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The EIMF Live Online Learning Experience

EIMF subject-matter experts deliver engaging and interactive courses across a broad spectrum of areas, that can be enjoyed in the comfort of your own chosen environment. 

Course Overview

Blockchain – the new, distributed platform that removes intermediaries from the equation and resolves the trust issue – is changing the world of business and, it has captured the minds of digital innovators, the wider financial industry, and governments alike.  Even though this technology is still in its infancy, there are endless possibilities for Blockchain that could completely transform the way businesses are conducted.

While countries around the world are trying to find out an appropriate approach to regulate Blockchain’s use and applications, individuals and organizations should now assess its related risks and legal challenges.  Today, we witness that different countries are regulating the application of Blockchain in their own way, some of which are welcoming, cautious, or resistant.  To ensure the growth of the Blockchain industry, a pro-innovation approach to regulation is required.  More regulation, supervision and global coordination will of course enable Blockchain to become mainstream.

This training course aims to consider the emerging issues in the regulation of Blockchain technology and examine the potential need for additional or adapted legislation.  In this course, participants will understand that the wider the adoption of Blockchain technology across the world, the greater innovation, which is vital for the businesses and societies.  Furthermore, the most important developments in relation to regulating the use of Blockchains shall be discussed and assessed, including certain pieces of regulation that has already been in place as well as initiatives, views and positions of global bodies, key jurisdictions, different countries’ regulators and authorities.

ΣΚΟΠΟΣ ΣΕΜΙΝΑΡΙΟΥ

By the end of the programme, participants will:

• explore tokenization and tokenized economy
• understand the classification of tokens
• explore the emerging trends around tokenization
• become familiar with ICOs and STOs and how they work
• explore the process of issuing a Blockchain token
• discuss the risks and the regulatory and technical challenges of ICO’s
• explore the emerging regulatory policy and legal issues
• attain a comparative overview of crypto-assets regulatory environments
• use cases, applications and legal challenges of emerging trends and initiatives
• discuss crypto-assets and cybersecurity
• explore international standards

ΣΕ ΠΟΙΟΥΣ ΑΠΕΥΘΥΝΕΤΑΙ

This course is suitable for people from all kinds of backgrounds who are interested in learning about Blockchain regulation and policy. 

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Training Style

The programme is designed to deliver theoretical knowledge mainly via a live online discussion, supported by power-point presentations.

CPD Recognition

This programme may be approved for up to 4 CPD units in Financial Regulation and Law. Eligibility criteria and CPD Units are verified directly by your association, regulator or other bodies which you hold membership.

Professionals requiring CPD units to meet the education requirements for CySEC licence renewal, and/or for maintaining other professional memberships/certifications which accept CPD in Financial Regulation, are advised to consider training subjects in categories that indicate CPD training in Financial Regulation.

Instructor

Christiana Aristidou

Christiana is a Partner and Director of Democritos Aristidou LLC, a law firm with tradition and history stretching back to 1971. With rich academic background, she combines legal studies in common law as well as in civil law countries. She is a graduate of the law school of the Kapodistrian University of Athens-Greece with a Bachelor’s in Law, of the University of East Anglia (UEA-UK) with an LL.M in Common Law and a second LL.M in International Commercial and Business Law. After completing her studies, Christiana attended the University of Cologne-Germany and received a Certificate in International Commercial Arbitration. Following that, she joined the University of London, Queen Mary College for Commercial Studies and was awarded the LL.M in Computers and Communication Laws. Christiana also holds a certificate in Digital Currencies from the University of Nicosia. Christiana is a legal advisor to Crowdfunding platforms and other online innovative portals and sites. She advises, leads and mentors individuals and corporate bodies ranging from start-ups, scale-ups, mature ventures and SMEs to Multinational Enterprises and organizations, listed and non-listed, family offices and private clients, locally as well as in major commercial and financial centres and key technology locations, i.e. the San Francisco Silicon Valley (US), the UK, the EU, Russia, the UAE, Israel, Malaysia, Singapore and China. She holds Directorships as well as advisory positions in the boards of several corporate bodies and takes part in the formation of innovative strategies and decisions, as well as advises and mentors leaders and professionals in key positions. She is also a Director of the Founder Institute Cyprus Chapter, a Co-Founder of Lawpreneur and a Founding Member and Vice Chair of the Cyprus Blockchain Association.