EUCI FUTURE WEB3 EXPERTS – SUMMER SCHOOL OF LAW 2024
The European Crypto Initiative (EUCI) is a non-profit organisation based in Brussels dedicated to shaping EU regulation to champion open, permissionless, and decentralised applications utilising blockchain technology. EUCI’s mission is to foster an innovative EU environment and support technological development for SMEs and innovative Crypto Assets Service Providers. Additionally, EUCI advocates for the inviolable rights of innovators and the widespread adoption of privacy-preserving technologies (PETs).
As part of its initiatives, EUCI is organising the Future Web3 Experts Summer School of Law right before the Ethereum Community Conference (EthCC7), the largest annual European Ethereum event focusing on technology and community development.
The EUCI Summer School of Law primarily addresses the blockchain knowledge gap for law students. With a duration of two days, the goal is to equip participants with the expertise needed to navigate the legal landscape of decentralised technologies, fostering a new generation of legal professionals well-versed in this emerging field. Furthermore, the integration of Summer School with the EthCC7 provides participants with firsthand experience and the practical applications of their acquired knowledge.
The Summer School is free for all students and young legal professionals.
It will take place on the 7th and 8th of July.
Location for Sunday: The Commons Hub Brussels, at the Rue de la Madeleine 51, 1000 Brussels
Agenda
Sunday, 7th of July
9.30-10.45 - Opening remarks and an introductory lecture: Navigating the EU Legislative Process on Crypto: An In-depth Look at the Latest Regulations and MiCA Fundamentals
EUCI
11.00 - 12.45 Crypto Essentials: Understanding Primitives, Wallets, Smart Contracts, and Transactions from a User's Perspective
Jean-Baptiste Dezard
Jean-Baptiste is a seasoned marketer and technologist with over thirty years of experience in the ICT and consulting industries. He has held senior management positions at renowned companies like Sun Microsystems, ILOG, IBM, and Deloitte. His journey in the web3 space began in the early days of Ethereum, The DAO, and Polkadot, contributing significantly to the token economy.
12.45 - 14.00 Lunch break
14.00 - 15.30 MiCA Essentials: Understanding Token Classification, Whitepaper Requirements, Legal Issues, and Reverse Solicitation
Anja Von Rosenstiel
Anja von Rosenstiel is a lecturer at BU Law School and was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar in June 2020. She is a research fellow at the Decentralization Research Center and engages in Q.DAO as root node, DAO Suisse in an advisory role, and meta gov DAO to advance governance issues around decentralisation and corporate law on both sides of the Atlantic in general.
15.45 - 17.00 Discussions and Wrapping Up Day 1
Monday, 8th of July
8.00-11.00 Blockchain Governance and DAOs: Exploring Decentralized Decision-Making and Organisational Structures
Moshed Manan
Morshed Mannan is a Research Fellow on a five-year ERC Project at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute in Florence, focusing on blockchain governance under the leadership of Dr. Primavera de Filippi. He previously served as a Max Weber Fellow for the 2021-2022 academic year at the same institution. Morshed holds a PhD from Leiden University's Company Law Department, where he researched the emergence of democratic firms in the platform economy.
11.15 - 12.30 The Use of Blockchain in Finance
Bernard Nicolay
Bernard Nicolay is an Adjunct Finance Professor at Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management (ULB) and a Guest Lecturer at Université Paris Dauphine-PSL and Conservatoire national des arts et métiers (Cnam). His main areas of interest include sustainable finance, innovation in finance, and emerging use cases related to blockchain, web3, and decentralised finance.
12.30 - 13.30 Lunch break
13.30 - 15.00 Discussions and Wrapping Up the Summer School. Awarding the winners in the best paper competition