The University of Hertfordshire will be hosting the 22nd Annual BILETA (British and Irish Law, Education and Technology Association) Conference, to be held 16-17th April 2007.
The Conference website and Call for Papers can be found at: http://www.bileta2007.co.uk.
BILETA is one of the premier international forums for discussion between researchers, practitioners, academics and students on issues surrounding information technology, intellectual property and legal education. The Conference attracts many people from the UK, Europe, a considerable contingent of eminent people from within the United States, as well as further afield, being regarded as the most prestigious forum, focusing on innovative, dynamic and cutting-edge issues within information technology.
The Conference is entitled: ‘Paper, scissors, stone: Business, law and politics – the E and M Commerce debate’ and will question who should be responsible for the development and regulation of newer technology, specifically M-Commerce – business practice, legislation, political will or education. The Conference is broken down into a number of streams, the details of which can be found on the website. A large number of international journals and refereed publications have already agreed to publish accepted papers after the Conference.
The 2007 Conference will be held at the De Havilland campus in Hatfield, England (just 20 minutes from Central London by train from King’s Cross). De Havilland is a new, state-of-the-art facility with a main auditorium capable of seating approaching 500 people and surrounding smaller rooms for group sessions. Accommodation is onsite in modern, en-suite rooms.
We are holding the prestigious Conference Dinner at the impressive Hatfield House, (the ancestral home of Lord and Lady Salisbury). Hatfield House was built between 1607 and 1611 by Robert Cecil (the 1st Earl of Salisbury - a Chief Minister of the then Monarch James I) and has been in the Cecil family ever since. The rooms of the Palace are decorated with rich Jacobean furnishings, paintings as well as expansive, beautiful gardens to the exterior of the House. The Conference Dinner will be in the style of a medieval banquet, so will be quite a unique event. The Dinner will be held in the Great Hall, and during the sumptuous four-course meal, the Hatfield Players will play authentic Elizabethan period music, song and theatre. King Henry VIII (famous for having six wives!) and Queen Elizabeth I, together with their Courtiers, will provide amusement and entertainment.
The Call for Papers is available on the website, and the closing date for abstract submissions is Friday 2nd March 2007.
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