OK, this would be the most outrageous piece of own-trumpet-blowing if I didn't also have the excuse that it's also a little obscure... text-book esoterica, in fact!
I got an unexpected parcel in the post today - always a fun moment - and it turned out to be the proceedings from the 30th Anniversary conference of the German Computer Law Association (DGRI), bound into a nice neat paperback. The theme of the conference was "From the punch-card to the global network - 30 years of the DGRI". I had the huge privilege of being invited to give the keynote address, and sure enough, there I am in print - what a happy moment! The conference as a whole gave some fascinating insights - not just because it was a look at 30 years of the history of the industry, but also because of the intriguing perspective you get when you look at IT through a lawyer's eyes.
This is a good opportunity to extend, once again, my thanks to Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Buechner and Prof. Dr. Thomas Dreier of the DGRI for the invitation, and my colleague Dr. Hellmuth Broda, who I suspect put in a good word for me behind the scenes...
For those of you keen to know more about this collector's item, here's the page on amazon.de. Don't get your hopes up too much, though: it's currently showing as 'unavailable'...
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