Seminar: Regulating in the Digital Economy - Bitcoin, Blockchain and Initial Coin Offerings

Event venue: 
Herbert Smith Freehills, Level 34, ANZ Tower, 161 Castlereagh St, Sydney CBD
Event date: 
Thursday, May 31, 2018 -
08:00 to 09:30
Free general admission: to register, please click here
 
Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT), a technology of distributed data bases with great potential, is the subject of this seminar. Also known as ‘blockchain’ DLT supports crypto-currencies such as Bitcoin. It is the focus of start-ups making Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) to fund their business development ideas using DLT. Reactions to the many applications of DLT have varied across jurisdictions and regulators, and devising regulatory responses is a balancing act. Come and hear a computing expert and fine science communicator explain the technology for non-experts. Also hear an academic writing on DLT’s legal implications and regulators treading the difficult path between financial consumer protection and the need for funding in this market for technology start-ups. This seminar earns (1.5 CPD points)
 
Speakers:
• Prof Ron van der Meyden (UNSW Computing Science)
• Prof Ross Buckley (UNSW Law)
• Mr Oliver Harvey (ASIC)
 
Comments & Discussion:
• Mr Mark Adams (ASIC)
 
Seminar Chair: Mr Michael Vrisakis (Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills)
 

Free general admission: to register, please click here

Event topic: 
Regulating in the Digital Economy - Bitcoin, Blockchain and Initial Coin Offerings