[Lecture Series] Smart Contracts: Comparative Analysis of Regulatory Frameworks

Lecture Series HS21 ——"Smart Contracts: Comparative Analysis of Regulatory Frameworks". Co-organized by UZH Blockchain Center, Trust Square, Dezentrum.

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Rolf H. Weber (UZH) & Prof. Dr. Pınar Çağlayan Aksoy(Bilkent University) & Prof. Dr. Marco Dell’Erba (UZH)
When: 21.09.2021 18:00
Where: Online via Zoom

ABSTRACT:
Smart contracts increasingly gain importance, for DLT-transactions in financial markets (DLT securities), for supply chain businesses or for the acquisition of art (NFT). Since international legal instruments governing smart contracts do not exist, national law is applicable. The three presentations analyse the legal frameworks in different jurisdictions: Switzerland, Europe, Turkey, USA and United Kingdom.

BIO:
Prof. Dr. Rolf H. Weber (left picture) is Professor of international business law at University of Zurich, co-director of the Research Program on Financial Market Regulation, the Center for Information Technology, Society, and Law and the Blockchain Center. He was Visiting Professor at Hong Kong University and he is practicing attorney-at-law in one of the largest independent Swiss law firms in Zurich. Prof. Weber is a board member of the Swiss Blockchain Federation and an expert of the Swiss government in Blockchain matters.

Prof. Dr. Pınar Çağlayan Aksoy (middle picture) is an assistant professor of civil law at Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey. She is a member of the Blockchain Turkey Platform and Istanbul Blockchain Women Community. As a member of the European Law Institute, she is part of the Consultative Committee for the project: “Blockchain Technology and Smart Contracts”. Her research deals with contract law, tort law as well as the legal implications of the newly emerging technologies, especially distributed ledger technology and smart contracts.

prof. Dr. Marco Dell’Erba (left picture) is an assistant professor of financial market law and corporate law at the University of Zurich, where he is also a member of the Blockchain Center and the Digital Society Initiative. He is a fellow at the Institute for Corporate Governance & Finance at the New York University School of Law and a member of the advisory board of the Research Network for Sustainable Finance, a research initiative involving leading academic institutions.

AGENDA:
18:00 - 18:05 Welcome by UZH Blockchain Center
18:05 - 19:00 Lecture by Professors Weber, Çağlayan Aksoy and Dell'Erba
19:00 - 19:30 Q&A Session
19:30 - 20:00 e-Apéro

We are excited to kick off the autumn semester and see you all again!