Blockchain: Regulation and the Law 2019

London , United Kingdom

About Blockchain: Regulation and the Law 2019

Meet the world’s leading legal minds to discuss the future of law and regulation for distributed ledger technologies across business, finance and industry, at this inaugural event designed for senior in-house lawyers and senior executives.

Our inaugural Blockchain, Regulation and the Law event sets out to generate awareness of the legal disruption coming from developments in blockchain technology. Speakers will cover:

•Joint control and distributed liability
•Compliance with data privacy, electronic identification and trust services norms: GDPR and eIDEAS
•The drafting and enforcement of smart contracts
•Security, fraud prevention and audit: Know Your Customer (KYC) and Single Source of Truth (SSOT)
•RFID / IoT compliance in international trade
•Legal interoperability in diverging governance agreements

Additionally, the conference will analyse the wider legal implications of Brexit on existing regulatory frameworks in key industries currently using blockchain technology, such as finance, insurance, logistics and trade.

Reasons to Attend

Gain a better understanding of developments in blockchain technology and the subsequent impact on your business and related legislation
Meet industry leaders, share your experiences and build new business relationships

Speakers

CHRISTINA BLACKLAWS
BRIDGET MARSH
Executive Vice President and Deputy General Counsel Loan Syndications and Trading Association
NADIA FILALI
Director of Blockchain programmes at the French national financial institution Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations
LEE BRAINE
Chief Technology Office BARCLAYS INVESTMENT BANK
ANDREA SERVIDA
Leading the team in charge of the European eGovernment Action Plan 2016-2020
ALESSANDRO GALTIERI
VP, Corporate Law, Group Data Protection Officer, and Secretary to the Audit Committee at Colt
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ANDREW SPEERS
Member of RBS Group
Shawnna Hoffman-Childress
IAN MASON
Head of Department in the Enforcement Division
Jags Rao
Company: Swiss Re
JOHN SHERIDAN
Digital Director at The National Archives
JASON ROZOVSKY
Senior Counsel and Head of the Legal Centre of Excellence r3.
JOACHIM MØLLER ANDERSEN
Team member Maersk
SAKHILA MIRZA
General Counsel and Executive Board Director London Bullion Market Association
MYLES MILSTON

Partners

Linklaters LLP
Applied Blockchain
Hill Dickinson
Gowling WLG

Agenda

08:00 Registration & welcome coffee

09:00 Welcome

09:10 Keynote: Blockchain year in review

09:40 Panel: Data privacy vs. data transparency

10:20 Morning coffee break

10:40 Panel: Present and future of regulation in DLT space

11:20 Panel: Smart Contracts & Automation

12:00 Fireside chat: Opportunities and risks from blockchain for the legal profession

13:00 Networking lunch

14:30 Presentation: Blockchain at crossroads

15:00 Panel: Cybersecurity

15:40 Afternoon coffee break

16:00 Panel: International trade

16:40 Keynote: Future of DLT

17:00 Networking drinks

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Start:
Feb 5, 2019, 8:00 AM , GMT (UTC +0)
End:
Feb 5, 2019, 4:30 PM , GMT (UTC +0)
Venue:
SOFITEL LONDON ST JAMES
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