Book Talk: Blockchain Regulation and Governance in Europe
Book Talk
Blockchain Regulation and Governance in Europe
20 February 2024
In Blockchain Regulation and Governance in Europe, Michèle Finck examines the relationship between blockchain technology and EU law and introduces the theme of blockchain governance. The book provides a general introduction to blockchains as both a regulatable and a regulatory technology and outlines the interaction between distributed ledger technology and specific areas of EU law, such as the General Data Protection Regulation. It will be of great interest and immensely pertinent to anyone interested in EU law, the relationship between law, innovation and technology, and technology governance.
About the Speaker:
Michèle Finck is a Professor of Law and Artificial Intelligence at the University of Tübingen. She previously worked at the University of Oxford, the London School of Economics, and the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition. She has been a Visiting Professor at LUISS University and a Visiting Fellow at University College London. Professor Finck co-directs the CSZ Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Law. She is a member of the Cluster of Excellence ‘Machine Learning: New Perspectives for Science’ and serves on its steering committee. She represents the University of Tübingen at the CIVIS Hub ‘Digital and Technological Transformation’ (together with Regina Ammicht Quinn). Her research focuses on the regulation of artificial intelligence as well as on EU data law. Professor Finck is a member of a number of expert committees on digitalisation, including the Council of Europe’s Committee on Artificial Intelligence and the European Commission’s Blockchain Observatory and Forum. She has ample experience advising national institutions as well as the European Commission and the European Parliament on different occasions. More information about the book is available here.
Chair: Dr Emily Lee, Director, Asian Institute of International Financial Law, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong
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