2016
Arranged the international conference ‘Copyright, related rights and the news in the EU: Assessing potential new laws’ for the Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Law, University of Cambridge at IViR, University of Amsterdam, 23 April 2016. Delivered an introductory paper. Details, including a transcript and a recording, are available here:
http://www.cipil.law.cam.ac.uk/projectsappraising-potential-legal-responses-threats-production-news-digital-environment-ahrc
Copyright and the news in the EU: are we, could we, should we?
Paper delivered at the European University Institute, Florence, Conference ‘2016 Annual Scientific Seminar on Economics, Law and Policy of Communications and Media: Competition and Regulation in Infrastructure and Digital Markets
2015
Copyright and the flow of news
Paper delivered at Sheffield University, December 2015
Chair of session entitled ‘New Trends in Digital Rights’
Peking-Oxford-Stanford Internet Law and Policy Conference, Oxford University, November 2015
Arranged a workshop in London at the Institute for Advanced Legal Studies to discuss copyright interventions and the news industry, November 2015. (Details available here.)
A shilling or a pint of wine
Paper delivered at the 10th anniversary conference of CIPIL, University of Cambridge, October 2015
Chair of session entitled ‘The Changing Landscape for Search Engines after Google Spain’
Cambridge University Centre for European Legal Studies, Conference “EU Internet Regulation After Google Spain” 27th March 2015
A shilling or a pint of wine? Copyright and the flow of news
Paper presented at the launch seminar for the Information Law and Policy Centre, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, London University, February 2015
2014
Saving news? Comparative legal responses to threats to the business of news in the digital environment
Paper presented at Peking University – Stanford University – Oxford University Internet Law and Public Policy Conference, 22 – 23rd November 2014
Evaluating legal responses to threats to news in the digital environment
Paper delivered at Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barceonla, Workshop- Expert Panel ‘Copyright and News Reporting’ Towards new business models and legal regulations? , 14th November 2014
Poster ‘Appraising potential legal responses to threats to the production of news in a digital era’
CREATe ‘All Hands’ Conference, Glasgow, September 2014
Evaluating legal responses to threats to news in a digital environment
Paper delivered at British Academy / The Queen’s College, Oxford University. Pedagogy and the Academy Today: the Challenge of Research and Teaching in Early Career. 30th September 2014
Freedom of expression, privacy and the role of internet companies
Paper delivered at Annenberg-Oxford Media Policy Summer Institute, Centre for Global Communication Studies, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania and Programme for Comparative Media Law and Policy, Oxford University 10th July 2014
2013
The Leveson Inquiry: A transition in media freedom
Paper delivered at Annenberg-Oxford Media Policy Summer Institute, Centre for Global Communication Studies, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania and Programme for Comparative Media Law and Policy, Oxford University 27th June 2013
Sowing dragons’ teeth: A right of Press freedom
Paper delivered at Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, School of Advanced Studies, University of London, W G Hart Legal Workshop 2013, The Constitution of the Public Sphere: the post-Leveson Landscape 25th June 2013
2012 and earlier
Chair and moderation of sessions entitled: ‘How is and how should Data Protection be reconciled with Freedom of Expression?’ and ‘What should be the future shape of transnational governance regimes in this area?’
OxPILS (Oxford Privacy Information Law and Society), Centre for Social Legal Studies, Oxford University, The 'Right to be Forgotten' and Beyond: Data Protection and Freedom of Expression in the Age of Web 2.0, 12th June 2012
The ‘Full Liberty of Public Writers’: special treatment of journalism in English law
Paper delivered at Green Templeton College, second year doctoral presentations, 8th June 2011
Practical experiences of investigative journalism under English anti-terrorism laws
Paper delivered at New York University, Prague and Respekt conference Media Freedom and Responsibility in the Age of Terrorism of Global Reach, 30th November 2007