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The Institute of Law Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Association of Intellectual Property and Competition Law would like to invite you to a scientific conference on “Intellectual property law – Competition – New technologies”, which will take place on 24 April 2018.

It will focus on current issues associated with the development of new technologies, and their impact on copyright law, industrial property law and competition law. The conference will also be an opportunity to integrate the academic community and experts in the field of intellectual property law.

Speakers include Prof. of the Institute of Law Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Paweł Podrecki, PhD, Habil., Attorney-at-Law, and Grzegorz Sibiga, PhD, Attorney-at-Law.

The Conference will be held at the main offices of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw, ul. Nowy Świat 72.

The Training Institute for Banking Law (Instytut Szkoleń Prawa Bankowego) invites you to training on the implementation of the PSD2 Directive and significant changes for payment service providers, to be held on 19 April 2018 in the Mercure Warszawa Centrum hotel.

The meeting will cover issues related to changes in the rules for the provision of payment services introduced by the PSD2 Directive. Close attention will be devoted to operational issues concerning the necessity to adapt the activity to changes in the rules for the provision of payment services as well as to the presentation of opportunities and threats. The main decision areas and possible variants of conduct related to the change of regulatory environment after implementation of the PSD2 Directive will also be indicated.

The training session will be hosted by our experts – Jan Byrski, PhD, attorney-at-law, and Karol Juraszczyk, legal advisor.

Workshops on the adaptation of telecommunications industry activity to the requirements of the Act implementing PSD2 will be held on 12 April 2018.

Telecommunications companies were obliged to prepare themselves for new regulations introduced by the PSD2 Directive by 13 January 2018. Final works on the Act implementing the PSD2 Directive into Polish law are under way.
Participation in the training will allow its members to familiarise themselves thoroughly with the obligations imposed on mobile phone companies by the PSD2 Directive.

The meeting will be hosted by our experts – Jan Byrski, PhD, attorney-at-law, Maciej Miąsko, legal advisor, and Karol Juraszczyk, legal advisor.

The organiser of the event is MM Conferences.

22nd ABI Congress will be held on 11-13 April 2018 at Pałac Żelechów.

ABI Congress has been organized since 1999 and is the major annual meeting of the Information Security Administrator community (ABI) in Poland.

The event will be held under the scientific patronage of the Traple Konarski Podrecki I Wspólnicy law firm.

The programme and other detailed information are provided on the website of the organizer, European Network Security Institute Sp. z o.o. (ENSI).

The Research Centre for Legal and Economic Issues of Electronic Communication operating at the Faculty of Law, Administration and Economics of the University of Wrocław invites you to the 4th Forum of Electronic Media Law to be held on 10-11 April 2018 at the Faculty of Law, Administration and Economics of the University of Wrocław.

The conference will be devoted, in particular, to issues related to the protection of personal data, on the basis of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), as well as other problems on the borderline of new technologies and law. The event aims at developing integration of environment focused on the problem of electronic media law, digitization of public administration, personal data protection, banking and e-Health.

We are pleased to announce that during the conference, lectures will be delivered by Xawery Konarski, attorney-at-law, and Grzegorz Sibiga, PhD, attorney-at-law.

The event will be held under the honorary patronage of the Traple Konarski Podrecki i Wspólnicy law firm.

The 2nd edition of the conference on Effective Implementation of GDPR will be held in Warsaw on 9-10 April 2018. Xawery Konarski, Attorney-at-Law will be one of the speakers.

This meeting is to discuss the most crucial areas of planned changes, which require meticulous preparations. The aim is to present a practical approach to personal data protection from every possible angle.

The Conference is organised by Puls Biznesu.

Wolters Kluwer Polska is pleased to invite you to GDPR Congress – Practical aspects of implementing the personal data protection reform, which will take place on 6 April 2018 in Warsaw.

