Research center for IT law and network policy
| Research Center for IT Law and Network Policy (short: For..Net) | |
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| Carrier: | University of Passau , Chair of Public Law, Security Law and Internet Law |
| Seat of the wearer: | Passau , Germany |
| Management: | Dirk Heckmann |
| Homepage: | http://www.for-net.info |
The Research Center for IT Law and Network Policy (For..Net) is a research and advisory facility at the University of Passau . The declared holistic goal of the research center is to accompany the necessary modernization of the state and economy, which goes hand in hand with rapid technological development. In view of the uncontrollable complexity of ICT technology in global contexts, legal certainty is required above all. This goal should be achieved u. a. through expert reports, contract research, supervised dissertations, events and interactive platforms on the Internet. Practical legal advice for authorities and companies is provided. Future orientation, interdisciplinarity, internationality, customer and service orientation as well as practical and corporate relevance characterize the way of working of For..Net.
history
The research center emerged from the Research Center for Legal Issues of University and Administrative Modernization (ReH..Mo), which was established in 2004. The rededication was made by resolution of the Faculty Council of the Law Faculty on May 4, 2011. It takes account of the fact that the focus of the research work has shifted. In the last few years the research center has dealt with broad questions of IT law and legal-political challenges of technical developments in the state, economy and society. The 2010 symposium was dedicated to civil rights after the digital revolution and the 2011 symposium to smart life. Opportunities and risks of a totally digitized everyday life . The publications, reports and lectures have also left the narrow focus of university and administrative modernization. In addition to IT law, the network policy is eponymous. This term has become established for the legal policy of the new technologies: for example at the network dialogue between the Federal Minister of the Interior and the Minister for Consumer Protection or at the network congress of the CSU, where the head of the research center was or is represented. The combination of legal dogmatics and legal policy also corresponds to the research and advisory profile of the research center.
organization
The director is Dirk Heckmann . Florian Albrecht acts as managing director .
Symposia
Every year the research center organizes a symposium at which the latest developments and research results are presented with regard to a current topic.
- 7th International For..Net Symposium: Anonymity. Law - Technology - Human Image (April 19 and 20, 2012)
- 8th International For..Net Symposium: Social Media as a Business Model (April 18 and 19, 2013)
- 9th International For..Net Symposium: Values in the Net (April 3rd and 4th, 2014)
- 10th International For..Net Symposium: Living with IT Insecurity (April 15-17, 2015)