Internet Intermediary Liability is no longer the dark horse in the field of technology law. With the increasing controversy around it resulting in the arrest of a CEO of a multinational company, [The Bazee.com case] and in light of the recent amendments to the IT Act, the topic has received much attention, with increasing apprehension from several quarters. Given the contemporary relevance of this topic therefore, it has been chosen as the theme of this year’s edition of Consilience, an annual conference on Technology organized by the Law and Technology Committee of National Law School of India University. The only one of its kind, the conference has, in the past brought together notable legal luminaries like Montek Singh Aluhwalia (Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission), Mr. R. Ramraj (MD and CEO, Sify Technologies Ltd.,), Mr. Richard Stallman (Founder – GNU Project), Hon’ble Jzustice Yatindra Singh (Allahabad High Court, India), and have discussed issues relating to “Legal Aspects of Business Process Outsourcing”, and “Free and Open Source Software”. This year’s edition, sponsored by the Centre for Internet and Society and Google, will see the participation of Mr. Gulshan Rai, (Director General Indian Computer Emergency Response Team) and notable academics Like Prof Gavin Sutter and Prof Wendy Seltzer (Fellow, Berkman Center, Harvard University). The conference will be held at the Taj Residency, Bangalore on May 29th and 30th.

For more information, details and registration, please visit http://www.consilience.in

This year’s conference has several speakers of note including Gulshan Rai, Director General, CERT, G.R. Raghavender, Registrar of Copyrights and Deputy Secretary, MHRD, Wendy Seltzer, Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University, Gavin Sutter, Lecturer in Law, University of London and Sunil Abraham, Executive Director, Center for Internet and Society.