The aim of the Congress is to present recommendations and ready-made solutions that will enable public and private sector entities to prepare effectively for the upcoming changes. GDPR Congress is divided into two thematic blocks: businesses and law firms, and public administration authorities and institutions, including health care and education institutions.

During the event, a lecture on data profiling and decisions issued only on the basis of automated processing will be given by Xawery Konarski, attorney-at-law.

GDPR Congress is organised by Wolters Kluwer.

On 4-5 April 2018, a workshop will be held in Warsaw on the personal data protection – compliance of businesses with general data protection regulation.

The aim of the session is to discuss the practical aspects of ensuring compliance of the activity of businesses with the new regulations and to present those alignment measures and their schedule. The meeting will be held by experts from our law firm – Xawery Konarski, attorney-at-law and Grzegorz Sibiga, PhD, attorney-at-law, who will advise the participants on how to properly and effectively implement the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation.

Traple Konarski Podrecki i Wspólnicy law firm is the professional patron of this training session.

On 20-21 March 2018, the 6th edition of Cashless Congress (formerly International Congress of Non-Cash Payments) will be held in Warsaw.

Cashless Congress addresses issues affecting the future of the non-cash payment market. Experts from Poland, the European Union, and the world, during panel sessions and specialist presentations, present the most important industry issues, inviting listeners to a joint discussion. The items of the Congress agenda include an eDukaty 2018 award ceremony.

During the meeting, Jan Byrski, PhD, attorney-at-law will deliver a lecture on legal challenges in 2018 on the payment services market, will moderate a panel titled “Legal challenges in 2018 on the payment services market – from the perspective of various stakeholders”.

Cashless Congress is organised by Foundation for the Development of Non-cash Payments (FROB).

For more information, please visit http://www.cashlesscongress.pl/

We encourage you to participate in the training session GDPR 2018. Personal Data Protection in a HR Department – Employer’s Obligations Related to the Processing of Personal Data of Employees and Candidates, which will be conducted on 14 March 2018 in Warsaw by Grzegorz Sibiga, PhD, Attorney-at-Law.

Some of the topics that will be discussed include:

• What are the new obligations of an employer who is hiring people as regards protection of their personal data?
• What are the legal grounds for processing of personal data in the employment process?
• When is it obligatory to appoint a personal data protection inspector in an organization?
• What is the procedure for reporting incidents to the regulatory authority?
• What are the contemplated amendments to the Labour Code regarding the processing of personal data in employment?
• When is it necessary to carry out an assessment of the effects of processing?
• What are the new consequences of processing personal data in a manner that is inconsistent with GDPR?

The event is organised by Beck Akademia.

2nd edition of the RIBA Forum – GDPR, Innovations, Security, Audit – Data protection challenges in the times of new regulations will take place in Warsaw on 28 February-1 March 2018.

New regulations mean great challenges and new risks for all entities which collect and process personal data. The task of protecting data may not be specifically entrusted to IT, lawyers, or a business at a company or an office – everyone needs to act together to ensure compliance. The RIBA Forum is a meeting point for everyone who is responsible for the area of data protection.

The issues of special interest in this edition of the RIBA Forum are as follows:
Data portability – Profiling – Right to be forgotten

The programme of the RIBA Forum includes:

Plenary session with VIPs – parallel thematic sessions – questions and answers session by the best experts – all day of workshops – roundtable discussions.

Why is it worth participating in the conference?

– An excellent group of speakers (decision-makers and practitioners dealing with GDPR projects) will provide you with access to unique knowledge and experience;

– You will get to know the “battlefield” experience – the RIBA Forum programme ensures that you benefit from the experience and the conclusions from the currently implemented projects on preparing organisations for the GDPR requirements;

– You will be able to ask your question beforehand – the conference will give you an answer!

We are happy to announce that our Law Firm is the expert patron of the RIBA Forum 2018 conference. Xawery Konarski, Attorney-at-Law will attend the conference.

The organisers have prepared a special offer – if you use the TRAPLE promo code by 31 January 2018, you will get a 12% discount.