am - 10:30 am: Registration and welcome coffee

10:30 am - 10:45 am: Welcome
Prof Dr Eric Hilgendorf
Chair of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure and Legal Theory

10:45 am - 11:00 amr: Digital Technologies Funding Programme
Dr Alexander Tettenborn, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy

11:00 am - 11:45 am: Technical vehicle development - Automated driving from 2020?
Dr Dirk Wisselmann, BMW Group, Research and Technology

11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.: Background to the current amendment of the Vienna Convention and further need for action
Prof Dr Eric HilgendorfChair of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure and Legal Theory

12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.: Lunch break

1:30 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.: Admission - a question of behavioural law?
Lennart S. Lutz, Robot Law Research Centre

14:15 - 15:00: Test procedures - proof of safety for autonomous vehicles
Dipl.-Ing. Walther Wachenfeld, Technical University of Darmstadt

3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.: Break

3:30 pm - 4:15 pm:Safety standards in the automotive industry
Dr Jürgen Schwarz, Functional Safety & E/E - Processes, Daimler AG

16:15 -17:00: Behavioural law and technical autonomy
Christoph Hammer, Research Institute for Automotive Law GmbH

17:00 - 17:15: Break

17:15 -18:00: Liability - a question of perspective?
Andreas Buchberger, Legal Advice Market/Legal Advice Market, Audi AG

18:00 - 18:30: Discussion "Law = a stumbling block for technology?"

From 19:30: Guided tour of the city of Würzburg

Saturday, 18 October 2014

09:00 am -09:45 am: Product safety and product liability law
Prof. Dr Thomas Klindt, Noerr LLP

09:45 am - 10:30 am: Event data recording - blessing or curse
Ralf-Roland Schmidt-Cotta, Continental Automotive GmbH

10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.: Break

11:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.: Insurance cover for autonomous vehicles
Dr Martin StadlerAllianz Insurance AG

11:45 am -12:30 pm: Is provider liability still up to date in the light of networked autonomous systems?
Bardia Kian, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy

12:30 -13:30: Discussion: Need for action? Who wants to act?

13:30: End of the event

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Friday, 17 October 2014

10:00 am - 10:30 am: Registration and welcome coffee

10:30 am - 10:45 am: Welcome
Prof Dr Eric Hilgendorf
Chair of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure and Legal Theory

10:45 am - 11:00 amr: Funding Programme Digital Technologies |Slides|
Dr Alexander Tettenborn, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy

11:00 am - 11:45 am: Technical vehicle development - Automated driving from 2020? |Slides|
Dr Dirk Wisselmann, BMW Group, Research and Technology

11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.: Background to the current amendment of the Vienna Convention and further need for action |Slides|
Prof. Dr Eric HilgendorfChair of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure and Legal Theory

12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.: Lunch break

1:30 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.: Admission - a question of behavioural law? |Slides|
Lennart S. Lutz, Robot Law Research Centre

2:15 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.: Test procedures - proof of safety for autonomous vehicles
Dipl.-Ing. Walther Wachenfeld, Technical University of Darmstadt

3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.: Break

3:30 pm - 4:15 pm:Safety standards in the automotive industry
Dr Jürgen Schwarz, Functional Safety & E/E - Processes, Daimler AG

16:15 -17:00: Behavioural law and technical autonomy
Christoph Hammer, Research Institute for Automotive Law GmbH

17:00 - 17:15: Break

17:15 -18:00: Liability - a question of perspective? |Slides|
Andreas Buchberger, Legal Advice Market/Legal Advice Market, Audi AG

18:00 - 18:30: Discussion "Law = a stumbling block for technology?"

From 19:30: Guided tour of the city of Würzburg

Saturday, 18 October 2014

09:00 am -09:45 am: Product safety and product liability law
Prof. Dr Thomas Klindt, Noerr LLP

09:45 am - 10:30 am: Event data recording - blessing or curse |Slides|
Ralf-Roland Schmidt-Cotta, Continental Automotive GmbH

10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.: Break

11:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.: Insurance cover for autonomous vehicles
Dr Martin StadlerAllianz Insurance AG

11:45 am -12:30 pm: Is provider liability still up to date in the light of networked autonomous systems? |Slides|
Bardia Kian, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy

12:30 -13:30: Discussion: Need for action? Who wants to act?

13:30: End of the event