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Blockchain in the Real World: Technology Hype Meets the Long Arm of the Law
Microsoft Cloud Computing Research Centre (MCCRC) Fourth Annual Symposium
Date: 12 and 13 Sept 2017
Location: Cumberland Lodge, Berkshire (UK)
For further information and to register your interest, please email Dimitra Kamarinou at d.kamarinou@qmul.ac.uk
This year’s theme is distributed ledger technologies (DLT), including blockchain. Through the lenses of both computer science and law we will look behind the hype to consider what is feasible in the real world. Questions we will address include: What is blockchain and what are the technologies that underpin it? How do blockchain technologies interact with the law, including evidentiary considerations, treatment of off-chain assets, and specific regulatory requirements? Might Blockchain as a Service (BaaS) play a role in bridging the gap between hype and reality?
The event will start at 16.00 on Tuesday, 12 September 2017 and the afternoon’s proceedings will be followed by drinks and dinner that evening.
On Wednesday, 13 September 2017, we will explore practical scenarios in multi-disciplinary moderated breakout workshops conducted under the Chatham House Rule (non-attribution). The Symposium will end at 16.00 that day.
Please note that this is an invitation-only Symposium. For further information and to register your interest, please email Dimitra Kamarinou at d.kamarinou@qmul.ac.uk
The Microsoft Cloud Computing Research Centre (MCCRC) was launched in April 2014 and is a collaboration between the Cloud Legal Project at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London (CLP) and the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory (CCL).
For more information about the MCCRC launch, please visit the Microsoft blog post on the Microsoft Cloud Computing Research Centre Launch.
Banner image from Danny Chapman on Flickr