“Blockchain Basics and Legal Use Cases” (11/7/17)

Please join us at Hogan Lovells at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, November 7th, for a presentation and panel exploring one of the most exciting frontiers in legal technology: the blockchain.

The event will include:

• informal networking over drinks and food;
• a brief (10-15-minute) primer on blockchain technology (to level-set for a mixed audience of lawyers and technologists); and
• a panel (including audience Q&A) on the legal use cases of blockchain technology (e.g., smart contracts, property rights registration, identity).

Event timeline:

6:30 – Networking over drinks and food

7:15 – “Blockchain Basics” presentation, Thomas Rush, ConsenSys

7:30 – “Legal Use Cases of Blockchain Technology” panel

• Aaron Wright – Chair of the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance Legal Industry Working Group, Associate Clinical Professor and Co-Director of Cardozo Law School’s Blockchain Project and co-founder of the smart contract project OpenLaw
• Houman Shadab – Cofounder of Clause.io, Professor of Law at New York Law School, Co-director of Accord Project for smart legal contract standards
• (additional panelists to be announced)

8:30 – End of formal programming

Please spread the word to other members of the NYC legal tech ecosystem!

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(Note: Our December or January meetup will be a legal tech “Demo Day.” If you know of an innovative new legal tech company (or established company launching a new product), encourage them to reach out to us!)