Event Description
Deadline to Register: February 7, 2016
What is It? How Might It Change the World? What Every
Lawyer Needs to Know.
The assembled panel will start from the birth of artificial intelligence and
tell the story of how AI and Robotics have and will continue to change our World
and profession. Panelist Brian Wallenfelt will present a mini AI and Robotics
101 course and then focus on key game changing technological advances in the
space. Panelist Miguel Azar will then use history, current industry plans,
developments and a crystal ball laying out where the technology may leave
humanity. Finally panelist Patrick Pazderka will provide real world insights,
practice pointers and contractual provisions to aid attorneys practicing in the
current changing environment, and what and how the profession will need to
continue to adapt and change.
The Computer and Technology Section Council will meet at 11:30 a.m.
followed by lunch and the CLE at Noon.
Presenters:
Miguel Azar is a graduate of the
University of Chicago, BA Economics, and the University of Minnesota School of
Law. Miguel is licensed in both Minnesota State and Federal Courts.
Miguel has served in various legal capacities spending part of his early career
as a criminal defense and civil litigator. Miguel then transitioned his
career and served as in-house counsel for numerous Minnesota corporations with a
primary focus on contracts relating to computers, software and intellectual
property. A long time member, presenter and past Chair of the Computer and
Technology Law Section, Miguel now spends his time counseling select clients and
trying to manage his family’s busy schedule.
Patrick
Pazderka is a Partner practicing in Fox Rothschild LLP’s Corporate and
Emerging Companies Groups. Pat provides legal and strategic guidance for
clients ranging in size from start-ups to Fortune 100 companies. He
regularly represents his clients in various types of technology
matters—including license agreements, SaaS agreements, technology services
agreements, hardware acquisition agreements and joint venture agreements.
He earned his B.A. from the University of St. Thomas and his J.D. from the
University of Minnesota Law School.
Brian Wallenfelt is a registered patent
attorney with Merchant & Gould P.C. He protects inventions in
computer-related technologies, including artificial intelligence and robotics.
Brian has a BS in Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois in
Urbana-Champaign, an MS in Computer Science from the University of Minnesota,
and a JD from William Mitchell College of Law. Outside of work, Brian enjoys
spending time with his family and running on two legs (an activity which he can
do faster than any currently existing robot).
CLE
Credit: 1.0 Standard CLE Credit Applied | Event Code: 215744
Cost:
Computer and Technology Section
(CTLS) Member: FREE
MSBA
Member
(but not member of CTLS): $15
Non-MSBA
Member: $35
Law Student: FREE
Join the Computer and Technology Law Section and attend the CLE for
FREE: $30
MSBA members who are not members
of the Computer & Technology Law Section can join the
section for $30 and attend this CLE for FREE. Click here
to add the section to your MSBA membership and then contact Tram Nguyen | 612.278.6316 to register
for this meeting at no charge.
Remote
Participation:
Participation by teleconferencing and webcasting
is available. Please indicate remote participation when registering.
Instructions will be sent via email one day prior
to the CLE.
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Questions? Contact Tram Nguyen|
612-278-6316