K.U.Leuven – Faculty of Law Master of Laws – ICT LAW

founded in 1425 > students > 1370 professors > 3450 researchers research expenditure: > 200 million € K.U.Leuven

ICRI : Overview founded in academic staff / 25 researchers / 3 admin since 2004 part of IBBT (Institute for BroadBand Technology) focusing on: –legal issues of ICT and information security –privacy and identity management –security in e-business and e-government –law and standardization

ICRI : Research EU FP6 –PRIME –FIDIS –BIOSEC –WALKonWEB

ICRI : Research EU FP6 –PRIME –FIDIS –BIOSEC –WALKonWEB –Serenity –(Dyvine) –(BEinGRID)

ICRI : Research Other EU Projects –ELSIGN Preparatory Report Review of the Directive –EESSI Signature Policies Trusted Archival Services... –MODINIS (eGovernment) Lot 3 : Identity Management –ELDOC (electronic documents)

ICRI is a research group of:

Course offering Bachelor: –fundamental concepts of ICT (in Dutch): 60 hrs, 1st semester Master –ICT law in Belgium (in Dutch, open for all faculties): 45 hrs, 2nd semester –Seminar “Law and ICT” Postgraduate programme : see following slides

Content Semester 1: Introduction –ICT –IT Law –Communications Law Semester 2: Advanced –ICT (legal informatics – information extraction) –IT Law (practice-oriented) –Communications Law (scenario)

In practice classes of about students –master of laws –external students –eulisp exchange students majority takes (per semester) –3 ICT-related courses (obligatory) –2 or 3 IPR-related courses –2 or 3 courses in EU of international business law

Evaluation Pro: –one post-graduate programme – bundling of efforts Contra –limited autonomy –less flexibility for (inter)national co-operation

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