ERA (The Academy of European Law) announced а conference dedicated to the Life Cycle of Electronic Evidence, consisting of:
Obtaining the evidence
Presentation in court
Continuity of evidence
The event is to take place in Barcelona on 24-25 October 2016.
About the Conference
The conference aims at promoting advanced knowledge, exchange of experience and best practices between judges, prosecutors and lawyers in private practice from EU Member States who are dealing with criminal proceedings where e-evidence is involved. This will improve participants' knowledge of the strategies and techniques used in different European countries and will ultimately improve cross-border cooperation among Member States’ authorities.
Key topics at the conference will be:
The foundations of electronic evidence (direct and indirect evidence, primary and secondary evidence, ownership of digital data, video-recorded and tape-recorded evidence);
Collecting, authenticating and evaluating digital data in the framework of legal proceedings;
The challenges posed by encrypted data;
Conducting a criminal investigation across state borders: search orders, search and seizure, destruction of evidence, evidence from other jurisdictions, trial;
Chain of custody (through case studies);
e-Evidence and jurisprudence of the ECtHR.
You could find the conference programme, registration fees, and other relevant information here.
About ERA
The conference organiser, the Academy of European Law (ERA), is a non-profit public foundation that provides training in European law to legal practitioners. Its patrons include most EU member states and it is supported by the EU. ERA organises conferences and seminars around Europe, offers an online training programme which includes a broad range of courses and e-presentations and publishes a legal journal ERA Forum. Get to know more about ERA here.