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TRACK 3: DISCUSS

The DISCUSS track of the 2018 Computational Law & Blockchain Festival will gather lawyers, policymakers, technologists, academics, and enthusiasts for a Global Symposium addressing core policy areas related to blockchain technologies and cryptocurrencies. The goal of the Global Symposium is to create a free and open global survey of blockchain law and policy issues, including discussion videos, presentations, position papers, and other materials that result from the Festival.

After the Festival, all official registered nodes may submit a curated compilation of their respective node’s DISCUSS track content for possible inclusion in the inaugural issue of an academic journal on blockchain law & policy, edited by members of the CodeX Stanford Blockchain Group. Please see below for more information and submission requirements.

Core Policy Issues for Discussion

Core topics of conversation for the DISCUSS track include, but are not limited to:

• Taxation
• Securities Law
• Anti-Money Laundering/Financial Surveillance
• Financial Services Licensing and Chartering
• Privacy & Security
• Token-Related Policy Issues
• Smart Contracts as Legal Contracts

Please click here for a list of suggested (optional) questions for consideration during your DISCUSS track.

Following the Festival, official registered nodes may submit a curated compilation–i.e., a formal report–of their respective node’s DISCUSS track content for possible inclusion in an inaugural issues of an academic journal on blockchain law and policy, as discussed in more detail below.

Publication Opportunity for Registered Nodes

Following the CL+B Festival, each node’s DISCUSS track organizers may submit a curated compilation of their respective node’s DISCUSS content for possible inclusion in the inaugural issue of an academic journal on blockchain law & policy, edited by members of the CodeX Stanford Blockchain Group (henceforth “the Journal”). 

Note: Submission is optional and publication is discretionary.

Submission requirements are as follows:

1. Notice and Consent: At the start of each DISCUSS session, participants must be informed that discussed content may be cited in the Journal. If participants would like to be cited by name for contributed content, their full names and affiliations (company/organization/etc) must be visible or made known during the session. Speakers may request that their comments be included on a non-attribution basis or withheld in their entity. All requests must be made in writing to the official node reporter before the end of the CL+B festival.
2. One submission per node: Only one submission per node. Nodes should consider designating an official reporter to take notes during the event and/or review discussion videos and materials after the event to ensure accuracy.
3. Summary, not commentary: Submissions should be descriptive rather than prescriptive. In other words, the drafter of the submission should serve as an unbiased reporter, not an editorial writer. For examples of similar reports, click here.
4. Content: The content of the report should focus solely on the discussions during the DISCUSS track of the CL+B Festival (not outside or subsequent discussion), and should be separated into sections either thematically or by session. To minimize overlap between reports, we encourage nodes to focus on laws and policy issues in their respective jurisdictions.
5. Formatting: Submissions may vary in organization style/format and length, but each must be curated in some manner to be internally cohesive and selective, rather than a mere dump of all commentary from participants. Submissions from U.S.-based nodes should adhere to the 20th edition of The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (please use Rule 17.2.6 Speeches and Addresses, the style for “transcribed but not published,” to cite named participants). The Journal’s editors will conform non-U.S. submissions to Bluebook standards.
6. Submission Procedure: Submissions must be added to the CL+B Fest Google Form at this link by Friday, May 18, 2018 to ensure consideration by the Journal’s editors for inclusion in the inaugural issue. A submission’s disorganization and/or need for heavy editing will decrease the likelihood of its acceptance.
7. Credit: The entire DISCUSS track of a given node will be credited as a unit for its respective submission published in the Journal. Citations and references to individual contributors/participants are at the discretion of the node reporters and Journal editors.

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