Description
With the 21st century’s advanced adoption of digitalisation in all sectors of the Malaysian economy and governmental administration including the judicial system, a better and more efficient software system should be adopted. Blockchain technology is a sophisticated set of combined technologies that would create a decentralised distributed ledger for transactional records. This decentralised and imputable nature of blockchain will be able to address various traditional challenges faced by numerous legal systems.
The objective of this seminar is to enhance awareness and understanding on the adoption of blockchain technology, its mechanics, and unique features that render it immutable and trustworthy. This seminar will also explore the numerous applications of blockchain technology in the legal systems such as the creation of immutable records of court documents, criminal history records, arrest and search warrants’ register and electronic evidence. In the very near future, it will be unavoidable that blockchain technology will be adopted into the Malaysian legal system as it has already been adopted by some legal jurisdictions.
Speaker
Wong Wai Wai received her Bachelor of Law [Hons] degree from University of London (External). She then furthered her legal studies at University of Malaya, Malaysia where she graduated with her Master of Laws and thereafter, she furthered her research interest at the same university as a Candidate for her Doctor of Philosophy in Law and completed her Doctrinal Research Thesis on Cyber law. She is currently actively involved in the research of law and have presented several conference research papers at in various local Malaysian Universities’ Conferences as well as at Overseas Universities such as the National University of Singapore and Jiao Tong University of Shanghai, China.
She has also authored and co-authored several research papers and conference proceedings which were duly published in Scopus and other indexed journals in the areas of property rights, digital property, Blockchain and its application in legal system, cryptocurrency, and Smart Contracts. Her co-authored article on cryptocurrency has been published in the Financial Planning of Malaysia (FPAM) 4E Journal. She also authored a book, ‘The Law of Smart Contracts’ with Thomson Reuters which will be released soon. She also spoke as an invited speaker at the Workshop on FinTech Recent Trends and Developments organised by a local university on the topic of ‘Smart Contract and its Legal Implications’. She has also conducted training for Board of Directors and its Senior Management Staff of a Malaysian public listed company on the topic of ‘Blockchain and Its Application in Commercial World’. Her current research areas encompass trust law and its application in the era of digitalisation and the advancement of Chinese digitalization of its law and its application.
Terms and Conditions
Event Policy
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Cancellation
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Refunds
Refunds will be processed after the event is completed. This may take up to 30 business days. The conditions for refunds are as follows:
- Full refunds will be issued if the event is cancelled or postponed by the organiser due to some circumstances.
- No refunds for this course. However substitution is allowed.
The organiser reserves the right to modify, cancel or postpone the event, should circumstances arise that make such action necessary, whereupon all registration fees paid will be refunded.
Transferral
You are allowed to transfer your place to another participant, but you must notify the organiser with the necessary details.
Attendance
CPD points will not be awarded to lawyers and pupils in chambers from Peninsular Malaysia who arrive more than 15 minutes late, are not present throughout the event, or leave before its scheduled end.
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Disclaimer
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