The International Legal Informatics Symposium (IRIS) will take place at the Law Faculty of the University of Salzburg from 21-23 February 2008. Already being in its 11th year, IRIS has been established as the largest and most important academic conference on computers and law in Austria and Central Europe. The theme of the conference will be

Reducing Complexity. Using law and IT.

IRIS 2008 consists of a main conference, structured into several tracks.





Conference Tracks
e-Government: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Roland Traunmüller, Ao. Univ.-Prof. DDr. Erich Schweighofer
e-justice: Dr. Martin Schneider
e-Tax & "FinanzOnline": Ministerialrat Josef Makolm, Dipl.-Ing. Gerti Orthofer
[Website] [Call for Papers]
Knowledge-Based Process Management in Administrative Networks: Dipl.-Kffr. (FH) Angela Dovifat, , Univ.-Prof. Dr. Maria Wimmer, Univ.-Prof. Dr. Dimitris Karagiannis, Univ.-Prof. Dr. Ralf Klischewski
[Website] [Call for Papers]
e-Democracy: Ao. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Alexander Prosser
[Website] [Call for Papers]
Juridical Computer Systems: Senior Lecturer Burkhard Schafer
[Call for Papers]
Applications: Dr. Doris Liebwald
Legal Information and e-Publishing: Ao. Univ.-Prof. DDr. Erich Schweighofer
e-Commerce: RA Dr. Stefan Eder, RA Dr. Wolfgang Freund
Telecommunications Law: Directeur-adjoint Robert Queck
e-Learning: Dr. Thomas Menzel, Director Anthony Antoine
Theory of Legal Informatics, IT-Law (general parts): Ao. Univ.-Prof. DDr. Erich Schweighofer
Legal Theory: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Friedrich Lachmayer, Univ.-Prof. Dr. Michaela Strasser, Univ.-Doz. Dr. Lorenz Schulz
Visualization in Law: Dr. Colette R. Brunschwig
Science Fiction: Mag. Peter Lechner
Information Retrieval in the Legal Domain: Franz Kummer
LEFIS (LEgal Framework for the Information Society) Workshop
Legal and technological questions of the Information Society: Prof. Dr. Fernando Galindo, Ao. Univ.-Prof. DDr. Erich Schweighofer
Law of IT-Security: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Dirk Heckmann
[Call for Papers]

If you are interested in presenting a paper, we ask you to contact Prof. Schweighofer


If you are interested in participating without presenting a paper, we ask you to contact Mag. Anton GEIST



Participation:

Participation is free of charge.

Helpful information for Participants who present a paper:

The presentations are grouped into sessions. All speakers are restricted to 20 minutes. At the end of each session, there is time for an extensive discussion.
The official language of the conference will be German. Presentations of papers and statements during discussions can, however, be delivered in English as well.
The publication of proceedings is planned.

Contact:

Coordination/Academic Supervision/Proceedings:
Ao. Univ.-Prof. DDr. Erich Schweighofer

General Information/Website:
Mag. Anton GEIST