Conferences

Talks and panels.

Conference presentations, panels and talks on AI law, international law, data protection, cybersecurity and legal skills, newest first within each group. He has also presented at the Global Legal Skills Conference and the Legal Writing Institute Annual Conference.

AI and international law

Aug 2026

ILA 82nd Biennial International Law Conference

Vienna, Austria

Presented the Co-Rapporteur's report of the ILA Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Technology Law, with the committee's open and closed sessions (18 August 2026).

Jun 2026

UNESCO Chair on AI and Sustainability Webinar Series

Online

Panelist: "Pax Silica: Strategic AI Hegemony and the Future of International Governance" (18 June 2026).

Jan 2026

International Data Privacy Day 2026

Doha, Qatar

Speaker: "Implementing Responsible and Compliant AI System: AI Inference and Data Protection" (28 January 2026).

Dec 2025

Governing AI for People, Planet and Progress: AI Sovereignty and International Law

Singapore

Workshop hosted by the Centre for International Law, National University of Singapore, supported by the ILA Committee on AI and Technology Law. Presented "Regulatory Autonomy and AI Sovereignty" with D. Özlük, and gave opening remarks for the ILA Committee on AI and Technology Law (12 December 2025).

Oct 2023

Future Tech Forum 2023

Qatar University

Presenter: "Future Ethical, Moral, Social, and Regulatory Dilemmas in AI" (22 October 2023).

2022

Artificial Intelligence and the Rule of Law: A Focus on SDG 16

Qatar University

Presented "Open but Inaccessible: AI Inclusivity in Open Government Data for SDG 16" (2022).

Mar 2022

AI Week 2022

Doha, Qatar

Presented "A Sandbox Approach to Regulating AI in Qatar" (15 March 2022).

Feb 2018

The Scientific Conference on "The Law and the Digital Age"

College of Law, Qatar

Presented "Property Ownership: Towards a Legal Personhood of Artificial Intelligence" (19 February 2018).

Cybersecurity, forums and panels

Sep 2026

The Role of Lawyers in Peace Mediation

College of Law seminar, Qatar University

Panelist (17 September 2026).

Oct 2024

Legal Aspects of the US 2024 Elections

Qatar University

Chair of the panel (21 October 2024).

May 2023

Philippine Embassy Labor Day Celebration: Forum on Labor Law in Qatar

Doha, Qatar

Presented "General Labor Standards under Qatar Labor Law" (5 May 2023).

Oct 2019

Global Cybersecurity Panel

Doha, Qatar

Panelist: "Qatar Cybersecurity Landscape: a work in progress" (23 October 2019).

Legal skills and legal writing

Oct 2016

New England Consortium of Legal Writing Teachers Annual Conference

Boston University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts

Presented "The Role of Legal Writing in Developing Procedural Awareness" (21 October 2016).

Dec 2015

Legal Writing Institute One Day Workshop

Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois

Presented "Use of Technology in Teaching Persuasive Storytelling" (4 December 2015).

May 2007

Second Global Legal Skills Conference

John Marshall Law School, Chicago, Illinois

Presented "The 'Fast and Fearless' Draft: Teaching the Academic Legal Research Paper to ESL Students" (May 2007).

Jun 2006

Twelfth Biennial Legal Writing Institute Conference

Atlanta, Georgia

Co-presenter and panelist: "Expanding Classroom Borders by Incorporating Interdisciplinary Rhetorical Strategies and Practical Legal Skills into the ESL Legal Writing Classroom" (June 2006).

May 2005

First Global Legal Skills Conference

John Marshall Law School, Chicago, Illinois

Presented "Innovative Methods for Teaching Research, Writing, and Effective Communication Skills to ESL and EFL Students" (May 2005).