Elizabeth Chan’s presentation, “Mayhem in the Metaverse: the Metaverse and dispute resolution”, is based on her co-authored paper on the enforcement of metaverse-related disputes resolved by blockchain arbitration under the New York Convention. The article won the Taipei Arbitration and Mediation Conference 2022’s call for papers. 

The webinar will cover 

• Defining the metaverse 
• The use cases for the metaverse
• Elizabeth’s experience with different metaverse worlds 
• The types of disputes that might arise in the metaverse context
• The dispute resolution methods for resolving metaverse-related disputes 
• Enforcement issues under the New York Convention 

For more information about Elizabeth’s contribution to the intersection between technology and dispute resolution at https://sites.google.com/view/elizabethchan/technology-and-dispute-resolution.

About the Speaker:

Elizabeth Chan (陳曉彤) is a Registered Foreign Lawyer (England and Wales) based in Hong Kong. She has worked in arbitration at Allen & Overy (Hong Kong), Three Crowns (London), and Herbert Smith Freehills (New York and Hong Kong). She specialises in international commercial arbitration and investment treaty arbitration.  She is ranked as a Future Leader of Who’s Who Legal Arbitration (2022-2023) and the Legal 500 Arbitration Private Practice Powerlist: UK 2022.

Elizabeth hosted the first-ever virtual reality arbitration gathering in January 2022.

Find out more about Elizabeth’s contribution to the intersection between technology and dispute resolution at https://sites.google.com/view/elizabethchan/technology-and-dispute-resolution.

CPD credits are available upon application and subject to accreditation by the Law Society of Hong Kong (currently pending).

All CUHK LAW alumni are welcome. Register here by 6 June 2023 to attend the seminar.