​When one travels to a foreign land, one inherently understands they will be expected to abide by the specific laws of that territory, and the well-established universal codes of conduct. The rule of law is part of what makes human groups into societies – and human associations into social structures.

And yet: where are the laws of the new 'lands' (digital spatial environments and metaverses) offered by Roblox, Epic Games, Meta, Apple and many more?

​ If these spaces are to become 'territories', to be visited and populated (just as countries seek tourists and residents), how are digital worlds to be legislated? How do frontier lands become social spaces? And who decides right and wrong?

​Are lands that are generated procedurally subject to the same legal considerations? What about the behaviour of AI agents or effects of AI moderation - who is responsible for these phenomena, if not the AI's themselves?

This conversation explores not just the rule-setting by platform owners, but the actual legal implications of human activity in virtual worlds. It debates whether new digital environments can be served by laws intended for the physical world, or if new types of laws are required – and how AI makes this even more complex.

Everyone involved in law, technology, governance and social dynamics relating to spatial tech, IP, AI, digital law, platform economics, social networks, social use of technology, metaverses and gaming, and the role of global-scale corporations offering alternative worlds is welcome to attend, learn, and participate. The event is free to attend, but registration is required.

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​Barath Chari

​Partner, ​​Technology Transactions, WSGR

​Barath Chari is a partner in Wilson Sonsini’s San Francisco office. Barath represents technology companies at all stages of growth, from bootstrapped start-ups to leading global enterprises, in complex business transactions involving technology and intellectual property. He also has deep experience in assisting technology companies and their investors with mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and financing matters. He leverages his pre-law experience as a software engineer to provide informed legal advice on technical topics such as open source software.

​Max Sills

​General Counsel, Midjourney

​Max Sills is General Counsel at Midjourney and the owner at Open Advisory Services, a firm he set up to help small to medium-sized companies with their legal needs. Before joining Midjourney full-time, Max served as counsel at Block.

​Paul Jurcys

​Co-Founder, Prifina

​Paulius is a Co-Founder of Prifina, San Francisco-based data technology company which is building a new technologies based on a user-centric, user-held data model.

​Paulius has 15+ years of experience in the fields of intellectual property, copyright law, data privacy, and ethics. Paulius is a Harvard Law School graduate (LLM’15) and obtained his doctoral degree in Kyushu University (Japan) in 2010.

​He is an author of a legal dictionary, a book on international law, and many law review articles. Paulius frequently speaks at international conferences on topics related to the emerging technologies and innovation.

​John Manoochehri

​​​Founder & CEO, Treasury

​​​Architect and experienced in both computational design and sustainability, John has founded companies in the space of design, data, technology and sustainability. He founded Treasury in 2021 to focus on making the digital environments of today and tomorrow resources for sustainability and human development.

​​​Agenda:

​​​5pm – Doors open, drinks available.

​​​5:30pm – Panel Discussion: Real Laws for Unreal Lands

​​​7pm – Session ends.

​​After the event, attendees are welcome to continue the conversation with drinks on the Treasury terrace overlooking the city.