Open Tech Calendar

We live in a world where seeing is no longer believing. Deepfakes – hyper realistic digitally falsified video and audio - have been likened to disinformation on steroids. They have a disturbing array of malicious uses and pose a dangerous threat to society as a whole.

The distortion of reality and resultant truth decay has left us woefully unprepared. How do we detect and moderate manipulated media content in a world where social media has exponentially increased the volume and speed of information flow, facilitating the proliferation of false information? Are our existing legal and policy architectures fit for purpose? What can we do as individuals to help rebuild trust in a digital world?

Theo Priestley will give a sobering talk on the consequences of a world where you can't trust what you see or hear any more, and the line between fact and fiction, especially on the internet, has become increasingly blurred.

But the fakery doesn’t stop there. Many of us have or will fall prey to online sales of fake goods. In 2016, imports of counterfeit and pirated products into Europe amounted to circa EUR 121 billion.

Fake goods know no boundaries. Counterfeit versions of lifesaving prescription medicines are being sold online by criminals adept in the art of deception, often part of wider criminal networks.

Vicky Brock will share insights on the dangers of fakes, why it's not a victimless crime, and how her latest startup, Vistalworks, is aiming to help consumers stay safe when shopping online.

Agenda

18:30 - 19:00 Networking + Drinks

19:00 - 19:05 Welcome from Legal Hackers Scotland

19:05 - 19:30 "Fake it till you break it" - How deep fakes pose a threat to breaking the internet and society. (Theo Priestley)

Theo Priestley is a leading technology evangelist and self-styled Anti-Futurist. He is recognised globally as an authority on emerging business and technology trends, and is a highly sought-after keynote speaker. He has held senior positions at large, global enterprise software companies and served as a mentor in various start up accelerators, including HTC's VIVE X and Alchemist Accelerator, one of Silicon Valley's top 5 incubators. He has written for and featured in major technology publications, including Forbes, WIRED, Huffington Post, VentureBeat, Giga OM and the BBC.

Theo is an influential voice, regularly providing commentary on emerging technologies, including Virtual and Augmented Reality, FinTech, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data and the Internet of Things. He is widely known for his forthright views on technology, and isn't afraid to challenge conventional thinking and hype.

19:30 – 19:40 [Break]

19:40 – 20:05 [Talk title to follow] (Vicky Brock)

Vicky Brock is a serial founder and data pioneer. She is the CEO and co-founder of consumer protection startup Vistalworks, which protects consumers from the risk of fake products, fraud and bogus sellers when shopping online.

Vicky was named Scotland's Most Inspiring Business Person of the Year at the 2017 Entrepreneurial Scotland Awards and Innovator of the Year at the 2014 FDM Everywoman in Technology Awards. Her previous company was named Top Technology Start-Up in Europe by the European Commission. Vicky is a Tech London Advocate, Women's Enterprise Scotland Ambassador, one of Computer Weekly’s Top 50 Women in IT, and was named by Forbes as one of the 9 Top Female Tech CEOs to watch. She is an advisor, mentor and non-executive director to a number of startups and non-profits. Vicky regularly speaks at tech events and has her own podcast and blog “The Entrepreneur Agony Aunt”. She is also the founder of Get Market Fit, which enables experienced entrepreneurs to work flexibly around family and work commitments, boosting return on investment from corporate innovation and spinning out new startup ventures.

20:05 - 21:00 Networking + Drinks

Sponsors: -
Thank you Inksters, Cloch and MBN Solutions.

From Deepfakes to Cheap Fakes: The Erosion of Trust

We live in a world where seeing is no longer believing. Deepfakes – hyper realistic digitally falsified video and audio - have been likened to disinformation on steroids. They have a disturbing array of malicious uses and pose a dangerous threat to society as a whole.

The distortion of reality and resultant truth decay has left us woefully unprepared. How do we detect and moderate manipulated media content in a world where social media has exponentially increased the volume and speed of information flow, facilitating the proliferation of false information? Are our existing legal and policy architectures fit for purpose? What can we do as individuals to help rebuild trust in a digital world?

Theo Priestley will give a sobering talk on the consequences of a world where you can't trust what you see or hear any more, and the line between fact and fiction, especially on the internet, has become increasingly blurred.

But the fakery doesn’t stop there. Many of us have or will fall prey to online sales of fake goods. In 2016, imports of counterfeit and pirated products into Europe amounted to circa EUR 121 billion.

