Convened by Dr Joseph Lee (Reader in Corporate and Financial Law, Department of Law, School of Social Sciences, The University of Manchester) and Professor Jyh-An Lee (Professor and Executive Director, Centre for Legal Innovation & Digital Society, Chinese University of Hong Kong).
Programme:
9am - 9.10am: Welcome Remarks
Moderator: Dr Joseph Lee– Reader in Corporate and Financial Law, The University of Manchester
• Professor Javier Gracia OLIVA, Head of Law Department, The University of Manchester
• Professor Jyh-An Lee, Professor and Executive Director, Centre for Legal Innovation & Digital Society, CUHK LAW
9.10am - 10.10am: Legal Implications of Transnational Technologies
Moderator: Dr Joseph Lee- Reader in Corporate and Financial Law, The University of Manchester
• Prof Jingyi Wang – Assistant Professor, CUHK LAW
o Taxation of Cryptoassets and Web 3.0
• Dr Abubakri Yekini – Lecturer in Law, the University of Manchester; Dr. Joseph Lee– Reader in Corporate and Financial Law, The University of Manchester
o Adjudicatory Jurisdiction over Cross-border Internet Activities: A Crypto-asset Governance Perspective
• Prof Dicky Tsang– Associate Professor, CUHK LAW
o The Enforcement of Foreign Intellectual Property Right in China
• Dr Fiona Brimblecombe– Lecturer in Law, The University of Manchester
o The Data Protection Act 2018: A More Fearsome Protector of Personal Data Than Its Predecessor?
10.10am - 11.10am: Platform-Related Rights & Liabilities
Moderator: Professor Jyh-An Lee, Professor and Executive Director, Centre for Legal Innovation & Digital Society, CUHK LAW
• Prof Long Dai– Professor of Law, China University of Political Science & Law, China
o A Study on the Value Orientation of Protecting Fair Trade in Anti-Unfair Competition Law
• Prof Normann Witzleb – Associate Professor, CUHK LAW
o Liability of Digital Platforms for User-to-User Harm
• Professor Claudia Sandei ¬– Associate Professor, University of Padova, Italy
o Consumer Protection for NFTs in European Union Law
11.10am - 11.30am: Tea Break
11.30am - 12.45pm: Promises and Challenges of Decentralized Virtuality
Moderator: Mr Ernest Southworth - Professional Consultant, CUHK LAW
• Dr Joseph Lee – Reader in Corporate and Financial Law, The University of Manchester; Mr Rougang LI – PhD Researcher, The University of Manchester
o Law and Regulation for DAOs
• Ms Songyin Bo, PhD researcher, CUHK Law
o The Online Dispute Resolution in China - The Development, Problems, and Future Improvements
• Prof Steven Gallagher, Professor of Practice in Law and Associate Dean (Academic & Student Affairs), CUHK LAW
o Death, Feng Shui, and Ancestor Veneration as a Business in the Hong Kong Metaverse
• Dr Rachael Ntongho – Lecturer in Law; Dr Joseph Lee, Reader in Law, The University of Manchester
o The Role of Law in Cybersecurity Governance: A Resource Dependence Theory Perspective
12.45pm - 2pm: Lunch
2pm - 3pm: IP and Digital Creation
Moderator: TBC
• Prof Jyh-Ah Lee – Professor and Executive Director, Centre for Legal Innovation & Digital Society, CUHK LAW; Ms Jingwei Liu – PhD researcher, CUHK Law
o Governing the NFT Market by Static and Dynamic IP Laws
• Dr Pinar Oruc – Lecturer in Commercial Law, The University of Manchester
o Copyright Law and the Use of Big Data for Computer Vision
• Mr Ernest Southworth – Professional Consultant, CUHK LAW
o The European Union’s Artificial Intelligence Act: Paving the Way for Copyright in the Metaverse?"
3pm - 3.20pm: Tea Break
3.20pm - 4.30pm: FinTech and Smart Contracts
Moderator: Professor Jingyi WANG – Assistant Professor, CUHK LAW
• Prof Eliza Mik– Assistant Professor, CUHK LAW
o The Sense and Nonsense of Smart Contract
• Dr Yonghui Bao – Lecturer in Law, Capital Normal University, Beijing; Dr Joseph LEE – Reader in Corporate and Financial Law, The University of Manchester
o Financial Platform Governance in China
• Mr Sunny Xiyuan Li – PhD Researcher, CUHK Law
o The Regulation on Cryptoassets Trading Platforms: Hong Kong Approaches and a Comparative Analysis
• Dr Joseph Lee, Reader in Law, University of Manchester; Ms Ahlam Alsmir – PhD Researcher, University of Manchester
o The Impact of Data Protection Law on the AI Development in Finance
4.30pm - 5pm: Closing Remarks
• Prof Jyh-An Lee– Professor and Executive Director, Centre for Legal Innovation & Digital Society, CUHK LAW
• Dr Joseph Lee – Reader in Corporate and Financial Law, University of Manchester
