Do you want to upskill and improve your understanding of the technology on which you are advising?
Do you want to be able to ask more informed questions of your clients and give more focused, practical advice?
Then this is the event for you.
Neil Brown and Simon Forrester will be delivering a full day of “Back To Basics”: explaining, in a simple, engaging, manner the fundamentals of today’s (and perhaps tomorrow’s) technology.
Book now for a day of presentations, practical demonstrations, questions, and answers covering:
- what computers actually are, how they’re laid out, and work;
- how the Internet works, and how the web works (they’re not the same!);
- what software is and how it’s developed;
- principles of digital security and user authentication;
- encryption and hashing; and
- cloud computing essentials, including different types of “as-a-service”.
It doesn’t assume any prior technical knowledge, but if you have some, this event will help you take it to the next level.
Speakers:
Neil Brown, Managing Director, decoded.legal
Simon Forrester, Software Developer, Mituyu. Developer, Zehuti Ltd
Speaker Bios:
Neil is an Internet, tech, and telecoms lawyer. He runs English law firm decoded.legal. He’s good at legal advice, particularly geeky tech stuff, but rubbish at writing bios.
Simon Forrester has been a professional developer since the 1990s, delivering solutions for the private and public legal sectors, civil, commercial, and criminal. He’s worked with the Society for over two decades: if you’re watching an SCL online event, it’s invariably Simon pushing buttons behind the scenes! He’s also presented various events, including previous Back To Basics sessions, and both online and in person. At the time of writing he’s polishing his presentations and limbering up for six hours of Back To Basics 2024.
Why this event is important:
Tech Fundamentals is a structured day-long program for people with relatively basic tech knowledge. It starts with the very basics of computing and works through networks and connectivity, software development, security and encryption, and hosted / cloud services. It is an ideal primer for lawyers (and others) who want to know more about the fundamentals of the technologies on which they are advising.
This Conference is designed to help you understand the technology, to enable you to appear more informed to your clients, to ask better, more pertinent questions of the clients, and to get to grips with your clients’ technology/products more quickly and astutely.
Join Neil and Simon in London for a day of learning, exploration, and expert insight into how it all works. The recording of this course will be available to watch shortly afterward, so you can refer back as many times as you would like at your leisure.
Who should attend:
– The course is designed for lawyers who advise on tech-related stuff (whether you are a “tech lawyers” or not), who want a better understanding of the basics, for the reasons above. Technology continues to evolve at breakneck speed: equipping yourself with a mastery of the core principles is essential.
– This Conference is suitable for tech lawyers both in-house and private practice lawyers.
Programme:
Registration from 9 am
Welcome and introductions
Morning Sessions:
- Computers and hardware
- Maths, theory
10:50 – 11:10 – Break
- Session on networking
- How the web works
- Web APIs
13:00 – 14:00 – Lunch
Afternoon Sessions:
- Software & data
- Cloud computing
- Source control and open source
15:20 – 15:40 – Break
- Encryption and security
- Blockchain
- Authentication & passwords
Wrap up and closing remarks
Drinks and networking from 5 pm
Administration notes:
Fees:
£245 + VAT (£294) for SCL members
£490 + VAT (£588) for non-members.
To enquire about SCL membership and receive the discounted fee, please email hello@scl.org.
Booking terms and conditions:
Please refer to SCL’s full event terms and conditions here.
Registration and attendee arrival:
Registration for this event starts at 09:00 am.
Dietary Requirements:
As lunch will be provided at the event, please kindly inform us of any dietary requirements by close of business on Wednesday 23 October.
Joining details:
For in-person events, you will receive joining details within 24 hours of the event. For online events, we will send the Zoom link on the morning of the event.
Please note:
This event will also be recorded and the recording will be available to delegates shortly afterwards.
Non-members wishing to join the Society are entitled to membership of the Society valid for 12 months from the date of payment including full access to the content of the SCL web site www.scl.org, the SCL magazine “Computers & Law” plus reduced fees for training events where a fee is applicable. The cost of an annual SCL membership is £165.00. If you have any queries about SCL membership please contact the SCL office on Tel: 07948517049 or Email: hello@scl.org
Free membership for trainee lawyers and UK students:
SCL provides free membership for trainee lawyers until qualification and for UK students in full-time education with a valid ac.uk email address. Student members are eligible to attend SCL events at concessionary rates where a fee is applicable. Trainee members are entitled to attend SCL events at the standard members’ rate (the concessionary rate for UK students in full-time education does not apply). Trainees and UK students in full-time education can apply to join SCL for free by emailing hello@scl.org
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