Fake goods know no boundaries. Counterfeit versions of lifesaving prescription medicines are being sold online by criminals adept in the art of deception, often part of wider criminal networks.

Vicky Brock will share insights on the dangers of fakes, why it's not a victimless crime, and how her latest startup, Vistalworks, is aiming to help consumers stay safe when shopping online.

https://www.meetup.com/Legal-Hackers-Scotland/events/265460016/

https://www.meetup.com/Legal-Hackers-Scotland/events/265460016/

Tue 22nd Oct 2019 6:30pm (Europe/London)

Tue 22nd Oct 2019 9:00pm (Europe/London)

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https://www.meetup.com/Legal-Hackers-Scotland/?scroll=true

Grenfell Tower Support Hackathon 2.0

As a follow-up to our recent Grenfell Tower Support Hackathon, which led to the launch of the Grenfell Support app (Android and iOS), we are running another hack in collaboration with Add Jam, to take forward some new solutions.

We have been in regular contact with a number of the heroic volunteers, who have been providing much needed daily support to those affected. Additional tech solutions would help them improve their operations on the ground by facilitating better communication and collaboration. We are exploring with the volunteers the types of solutions which may be most beneficial, and will share details of these with participants either before or at the start of the event.

We're also exploring ways we can assist more generally (e.g. for those giving advice to those affected), so all ideas and projects are welcome. Feel free to use the discussion board to share any of your own ideas, or links to code or other projects which might be helpful.

Everyone can make a valuable contribution, be that development, research, legal, design, marketing or anything else. You don't need programming skills to get involved, although we do need developers to build the tech.

Feel free to bring a team (please ensure you each sign up individually though, to keep track of numbers) or come along on your own and we will connect you with some friendly Legal Hackers.

We hope to see you there!

A huge thanks to our sponsors, Peloton Communications, Cloch Solicitors, and Encompass Corporation. There will be beer and pizzas thanks to these guys!

https://www.meetup.com/Legal-Hackers-Scotland/events/241001610/

Sat 22nd Jul 2017 10:00am (Europe/London)

Sun 23rd Jul 2017 7:00pm (Europe/London)

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Grenfell Tower Support Hackathon - Glasgow City Centre, 24 + 25 June 2017

This weekend, we are uniting non-techies and techies alike, to show our support to those affected by the Grenfell Tower disaster. All skill-sets welcome! The aim of the hackathon is to rapidly scope and prototype solutions to help with the ongoing response and assistance.

Everyone can make a valuable contribution. In particular, we need people who can research and collate information on the support on offer, to help us finalise a mobile app we are aiming to deploy imminently.

We have also begun brainstorming other ideas, and would love to get some more solutions built during the weekend based on yours too.

There’s plenty of opportunity for some machine learning, text processing and data mining to cluster, categorise and curate important information from social media and make it more easily found by those who need it.

We hope to see you there!

Key Information:-

Dates: 24 & 25 June 2017

Venue: Curated House, 90 Mitchell Street, Glasgow, G1 3PW (close to Central Station)

Timings: Saturday, 24 June: 10am to 9pm (approx.)

Sunday, 25 June: 10am to 6pm (approx.)

What to bring: laptop & good ideas!

Sign-up: via our Meetup group page

A shout-out to our event partner, AddJam, and to Peloton Communications for providing us with their spectacular venue at such short notice.

https://www.meetup.com/Legal-Hackers-Scotland/events/241001610/

Sat 24th Jun 2017 10:00am (Europe/London)

Sun 25th Jun 2017 6:00pm (Europe/London)

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Whilst aimed at law students and legal professionals, this FREE event is open to all members of the Legal Hackers Scotland community. You can expect a brief introduction to the principles of programming and to build your first program. No previous experience in programming is required.

We are psyched to have Prof. Dan Katz {Scientist, Technologist + Law Professor} as our guest speaker for this event - live link-up to Chicago. His work has been published in numerous legal journals and featured in a number of media outlets, including the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Wired, Vox, National Public Radio, Slate Magazine, Huffington Post, 538, Bloomberg Businessweek, ABA Journal, Law Technology News and The American Lawyer.

Sponsored by Cloch Solicitors + Spring Technology.

Intro to Programming

Aimed at legal professionals & law students, but open to the whole Legal Hackers Scotland community.

https://www.meetup.com/Legal-Hackers-Scotland/

Wed 31st May 2017 5:45pm (Europe/London)

Wed 31st May 2017 9:00pm (Europe/London)

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