Soft Law Summit

Advancing Industry Self-Regulation

In Partnership With: Arizona State University's Sandra Day O'Connor School of Law Center for Law, Science, and Innovation

 

Tuesday, September 24 in Washington, D.C.

It's Time for Industry to Lead 

Industry self-regulation, a form of soft law, has long been an effective option to help business solve systemic, industry-wide challenges and achieve important policy objectives. And to truly harness its power, it is important to understand industry self-regulation’s shortcomings (both real and perceived) as well as what aspects may yield the most success.  

 

Each year, CISR convenes industry leaders, regulators, and academic experts providing a platform and resources to have this critical debate in an objective setting. 

 

 The 2024 Soft Law Summit will once again bring together industry leaders, academics, and policy makers to dissect and how the challenges and opportunities for America's business sectors have been and can be addressed by independent industry self-regulation.  

 

 

On the Agenda 
  •  Social media and the case for industry self-regulation 

  • The federal administrative state, including discussion of Supreme Court cases Loper Bright v. Raimondo and Relentless v. Department of Commerce (“Chevron deference” cases) 

  • Governance of and regulatory models for artificial intelligence (AI) 

  • The modern challenges of protecting children’s privacy online 

 

 

 

 

Last Year’s Soft Law Summit  

At the 2023 Soft Law Summit, attendees examined examples of industry self-regulation in practice, explored its various models in use across industries, discussed what works and what has not worked, and identified the tools and best practices that most often lead to success.  

 

 

 

 

Research 

CISR routinely commissions academic research on current topics, across a wide variety of sectors.  In 2023, seven papers were presented as part of the Soft Law Summit and used to discuss the practical application and potential of soft law and industry self-regulation.  

AI, Medical Devices, & Soft Law Governance

 

 

Adam Thierer

R Street Institute

Soft Law Functions in the International Governance of AI

 

 

Wendell Wallach, Anka Reuel, Anja Kaspersen

Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, Yale Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics
 

 

 

 

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