TILTing 2026: call for participation

22-04-2026

We invite scholars, practitioners, policymakers, and industry representatives to participate in TILTing Perspectives 2026, the biennial conference of the Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society (TILT). 

Conference Theme 

What does it mean to govern technology in a fractured global order? What tensions arise between promoting innovation and asserting sovereignty? Can values be upheld when the very architecture of the digital world is shaped elsewhere? TILTing 2026 confronts these urgent questions under the theme Between Values and Innovation: Tech Governance in a Multicentric World. 

A Grand Track will address these overarching questions, while specialized tracks provide focused forums for cutting-edge research across the law and technology landscape. 

Keynote Speakers 

  • Prof. Anu Bradford, Columbia Law School 
  • Prof. Gloria González Fuster, Vrije Universiteit Brussel 
  • Prof. Helena Farrand Carrapico, Northumbria University & Prof. Ben Farrand, Newcastle Law School 
  • Prof. Michael Veale, University College London 

A flavour of the themes addressed 

  • Is it even mine? — Privacy, data protection, and surveillance 
  • Do Androids dream of fair decisions? — Artificial Intelligence all the way 
  • Ctrl+C, Ctrl+compete — IP, competition, and innovation 
  • Who let the dogs out? — Platform governance: disinformation, content moderation, and freedom of expression 
  • Click here to accept all threats — Cybercrime, cybersecurity, and cyber-resilience 
  • The Global South has entered the chat — (Data) governance and the Global South 
  • Regulation without a flag — Standardization, certifications, and private regulation 
  • Weaponizing infrastructure — Digital sovereignty and strategic autonomy 
  • Upgrade available (Human Rights not included) — Innovation meets human rights 
  • Heroes wanted: the planet needs you — Energy transition, climate change, biodiversity, Anthropocene 
  • I for one welcome our new Robot Overlords — Classic Gikii energy 

Registration is open until 3 June 2026. 
Register: https://tilting2026.events-tilburguniversity.nl/ 
More information: https://edu.nl/66p8a 

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