Programme

09.00 a.m.

Welcome to the participants

Dr Uwe Klug
Chancellor of the University of Würzburg

Prof. Dr Dr Hilgendorf
Chair of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Legal Theory,
Information Law and Legal Informatics at the University of Würzburg,
Head of the Robot Law Research Centre

Greeting by video

Georg Eisenreich
MdL, Minister of State for Justice,
Bavarian State Ministry of Justice

Introduction to the project "People and Justice in the Digital Age"

Lothar Schmitt
President of the Higher Regional Court,
Bamberg Higher Regional Court

10.00 a.m. Short presentations

Artificial intelligence in (in)law?

Prof. Dr Andreas Hotho
Speaker of the new Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science (CAIDAS) at the University of Würzburg,
Chair of Computer Science X (Data Science)

The video trial - constitutional problems and perspectives

Dr David Roth-Isigkeit
Head of the Centre for Social Implications of Artificial Intelligence (SOCAI) at the University of Würzburg

Dr David Kuch
Former Academic Councillor, Chair of Philosophy of Law, Constitutional and Administrative Law at the University of Würzburg

10.50 - 11.15 a.m. Break

11.15 a.m. Continuation of the short presentations

Virtual courtroom - challenges and solutions from an HCI perspective

JProf. Dr Carolin Wienrich
Head of the Human-Computer-Systems working group,
Institute Human-Computer-Media of the University of Würzburg

Results of surveys on the digitalisation of the judiciary among judges in the district of the Bamberg Higher Regional Court and lawyers in the district of the Bamberg Bar Association

Dr Stefan Tratz
Judge at the Higher Regional Court,
Bamberg Higher Regional Court

12.00 pm Panel discussion

Represented on the panel:

Oliver Leuteritz
Lawyer,
Member of the Board of the Bamberg Bar Association

Andreas Zwerger
Vice President of the Higher Regional Court,
Bamberg Higher Regional Court

Gernot Kintzel
Presiding Judge at the Higher Regional Court,
Bamberg Higher Regional Court

Marie-Theres Hess
Research assistant at the Chair of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Legal Theory, Information Law and Legal Informatics,
Prof. Dr Dr Eric Hilgendorf

Jacqueline Sittig
Research assistant at the Chair of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Legal Theory, Information Law and Legal Informatics,
Prof. Dr Dr Eric Hilgendorf

Moderation: Dr Fickert
Judge at the Higher Regional Court,
Bamberg Higher Regional Court

12:45 pm

Exchange & discussion with the audience

1.15 pm

Outlook on future challenges for the judiciary and summary of the symposium
Lothar Schmitt
President of the Higher Regional Court,
Bamberg Higher Regional Court

Afterwards

Reception
with refreshments and opportunity for discussion in the foyer and courtyard of the Old University