QU co-hosts conference on Law and Digital Age

Qatar University colleges of Law (LAWC) and Engineering (CENG) is co-organising an international conference on ‘Law and Digital Age’ today and tomorrow.
Organised under the patronage of HE the Minister of Transport and Communications Jassim Seif Ahmed al-Sulaiti and sponsored by Ooredoo Qatar, the conference aims to highlight the fast development and legal challenges in the field of digital technology and to find ways to develop the country’s legal system.
The conference also aims to underline the effectiveness of legal regulations to solve these issues and challenges and the necessity to propose legislative and technical approaches that keep with the fast technological and technical development in the area of information and communication technology.
The event’s programme includes five sessions titled: ‘The latest developments in electronic transactions’, ‘The rights of digital world and the fight against cyber terrorism’, ‘The new trends to fight electronic terrorism and ensure cyber security’, ‘Data and privacy protection in the digital age’, and ‘Electronic means in the resolution of disputes’.
Manar Khalifa al-Muraikhi, director of PR and Corporate Communications at Ooredoo, said: “Digital transformation for Qatar’s legal profession is no longer an option. It is a necessity for organisations to become smarter and meet their customers’ demands. Ooredoo is Qatar’s leader in digitising the legal field, enhancing legal organisations’ communications and effectiveness, cybersecurity and data protection, and support Qatar’s economic growth.” She added: “Ooredoo’s industry-leading digital solutions are seeing strong interest by Qatar’s legal ecosystem. “Network security is an important factor for legal organisations to consider in their digital transformation, to ensure data protection against cyber threats and data loss, and the privacy of sensitive client information.” LAWC dean Dr Mohamed Abdulaziz al-Khulaifi said: “This conference comes at a time when the world is undergoing a fast technological and technical development in the area of information and communication technology.
“This has resulted in the emergence of a new life which is totally dependent on modern technologies and which requires a legal control.
“This conference will contribute to providing efficient approaches to face the legal challenges in the digital world and to specify the legislative, judicial and administrative needs at the local, regional and international levels.”
CENG dean Dr Khalifa al-Khalifa said: “Through participating in this conference, we strive to add value to the field of digital age and cyber security research at a time when we are facing huge challenges in this field at the governmental, institutional and individual levels.”