Eminent Speaker
Saakshar Duggal is an emerging technologies expert has given talks on various distinguished forums such as the United Nations Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland.
He was a distinguished speaker at the International Conference on Metaverse and Law- Opportunities and Challenges, held in cyberspace on 24thMarch, 2022 and 4th May, 2023 and spoke about the distinctive intellectual property rights and other legal issues impacting Metaverse ecosystem.
Saakshar Duggal, as part of Cyberlaw University delegation, was invited to participate and attend the (18th meeting) First session of United Nations Ad Hoc Committee to Elaborate a Comprehensive International Convention on Countering the Use of Information and Communications Technologies for Criminal Purposes, on the elements and inputs that need to be incorporated in the proposed International Convention to prevent the misuse of Information & Communication Technologies for criminal purposes.
In addition, Saakshar also spoke at the Virtual Session on Tackling Cybercrime and Preventing Measures on 18th April, 2023, organized by Cyberlaw University, under the aegis of and during the Fifth Session of the UN Adhoc Committee on Cybercrime which is deliberating on to elaborate a Comprehensive International Convention on Countering the Use of Information and Communications Technologies for Criminal Purposes. In the said session, Saakshar has highlighted the need for cogent legal inputs to be incorporated while elaborating the provisions on preventive measures, which needs to be adopted by countries as a whole.
He is the Coordinator of Center Against Cyber Bullying (CACB). Saakshar has been working on cutting-edge areas pertaining to cyber bullying in particular and cybercrime in general and their prevalence amongst youth and teenagers. He has addressed various students and children of different aspects of cyber bullying and connected legalities.
Saakshar Duggal addressed the Thematic Workshop entitled “Round Table on Cyberlaw, Cybercrime & Cybersecurity”, organized by Cyberlaws.Net and Pavan Duggal Associates, Advocates, under the aegis of the International Conference on Cyberlaw, Cybercrime & Cybersecurity at the ITU WSIS Forum 2022, on 26th April, 2022. During his address, Saakshar elaborated the various challenges thrown up by Metaverse including challenges concerning Metaverse crimes, Metaverse cyber security and Metaverse legalities. He further contributed in the interactive panel discussions in the said Thematic Workshop.
He, as a Cyber Security Expert, has conducted the Free Master Class entitled “Dive Deep Into Ransomware Attacks” on Wed, 15 Dec, 2021, 19:30 – 20:30 GMT+5:30, organized by AntWak, one of the leading players in the space of experiential learning that mirrors business reality. More about the said Free Master Class is available at https://lu.ma/AntWak_SDR.
He addressed a session on cybercrime at the Asia Pacific Region Internet Governance Forum held from 3rd – 6th August, 2014 at Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Saakshar was a distinguished speaker at the International Conference on Cyberlaw, Cybercrime & Cybersecurity 2014 held at New Delhi on 20th November, 2014, and spoke on the subject of Cybercrime amongst youth.
Saakshar Duggal was a speaker the International Conference on Cyberlaw, Cybercrime & Cybersecurity 2015 which took place on 19th November, 2015 at New Delhi. He addressed the said Conference on the subject Social Media, Children, Cyber Bullying & New Challenges.
In addition, he also participated in the Round Table on Cyberlaw, Cybercrime & Cybersecurity, held on 27th May, 2016 at New Delhi.
Saakshar Duggal was an eminent youth speaker on the subject Cyber Bullying at the International Conference on Cyberlaw, Cybercrime & Cybersecurity 2016 which took place on 17th & 18th November, 2016 at New Delhi.
Saakshar Duggal was a distinguished speaker at the Thematic Workshop entitled “Cyberlaw, Cyber Security Law, Internet of Things and Emerging Global Trends” held on 12th June, 2017 during the ITU WSIS Forum 2017 at Geneva, Switzerland, hosted by International Telecommunications Union, UNESCO, UNDP, UNCTAD, UNICEF. He spoke on the emerging challenges concerning cyber security and cybercrime being faced by the youth of the world in general and India in particular. The said Thematic Workshop was organized by Pavan Duggal Associates, Advocates.
Saakshar was also a Speaker at the Session entitled “Protecting Children from Online Sexual Abuse and Related Perspectives”, Session entitled “Artificial Intelligence &Blockchain” and also Session entitled “Wearable Technologies & Protection of Intellectual Property Rights in Cyberspace” at the International Conference on Cyberlaw, Cybercrime & Cybersecurity 2017 which took place from 16th & 17th November, 2017 at New Delhi.
Saakshar Duggal was also a Speaker at 2018, 2019 versions of the International Conference on Cyberlaw, Cybercrime & Cybersecurity held at New Delhi.
He was also a Speaker at 2020 and 2021 versions of the Virtual International Conference on Cyberlaw, Cybercrime & Cybersecurity held in cyberspace.
Saakshar Duggal addressed the members of the Malaysian judiciary at the session on ground position of cybercrimes in India at the special one-day training on Special Cyber Court held at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in July, 2016.
Saakshar has given numerous talks in various schools in India on how children and teenagers can protect themselves from the ill-effect of cyber bullying. Saakshar also features in various TV programs on cyber bullying in different Indian TV channels. He has also addressed various colleges, universities and educational institutions including GD Goenka University, Amity University, Saheed Sukhdev College, Amity University, Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma College, Gitarattan International Business School, Miranda House, Universal College of Medical Sciences and Manav Rachna University.
