Legally intelligent: Sovereign. Secure. Streamlined.
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Conference Chair: Attorney Isabell Conrad (OSE; CSW Rechtsanwälte Partnerschaft mbB, Munich)
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Friday, 29 January 2027
Hybrid event (in person or online)
in cooperation with davit (IT Law Working Group of the German Bar Association)
Please note: The symposium will be held in German
The programme:
8:00 am Registration, coffee and snacks (in person)
8:20 am Online participant check-in
8:30 am Opening and welcome
Stephan Peters (OSE; Deposix Software Escrow GmbH, Munich)
Welcome address: Attorney Dr. Christiane Bierekoven (davit Berlin; Ganteführer, Marquardt & Partner, Düsseldorf)
8:35 am Introduction to the themes
Attorney Isabell Conrad (OSE; CSW Rechtsanw.lte Partnerschaft mbB, Munich)
9:05 am Keynote: Digital Sovereignty for Europe - Insights from Schwarz Group and STACKIT
Tobias R.hrig (Schwarz Digits, Neckarsulm)
9:35 am Policy Perspective: The EU Sovereignty Package
Renate Nikolay (Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (CNECT), Brussels)
10:05 am Session 1: Sovereign Contract Drafting amid European Regulatory Requirements
Chair: Attorney Friederike Wilde-Detmering (OSE; Reed Smith LLP, Munich)
Platforms and Financial Services
Attorney Marieke Merkle (Noerr PartGmbB, Munich)
Exit Services under DORA and the Data Act
Speaker to be announced
Escrow Agreements and Insolvency in the Supply Chain
Attorney Christian Kast (OSE; BSH Home Appliances Group; Anwaltscontor, Munich)
11:35 am coffee break
11:55 am Session 2 - Part 1: AI and Data Protection in Light of CJEU Case Law
Chair: Attorney Dr. Thomas Fischl (OSE; Oppenhoff & Partner Rechtsanwälte Steuerb. mbB, Munich)
Purpose Limitation, Exemptions and Profiling – Risks of Fines under the AI Act and GDPR in Risk Classification:
Practical Cases
Prof. Dr. Boris Paal, M.Jur. (Oxford) (Technical University of Munich)
From Training to Deploying AI Agents – What Do Data Protection Authorities Examine?
Carolin Loy (Bavarian Data Protection Authority, Ansbach)
1:00 pm Lunch break (in person)
2:00 pm Summary of the Morning Sessions
2:30 pm Session 2 - Part 2
Guardrails for Data Protection and IT Security in LLM Chatbots
Dr. h.c. Marit Hansen (Independent Centre for Data Protection Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel)
3:00 pm Session 3: When AI Writes Code: The Future of Software Development and Law
Chair: Prof. Dr. Jochen Schneider (OSE; CSW Rechtsanwälte Partnerschaft mbB, Munich)
Agentic AI in Software Development: A Paradigm Shift
Oliver Eilhard (OSE; Streitz Liesegang Wagenpfeil & Partner, Brühl)
Copyright Perspective: Protectability and the Definition of a Computer Program
Dr. Lucie Antoine (OSE; Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)
Contract Law Implications: Software Licensing Questions
Attorney Prof. Dr. Malte Grützmacher, LL.M. (University of London) (CMS, Hamburg)
5:00 pm Coffee break
5:20 pm Sovereign. Secure. Streamlined. Does Practice Live Up to the Promise?
Chair: Attorney Dr. Thomas Thalhofer (Noerr PartGmbB, Munich)
Panelists: All speakers and session chairs
Discussants: All attendees, in person and online
6:15 pm Networking reception with finger food (in person)
Please note: The symposium will be held in German. You can download the programme here.
Registration Fee and Continuing Legal Education (FAO)
EUR 395 standard fee · EUR 340 for members of davit, DGRI or OSE.
The fees apply equally to in-person and online attendance and include VAT. Payment is due upon registration. You will receive your invoice by email or, on express request, by post. Upon request, we will send you an electronic certificate of continuing legal education covering up to 8 hours under Section 15 FAO after the symposium.
SYMPOSIUM Special: Offset the Registration Fee against Membership Dues
Register for the symposium and become an OSE member at the same time: we will credit your registration fee against your 2027 membership dues. Information will also be available at the event.
Registration and Terms of Participation
We prefer online registration via our website. Alternatively, you can complete the form below and email it to
sabrina.boehm@ose-international.org. Attendance is limited; registrations will be processed in the order received. You may nominate a substitute attendee.
If the event is cancelled, there is no entitlement to have it held. The organiser will not reimburse travel or accommodation expenses or lost
working time.
Participant List, Photography and Video Recording
A participant list including names, organisations, email addresses and locations is expected to be distributed at the venue. Photos and videos may be taken during the event for OSE marketing purposes, including publication on the website. If you do not wish to appear on the list or in recordings, please contact us before the event.
Language of the Event
Please note: The symposium will be held in German.