Today, July 8th, the 2024 ICON•S Annual Conference began at IE University in Madrid.
The first panel we attended was discussed by PhD candidates Mario Manna and Benedicta Quarcoo. They discussed the panel: “Disability Rights, Digitalisation, and the Role of AI“. Specifically, their presentation addressed the topic “Bringing the Digital Divide: Innovations for Sustainable and Equitable Technological Advancement in the Context of the Green Transition“.
The panel titled: “Climate Change between Law and Justice. Theoretical and Epistemological Approaches” was chaired by Dr. Elena De Nictolis and featured postdoctoral fellow Anna Berti Suman with an introduction on “Epistemic Justice or the Absence Thereof in the European National Energy and Climate Plans“.
Additionally, today’s events included the panel: “Cities as Spaces of Challenges and Solutions for our Sustainable and Digital Future“, in which Prof. Christian Iaione and Benedicta Quarcoo presented “The Just Energy Transition of Vulnerable Communities in the EU and the ECOWAS Region: A Public-Private Law Conundrum” and Dr. Elena De Nictolis presented “City-led Climate Change Litigation. A U.S and EU Comparison”.
Stay connected and updated for the panels that will take place in the coming days.
