Law and the Blockchain: A Crash Course | Semaine de l'innovation
Le Centre des politiques en propriété intellectuelle, le Centre for International Governance Innovation et la Chaire Stikeman en droit fiscal présentent: La Semaine de l'innovation 2018 - Mettre l'innovation en boite, qui se déroulera du 19 au 23 février.
Law and the Blockchain: A Crash Course, with Prof. Allison Christians
[En anglais seulement] Join us for a lunchtime crash-course on blockchain. What are these technologies, how are they used, what regulatory regimes do they touch, and how will they impact the careers of today’s aspiring lawyers? Experts will convene in a high-speed, high-level examination.
- Max Jarvie is associate in corporate and securities law, McMillan LLP where he is working on blockchain and cryptocurrency issues.
- Marc Richardson Arnoud is an Associate in tax law at Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP where he is working on high-technology transactions, including Fintech, Crowdfunding, Initial Coin Offerings and transactions involving cryptocurrencies and tokens.
- Allison Christians will moderate the discussion. She is the H. Heward Stikeman Chair in the Law of Taxation at the McGill University Faculty of Law.
[Excerpted From Wikipedia] A blockchain is a continuously growing list of records, called blocks, which are linked and secured using cryptography, creating "an open, distributed ledger that can record transactions between two parties efficiently and in a verifiable and permanent way." Secure by design, blockchains are potentially suitable for the recording of events, medical records, and other records management activities, such as identity management, transaction processing, documenting provenance, food traceability or voting. By using a blockchain, bitcoin was the first digital currency to solve the double spending problem without requiring a trusted administrator and has been the inspiration for many additional applications.
Cet événement a été accrédité pour 2 heures de formation continue obligatoire pour juristes par un formateur reconnu. Veuillez apporter un chéque libellé au nom de la Faculté de droit de l'Université McGill si vous désirez obtenir un certificat de formation continue.
