On March 13th, the Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance will be hosting its “6th Annual Global Advertising Law Conference.”  The half-day event will be held at the Beekman Hotel in New York City.  You can register for the free event, which begins at 9:00 a.m., here. 

At the conference,  we'll be discussing artificial intelligence and environmental marketing, and then we'll do a quick tour of some other important advertising law developments around the world.  We'll be covering developments worldwide – from Argentina to Zimbabwe.

Our first panel, “Hot Topics in Artificial Intelligence,” will be moderated by Melissa Steinman from Venable (USA).  The panelists will be: 

• Rolf Auf der Maur, VISCHER (Switzerland)
• Kelly Harris, Harris + co (Canada)
• Brenda Kahari, Lawyers for Africa (Zimbabwe)
• Valdir Rocha, Veirano Advogados (Brazil)

Our second panel, “Hot Topics in Environmental Marketing," will be moderated by Jeffrey A. Greenbaum (me!) from Frankfurt Kurnit (USA).  The panelists will be: 

• Brinsley Dresden, Lewis Silkin (UK)
• Johan Loje, Loje IP (Denmark)
• Damaso Pardo, Bruchou & Funes de Rioja (Argentina)
• Aakriti Vadehra, Kan & Krishme (India)

Our third panel, “Hot Topics in Global Advertising Law,” will be moderated by Allison Fitzpatrick from Davis & Gilbert (USA).  The panelists will be: 

• Jose Antonio Arochi, Arochi & Lindner (Mexico)
• Hande Hancer, Gun + Partners (Turkey)
• Virginie Liebermann, MOLITOR (Luxembourg)
• Soren Pietzcker, Heuking Kuhn Luer Wojtek (Germany)
• Jasmina Suljovic, Law Office Mirna Milanovic-Lalic and Jasmina Suljovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
• Juan Carlos Uribe, Triana Uribe & Michelsen (Colombia)

The event is only being held in-person, but videos of the panels will be made available afterwards on GALA's YouTube channel. 

GALA is an alliance of lawyers located throughout the world with expertise in advertising law.  GALA, which covers more than 100 countries, serves as a worldwide resource to companies and others interested in the complex legal issues affecting advertisers globally.  If you can't make the event, or if you're just interested in staying up-to-date on global developments affecting advertisers, please suscribe to our blog.