Tomorrow, a symposium for lawyers focusing on computer games and digital media will be held in Frankfurt.

I will also be there tomorrow in the following blog

17.15-17.35 The Epic BOT Battle

• Marian Härtel, Lawyer, Consultant (pro bots)vs.
• Mark Brown, Partner, Bristows (against bots)

and will of course at the same time try to pick up on the latest trends for current and future clients. I will be happy to report what is currently developing – also outside Germany.

The full program is as follows:

PROGRAMS

09.30-09.45 Welcome – Dr Gaetano Dimita, Dr Andreas Lober

09.45-10.45 Youth Protection, Censorship & Culture Panel
Chair: Petra Fröhlich, Editor in Chief, Gameswirtschaft

• Professor Jon Festinger, UBC & CCLS, QMUL
• Taras Derkatsch, Lawyer, BEITEN BURKHARDT, Moscow
• Dr Andreas Lober, Partner, BEITEN BURKHARDT, Frankfurt
• Richard Sheridan, Assistant Manager Europe Age Ratings, Nintendo

10.45-11.15 M&A Fireside Chat

• Mark Miller, CEO & Managing Partner, CapCap
• Dr Gesine von der Groeben, Partner, BEITEN BURKHARDT, Frankfurt

11.15-11.30 Coffee Break

11.30-12.00 Streaming Boxes

• Professor Jon Festinger, UBC & CCLS, QMUL

12.00-12.30 Right of withdrawal for digital content

• Felix Hilgert, LLM, Counsel, Osborne Clarke, Cologne

12.30-13.00 Filesharing – insides and anecdotes from a judge

• Olaf Weber, LLM, Judge in Saarbrücken

13.00-14.00 Lunch

14.00-14.30 More than just a Game – Law and Regulation of Games

• Professor Dr Michael Ronellenfitsch, DPA Hesse

14.30-15.15 ‘GDPR how you never knew it’ Panel

Chair: Dr Andreas Lober, Partner, BEITEN BURKHARDT, Frankfurt

• Susanne Klein, LL.M., Partner, BEITEN BURKHARDT, Frankfurt
• Mike Atamas, Legal Counsel, Epic Games
• Darya Firsava, Intellectual Property Counsel, Wargaming
• Beata Sobkow, LL.M., CIPP/E, Associate, Harbottle & Lewis LLP
• Professor Dr Michael Ronellenfitsch, DPA Hesse

15.15-16.00 Coffee Break

16.00-16.45 Crypto meets Games

• Dr Christof Aha, Partner, BEITEN BURKHARDT, Frankfurt
• Benjamin Robson, Senior Business Development, The Laurel Foundry Lt. (GamerToken).
• Andreas Schemm, CEO, Shaping Games AG

16.45-17.15 Civil Law 2.0: The Digital Content Directive

• Professor Dr Christian-Henner Hentsch, Head of Legal and Regulatory, game e.V.
• Dr Axel von Walter, BEITEN BURKHARDT, Munich

17.15-17.35 The Epic BOT Battle

• Marian Härtel, Lawyer, Consultant (pro bots)vs.
• Mark Brown, Partner, Bristows (against bots)

17.35-17.50 The role and impact of independent academic research on interactive entertainment law

• Dr Gaetano Dimita, LLM, PhD, Senior Lecturer in International Intellectual Property Law, CCLS, QMUL

17.50-18.00 Closing Remarks