Events

[HKCML] Asia-Pacific IP Dialogue Series Book Seminar: Intellectual Property Debates in South Asia: Law, Development, and Practice

Date: 10 August, 2026

Time: 17:00-18:00 (HKT)

Mode: Online Via Zoom (Meeting ID: 824 2709 6870) (https://cityu.zoom.us/j/82427096870)

Language: English

Registration: https://forms.gle/3c4zJBecEAPtpzYM6

HKCML Law and Technology Advanced Seminars No. 6 "Taming the Godlike Machine: Private AI Constitutionalism and the Future of Global AI Governance

Date: July 3, 2026

Time: 14:30-15:30 PM

Mode: Online Via Zoom (Meeting ID: 820 5866 9025)

(https://cityu.zoom.us/j/82058669025)

Language: English

Strengthening Legal Standards for Workforce Rights in China’s Airline Industry

Date: 25 June 2026

Time: 17:30 - 18:30

Mode: Online via Zoom

Language: English

Registration(online via Zoom): https://cityu.zoom.us/meeting/register/DC839LPSSaSbYzNIVH-rTg

Lecture Series in Law & Economics: Abbreviated Judgments and Asymmetries

Speaker: Professor Prof Murat C. Mungan, Texas A&M University School of Law

Title: Abbreviated Judgments and Asymmetries

Discussant: Prof Xinyu Hua, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Business School

Date:June 24, 2026 (Wednesday)

Time:12:00 PM – 1:00 PM (HK Time)

Venue:CityUHK LI Building Room 6301 and Online via Zoom

Registration: Click here to register before June 22, 2026

CPLR Book Review Seminar Series (6) : Dictatorship on Trial: Coups and the Future of Justice in Thailand

Speakers: Prof. Tyrell Haberkorn, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Prof. Khemthong Tonsakulrungruang, Chulalongkorn University

Moderator: Prof. Daniel Pascoe, School of Law, City University of Hong Kong

Date: 23 June 2026 (Tuesday)

Time: 5:00 pm -6:00 pm (HKT)

Venue: Online via Zoom

Language: English

Registration:https://cityu.zoom.us/meeting/register/OBZSH2VAS2SWZFLrYvMX-A

2026 CCCL Chinese and Comparative Law Junior Scholars Forum: “The Study of Chinese Law in the Age of AI”

Date: 11-12 June, 2026
Time: Full day
Venue: YEUNG-G7603 (AC1) and SLW Seminar Room (LI 6301) (AC2)

Sustainable Directors' Duties and Stakeholder Corporate Governance: To Be or Not to Be at the time of the EU Omnibus Package?

Date: 4 June 2026

Time: 10:00AM - 11:30AM

Mode: hybrid

Venue: LI-6310 (Moot Court)

Language: English

Registration(in person): https://forms.gle/4JAdsqP9PLauS3WLA

Registration(online via Zoom): https://cityu.zoom.us/meeting/register/NpjuJMuZSSCDIhuWciqUsA

CCCL Public Seminar: The Rise of Corporate Sustainability Law in Europe and China. Convergence, Divergence and the Future of Global Supply Chains

Speaker: Prof Gonzalo Larrea, Utrecht University

Moderator: Prof.Yu Chen, City University of Hong Kong, School of Law

Discussants: Prof. Virginia Harper Ho and Prof. Fang Meng Mandy, City University of Hong Kong, School of Law

Date: 18 May 2026 (Monday)

Time: 10:00 am – 11:00 am

Mode: Hybrid

Venue: LI-6310

Language: English

Registration: (in person) https://forms.gle/VYr3sGcUPsu4cXiy7 / (online via Zoom) https://cityu.zoom.us/meeting/register/H0QCnbecT2yTx8nyDguV0w

[HKCML] Leuven IP and AI Conference 2026

Date: 18 May 2026 (Monday)
Time: Full day
Venue: KU Leuven Faculty of Law and Criminology

Co-organised by the Hong Kong Commercial and Maritime Law Centre (HKCML), the Leuven IP and AI Conference 2026 is now calling for abstracts.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reshaping creativity and innovation in ways that are yet to be fully understood. While Intellectual Property (IP) has long mediated the relationship between law and technological innovation, AI poses new challenges to established legal and regulatory approaches. The complexity and opacity of AI, as well as the pace at which it is being developed and adopted, often leaves legal scholars in a state of contemplative deferral in their analytical and normative evaluations. Against this background, the Leuven IP and AI conference 2026 – following the successful Durham 2025 first edition – aims to bring together national, European and global IP scholars and practitioners to provide a platform for advanced reflection on the latest developments in IP and AI. In particular, the conference aims to examine consolidated as well as innovative solutions to maintain a dynamic balance between rewarding creators and ensuring access to knowledge in the age of AI, and it invites reflections on how evolving IP frameworks can foster sustainable economic, cultural and technological development.

Experts from all areas of IP studies are invited to participate and discuss how AI is affecting IP’s theory, law, policy and litigation. Approaches looking at the general theory of IP, or at specific sub-fields, from both non-IP (consumer or competition law, platform regulation, fundamental rights, etc.) or non-legal (economics, philosophy, social- or computer- sciences) domains are equally invited.

For additional details regarding the call for papers and registration, please visit the conference's website.

Webinar with ACSVAW: Reforming Non-Consensual Sexual Offences in Hong Kong

Speakers: Professor Andrew Dyer, University of Melbourne Law School; Cheryl Yip, Advocacy Officer, Association Concerning Sexual Violence Against Women

Discussant: Professor Thomas Crofts, City University of Hong Kong, School of Law

Date: 13 May 2026 (Wednesday)

Time: 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm (HK Time)

Format: Online (Zoom)

Registration: Click here