Our goal is to provide students with the necessary skills to position themselves successfully in our innovation-driven world. Therefore, the Lab offers talks, projects and a networking platform for students, young professionals, and academics interested in the field law and technology.

Since 2020, the lab organizes "Innovation Talks", a series of lectures taking place on a regular basis, in which interested students, young professionals, and academics from EBS Law School can exchange ideas with experts from academia, politics, and legal practice on current topics at the intersection of technology, law and policy.

Here you will find the topics and speakers from our previous events:

• November 2020: Kickoff of the "Innovation Talk" event series and introduction to the broad research field of "Legal Issues in Digitalization", Speaker: Prof. Dr. Emanuel V. Towfigh (EBS Law School)
• December 2020: Innovation Talk #2 on "The New eWpG and Crypto Securities", Speakers: Prof. Dr. Ulrich Segna (EBS Law School) and Lukas Wagner, MSc (Oxford) (Allen & Overy)
• February 2021: Innovation Talk #3 on "The Future of Work", Speaker: Prof. Dr. Daniel M. Klocke LL.M. (oec.) (EBS Law School)
• March 2021: Innovation Talk #4 on "The Future of the Judiciary", Speakers: Prof. Dr. Anne Paschke (TU Braunschweig) and Dr. Reto Mantz (former Judge at the Frankfurt Regional Court, currently seconded to the Federal Court of Justice)
• May 2021: Innovation Talk #5 on "International Data Transfers in ECJ Case Law", Speakers: Prof. Dr. Fruzsina Molnár-Gábor (University of Heidelberg) and Dr. Thilo Weichert (former Data Protection Commissioner of the State of Schleswig-Holstein)
• June 2021: Innovation Talk #6 on "Legal Framework for Automated and Autonomous Driving", Speakers: Steffen Bilger MP (Parliamentary State Secretary at the BMVI 2018–2021) and Dr. Hans Steege (Deputy Director, Interdisciplinary Institute for Automated Systems – RifaS)
• September 2021: Innovation Talk #7 on "Platform Regulation between Terms of Service, Civil Code, NetzDG and UrhDaG", Speakers: Prof. Dr. Anna K. Bernzen (University of Regensburg) and Prof. Dr. Tobias Lutzi LL.M. M.Jur. (Oxford) (University of Augsburg)
• January 2022: Innovation Talk #8 on "The Implications of the BGH's SmartLaw Decision", Speakers: Dr. Christian Lemke (Vice President of the BRAK) and Prof. Dr. Dirk Uwer LL.M. Mag.rer.publ. (Hengeler Müller)
• February 2022: Innovation Talk #9 on "Regulation and Regulability of Online Platforms", Speakers: Heinz-Josef Friehe (former President of the Federal Office of Justice) and Prof. Dr. Matthias Kettemann LL.M. (Harvard) (Leibniz Institute for Media Research/Hans Bredow Institute)
• April 2022: Innovation Talk #10 on "Legal Texts as a Digital Commons?", Speakers: Prof. Dr. Dr. Hanjo Hamann JSM (Stanford) (EBS Law School) and Yana Sadykova (Visiting Scholar from Ukraine)
• May 2022: Innovation Talk #11 on "General Counsel in a Legal or FinTech Company – Selected Legal Issues and Career Paths", Speakers: Konstantin Heilmann LL.M. (NYU) (BRYTER) and Dr. Christopher Danwerth LL.M. (Linus Digital Finance)
• July 2022: Opening ceremony of the "BRYTER Center for Digitalization & Law" at EBS Law School, with presentations by, among others, Prof. Dr. Indra Spiecker gen. Döhmann LL.M. (Georgetown) (Goethe University) and Prof. Dr. Alexander Lorz LL.M. (Harvard) (Hessian Minister of Education)
• November 2022: Innovation Talk #12 on "The Regulation of Big Tech – A US and European Perspective", Speakers: Laura Knoke LL.M. (Nottingham), Dr. Christoph Werkmeister LL.M. (Cambridge) (both Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer) and Prof. Dr. Nikolas Guggenberger LL.M. (Stanford) (University of Houston Law Center, Yale Information Society Project)
• May 2023: Innovation Talk #13 on "Compliance in the Crypto World", Speakers: Dr. Markus Reischl (Gleiss Lutz) and Jannis Choulidis (Blockwall)
• June 2023: Innovation Talk #14 on "Digital Assets in Private Law", Speakers: Prof. Louise Gullifer (University of Cambridge) and Dr. Nina Luisa Siedler (Möhrle Happ Luther)
• May 2024: Innovation Talk #15 on "Driven by Technology and Controlled by Law – Current Perspectives on European Platform Regulation through the DSA & DMA", Speakers: Prof. Dr. Sarah Legner (EBS Law School) & Dr. Jasmin Brieske (Goethe University Frankfurt a.M.)
• November 2025: Innovation Talk #16 on "Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education", Panelists: Prof. Dr. Ann-Marie Kaulbach (European University Viadrina Frankfurt/Oder), Victoria Fricke, LL.M. (McGill), Prof. Dr. Tobias Gutmann (EBS Business School), Prof. Dr. Emanuel V. Towfigh (EBS Law School), Moderation: Johannes Felsner (EBS Law School)
• December 2025: Innovation Talk #17 on "The Independent Oversight Council – A New Supervisory Body for the BND", Speaker: Dr. Phillip Brunst (Head of the Administrative Control Body of the Independent Oversight Council)

Our team consists of: Svea Alberti, Johannes Felsner, Elina Fuchs, Isabell Martin, Jan Rosen, Lill Schwarzbich, and our co-founders and coordinators Melih Esmer and Mike Fecke.

Founding members were also: Alexander Egberts, LL.M., Dr. iur. Benedikt Quark, Barrister Daniel Dienerin, Dominik Urban, Giulia Klein, Helen Neitemeier, Karoline Dotterweich, Abdalle Yusuf, Elias Jacob, Esra Eroglu, Jan Swoboda, Lisa Marie Riemke, Leonie Heller, Lukas Quack and Henrik Döll.