e-ForensicsLaw 2010

2nd International ICST Workshop on e-Forensics Law and Judicial Expertise

Shanghai, China, November 10, 2010

In conjunction with e-Forensics 2010
Shanghai, China, November 10-12, 2010
http://www.e-Forensics.eu

The 2nd International ICST Workshop on e-Forensics Law and Judicial Expertise (to be held on Wednesday 10 November 2010) will focus on the legal and regulatory aspects of e-Evidence (digital evidence) and e-Forensics and judicial expertise in telecommunications, information and multimedia. The International Workshop will:

• identify international status and trends in e-Forensics, Digital Evidence, Cyber-tort, Cyber-crime, Cyber-Law and Judicial Expertise
• identify the major challenges in e-Evidence legislation and enforcement and judicial practice
• inquiry the theory and technology and related laws of e-Forensics and judicial expertise, and consider whether technology can be trusted for its reliability and neutrality
• analyse the cases of e-Forensics and judicial expertise
• identify the nature of e-Evidence (digital evidence) and how it is collected in the digital domain
• identify the major challenges in obtaining, marshalling, collating, analysing and presenting digital evidence
• explain how e-Evidence (digital evidence) is presented (applied) in the trial process
• consider the role of judicial expertise departments and legal regulation in the digital age

Key topics to be considered in the 2nd International ICST Workshop on e-Forensics Law and Judicial Expertise will include issues in the following areas:

• Cyber torts, Cyber rights, Privacy, identity, biometrics and data protection
• Cybercrime, digital crime, information crime, high technology crime and related defenses
• Existing laws related to e-Evidence, e-Forensics, Judicial Expertise and network and information security
• Principles, technologies, methods, procedures, regulations and methods of Computer forensics (or e-Forensics) and judicial expertise
• Data-mining and profiling
• e-Discovery, electronic signature and applications
• e-Risk liability, security, regulation and governance
• Intellectual property protection under the network environment
• Information property (assets) protection in Cyberspace (Information Space)
• Virtual worlds and social networks, Internet governance and related laws
• Role and function of e-Forensics experts and judicial expertise departments
• Broader legal issues will be considered where there is a clear application to e-Forensics Law and Judicial Expertise