Agenda

8:30 AM - Welcome 

• Gary Moore, Assistant Dean for Academic Technology and Executive Director, TechinLaw Collaborative, University of South Carolina Joseph F. Rice School of Law
• William Hubbard, Dean, University of South Carolina Joseph F. Rice School of Law – Introduction of Welcome Address Speaker 

8:40 AM – 9:00 AM - Welcome Address – Donna Tillis, Partner, Nelson Mullins Riley, and Scarborough 

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM - Panel 1 – “Cryptocurrency Litigation and the Need for Regulation and Reform” 

• Moderator - Tyler Passarella, Class of 2024, USC Joseph F. Rice School of Law.  President of the Blockchain Law Society 
• Dave Maxfield, Esq. 
• Graham Newman, Partner, Chappell, Chappell, and Newman 
• Jordan Teague, Esq., Campbell Teague 
• Blake Kennedy, Assistant Attorney General, South Carolina Attorney General’s Office

10:15 AM – 10:30 AM – Break 

10:30 AM – 11:45 PM - Panel 2 – “AI and Employment Algorithms– What Lawyers Need to Know About These Tools, Potential Biases and Upcoming Regulation”  

• Moderator - Joe Seiner- Oliver Ellsworth Professor of Federal Practice, University of South Carolina Joseph F. Rice School of Law 
• Leigh Ellen Gray, Campbell Teague 
• Commissioner Keith E. Sonderling, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission  
• John Browning, Distinguished Jurist in Residence, Faulkner University School of Law, and Chair of the State Bar of Texas Taskforce on AI and the Law 
• Rick Oppedisano, Delta Bravo AVI

11:45 AM – 12:45 PM –Lunch (Lunch provided for Panelists/Presenters/Dignitaries. Attendees – Lunch on Your Own including Food Truck) 

12:45 PM – 1:15 PM - Keynote Address – “The Role Technology Played in the Alex Murdaugh Case” - Creighton Waters, Chief Attorney, State Grand Jury Section At South Carolina Office of the Attorney General  

• Introduction by Derek A. Shoemake, Kershaw City Councilman and Attorney, Connell, Law Firm  

1:15 PM – 2:30 PM – Cybersecurity and South Carolina  

• Moderator – Joshua Ayers, Class of 2025, University of South Carolina School of Law.  President of the National Security Society 
• Derek Shoemake, Kershaw City Councilman and Attorney, Connell Law Firm 
• Megan Stifel, Chief Strategy Officer, Institute for Security and Technology 
• Dr. Csilla Farkas, Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, Director of the Center for Information Assurance Engineering, University of South Carolina 
• Thomas Scott, CEO, Founder, CyberSherpas, and Executive Director of the South Carolina Cybersecurity Association and Foundation

2:30 PM – 2:45 PM - Break

2:45 PM – 4:00 PM – From Electrification to Automation: How Innovation Is Changing Vehicle Law 

• Moderator – Marianna McDevitt, Class of 2023, Nelson Mullins Riley and, Scarborough 
• Bryant Walker Smith, Associate Professor of Law and Faculty Director, TechInLaw Collaborative, University of South Carolina  Joseph F. Rice School of Law
• Harry M. Lightsey III, Secretary of Commerce, South Carolina Department of Commerce
• Derek Devere Tarver Esq., Attorney, Parker Law Group

4:00 PM - Closing Remarks – Bryant Walker Smith, Associate Professor of Law and Faculty Director, TechInLaw Collaborative, University of South Carolina  Joseph F. Rice School of Law