BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260629T160746EDT-4795bJEosH@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20260629T200746Z DESCRIPTION:The Centre for Intellectual Property Policy\, the Centre for In ternational Governance Innovation and the Stikeman Chair in Tax Law presen t: Innovation Week 2018 - Putting Innovation in a Box\, which will run fro m February 19 to February 23.\n\nLaw and the Blockchain: A Crash Course\, with Prof. Allison Christians\n\nJoin us for a lunchtime crash-course on b lockchain. What are these technologies\, how are they used\, what regulato ry 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 exami nation.\n\nMax Jarvie is associate in corporate and securities law\, McMil lan LLP where he is working on blockchain and cryptocurrency issues.\n Marc Richardson Arnoud is an Associate in tax law at Osler\, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP where he is working on high-technology transactions\, including Finte ch\, Crowdfunding\, Initial Coin Offerings and transactions involving cryp tocurrencies and tokens.\n Allison Christians will moderate the discussion. She is the H. Heward Stikeman Chair in the Law of Taxation at the 91ºÚÁÏÍø University Faculty of Law.\n[Excerpted From Wikipedia] A blockchain is a c ontinuously 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 verifiabl e and permanent way.' Secure by design\, blockchains are potentially suita ble for the recording of events\, medical records\, and other records mana gement activities\, such as identity management\, transaction processing\, documenting provenance\, food traceability or voting. By using a blockcha in\, bitcoin was the first digital currency to solve the double spending p roblem without requiring a trusted administrator and has been the inspirat ion for many additional applications.\n\nThis event has been accredited fo r 2 hours of Continuing Legal Education for jurists by a recognized provid er. Please bring a cheque made out the Faculty of Law\, 91ºÚÁÏÍø\ , if you are seeking CLE hours.\n DTSTART:20180221T170000Z DTEND:20180221T190000Z LOCATION:NCDH 316\, Chancellor Day Hall\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 1W9\, 36 44 rue Peel SUMMARY:Law and the Blockchain: A Crash Course | Innovation Week URL:/law/channels/event/law-and-blockchain-crash-cours e-innovation-week-284297 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR