ILPC Annual Conference 2025 Regulating AI in a Changing World: Oversight and Enforcement

CALL FOR PAPERS

ILPC Annual Conference 2025

Regulating AI in a Changing World: Oversight and Enforcement

We are pleased to announce this call for papers for the Information Law and Policy Centre’s 10th Annual Conference on 20-21 November 2025 hosted by the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS) and supported by the School of Advanced Studies (SAS). You can read about our previous annual events here.

We are looking for high-quality contributions exploring approaches, laws, mechanisms, and models of the enforcement and oversight of AI-based and data-driven systems, particularly their implications for the rule of law and other related areas of digital policymaking and law. Including, but not limited to, competition law, consumer law, data protection, human rights.

Papers should address the development and future of regulation, policymaking, and governance within the United Kingdom, Europe, and/or internationally. Interdisciplinary and cross-sector papers are welcomed. The conference organisers also encourage submissions from Early Career Researchers and post-doctoral researchers.

Topics of interest include:

• Automated logging and immutable records
• Automation bias and human oversight
• Collection redress and class action lawsuits
• Co-regulatory measures, including sandboxes
• EU Digital Strategy and oversight mechanisms (such as AI Act, DSA, DMA)
• Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (UK)
• Data (Use and Access) Bill (UK)
• Investigatory powers and sanctions
• National and cross-border enforcement
• Red-teaming and independent oversight
• Regulatory ‘simplification’
• Role of civil society
• Whistleblowers

The ILPC Annual Conference will include the ILPC Annual Lecture 2025, and we are delighted to announce that this will be delivered by Marcus Bokkerink.

Marcus Bokkerink was Chair of the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) from 2022 to 2025. During his tenure he oversaw a raft of changes as the CMA took on its new post Brexit role, re-oriented the Authority’s strategy to deliver tangible benefits for people, businesses and the UK economy, stepped up its engagement with consumers and businesses, reformed its policies, advocated stronger Parliamentary oversight, and took on significant new powers under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act. Previously, he was a Senior Partner and Managing Director at Boston Consulting Group (BCG), where he headed the firm’s UK and European Consumer Practice and Strategy Practice, led a range of global client teams, and established and developed the firm's China business. At BCG he built up 30 years of experience helping businesses of all shapes and sizes to compete, grow, raise returns and create value.

Attendance (in person and online) will be free thanks to the support of our sponsors, although registration is required as places are limited.

How to apply:         

Please send an abstract (250-300 words) and short bio to Eliza Boudier, IALS Fellowships and Administrative Officer: [email protected] by 30th June 2025. Let us know if you prefer to present in person at IALS (20 November) or online (21 November).

About the Information Law and Policy Centre

The Centre is based at IALS and was launched in 2015. Its mission is to undertake, promote, and facilitate, cross-disciplinary scholarship and research in the areas of information law and policy, domestically and internationally, in collaboration with a variety of organisations within the public and private sectors, and civil society.

Download Call for Papers (pdf) Here

This event is free to attend, but booking is required.