UNCITRAL/UNIDROIT WORKSHOP ON SMART CONTRACTS, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND DISTRIBUTED LEDGER TECHNOLOGY – SUMMARY OF CONCLUSIONS PUBLISHED

The Summary of Conclusions of the UNCITRAL/UNIDROIT first Joint Workshop on the legal issues arising from the use of Smart Contracts, Artificial Intelligence and Distributed Ledger Technology on 6-7 May 2019 are now publicly available online.

On 19 July 2019, Mr Boil Banov, Minister of Culture of Bulgaria, visited UNIDROIT together with a delegation.

On 8 - 9 July 2019 UNIDROIT delivered its first regional consultation on the ALIC Zero Draft in Beijing.

On 8 July 2019, UNIDROIT participated in an event in Beijing promoting the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment (Cape Town Convention), the Luxembourg Rail Protocol and future Mining, Agricultural and Construction (MAC) Protocol.

On 16 July 2019, Deputy Secretary-General Anna Veneziano participated in a meeting in Berne hosted by the Secretary General of the Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF), Mr Wolfgang Küpper, with participation of the Chair of the Rail Working Group Mr Howard Rosen and the Co-Chair of Preparatory Commission Mr Peter Bloch.

On 8 – 9 July 2019, UNIDROIT participated in a high-level conference entitled “UNIDROIT and China: The Cape Town Convention, Investing in Agriculture and UPICC”, hosted by the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE) in Beijing.

The instrument of accession to the 1995 UNIDROIT Convention has been deposited by Montenegro with the Italian Government, Depositary of the Convention, on 8 July 2019 and the Convention will enter into force for Montenegro on 1 January 2020.

On 4 July 2019, UNIDROIT had the pleasure of hosting the Italian Arbitration Association’s  (AIA) annual conference co-organised with the Italian Forum for Arbitration and ADR (ArbIT).