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).
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
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).