Call for Papers for the International Conference:“Quantum Technologies, Artificial Intelligence and Law”

Deadline for submissions: 15 June 2026

The School of Law at the University of Exeter, in collaboration with the Interdisciplinary Laboratory for Black Sea and Eastern Mediterranean Studies (ILABSEM) of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and the School of Law, University of Nicosia, invites submissions for an international interdisciplinary conference on “Quantum Technologies, Artificial Intelligence and Law”, to be held in September 2026.

As quantum computing advances toward practical deployment and artificial intelligence systems become structurally embedded in governance, finance, security, and justice, law faces a structural epistemic challenge. We are no longer merely regulating applications; we are confronting technological paradigms that destabilise foundational assumptions of legal certainty, accountability, evidence, sovereignty, and risk allocation.

Quantum technologies promise exponential computational capacity, potentially disrupting cryptography, financial infrastructures, cybersecurity architectures, and even evidentiary standards. AI systems, increasingly autonomous and data-intensive, raise questions concerning agency, liability, regulatory design, constitutional safeguards, and democratic legitimacy.

Taken together, quantum technologies and AI represent not incremental innovation but a systemic transformation of normative orders. This conference aims to critically examine how legal systems should conceptualize, regulate, and respond to these developments.

Abstracts up to 250 words and a short bio of up to 100 words should be sent to any of the following emails under the theme: Quantum Computing Conference September 2026

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Themes and Suggested Topics:

We welcome doctrinal, theoretical, empirical, comparative, and interdisciplinary contributions. Suggested topics include (but are not limited to):

1. Quantum Technologies and Legal Disruption

  • Post-quantum cryptography and the future of cybersecurity law
  • Quantum threats to financial stability and regulatory resilience
  • Quantum evidence and standards of proof
  • National security, export controls, and strategic competition
  • Sovereignty in the quantum era

2. Artificial Intelligence Governance

  • AI liability and accountability frameworks
  • Algorithmic decision-making in public administration and courts
  • AI, fundamental rights, and constitutional law
  • Regulatory models (risk-based, sectoral, horizontal)
  • AI and transnational governance

3. Convergence Questions

  • Quantum-enhanced AI and regulatory blind spots
  • Data governance in hybrid quantum-AI environments
  • Epistemology, probability, and legal reasoning under computational uncertainty
  • Insurance, risk allocation, and systemic technological risk
  • Human oversight and post-anthropocentric legal theory

4. Global Order and Power

  • Tech geopolitics and strategic autonomy
  • US-EU-China regulatory divergence
  • Global South perspectives
  • Ethical pluralism and technological governance
  • Technological acceleration and democratic legitimacy

Key Questions

  • Can existing legal categories absorb quantum computational disruption?
  • Does AI governance require rethinking legal personhood and agency?
  • How should law respond to systems that exceed human interpretability?
  • Are we witnessing the emergence of a post-classical legal rationality?

Important Dates:

  • Abstract submission deadline: 15 June 2026
  • Notification of acceptance: 15 July 2026
  • Draft papers (optional, for circulation): 1 September 2026
  • Conference: September 2026 (exact dates TBC)