IViR "Science Fiction & Information Law Writing Competition" Award Ceremony

  • Competition 
  • Cinema
  • Thursday 21.05 — 17:20 - 18:40

The Science Fiction & Information Law Writing Competition was born out of the idea that science fiction and information law have much in common. Not only is there a fair share of law in science fiction, but information law experts and science fiction authors also share a vivid interest in the way technology is interfacing and transforming our digital society, and the values and rules that matter to us. And rules as well as narratives are powerful tools in shaping the future. This is why the Institute for Information Law, as one of the oldest and largest research institutes in information law, once launched the first edition of this competition in 2018, and since then the future of information has only become more intriguing. 

Now, with the competition’s fourth edition, the level of submissions was higher than ever. Out of seven shortlisted stories already published at DigiCon’s Sci-Fi Section, three winners will be announced during the Award Ceremony. It is held at CPDP for the second time. The theme of this edition is The Technologised Future of Truth. The winning stories discussed during the ceremony will show how closely that theme aligns with CPDP's theme of this year, "Competing Visions, Shared Futures". Come and be provoked and haunted by the stories, immersed in the future. 

Yeliz Döker (Remote Speaker)

Yeliz Figen Döker is a Resident Lecturer at the European Law and Governance School, established by the EPLO. She holds a PhD in Law from the European University Institute (EUI), specialising in the governance of Artificial General Intelligence. Her work brings together legal theory, science fiction, and ethics to explore the governance challenges posed by emerging technologies. She is the co-founder of DigiCon, where she leads the science fiction section as both operational and editorial head. Additionally, she is the Book Review Editor for Law, Technology and Humans, and a qualified lawyer with the Istanbul Bar Association.

Natali Helberger

University of Amsterdam - Netherlands

Distinguished University Professor for Law and Digital Technology, with a special focus on AI, and co-founder and director of the Algosoc consortium, a consortium of 5 Dutch universities and 75+ researchers to do research into the realisation of public values in the algorithmic society

Kimon Kieslich

Dr. Kimon Kieslich is a social scientist studying the social and political implications of data-driven technologies, with a particular focus on AI ethics, public perceptions of algorithms, anticipatory governance, and the societal impacts of automated decision-making. His work focuses on how these technologies are designed, governed, and experienced in practice, especially in contexts shaped by inequality and global power relations. Dr. Kimon Kieslich is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the African-German Centre for Sustainable and Resilient Food Systems and Applied Agricultural and Food Data Science (UKDULA) affiliated with the University of Hohenheim. He is also an active member of the AI, Media & Democracy Lab at the University of Amsterdam.