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KLRI-KSLA held the joint academic conference
- Date 2022-04-15 View 164
Korea Legislation Research Institute (KLRI, President Kye-Hong Kim) and Korean Securities Law Association (KSLA, President Hee-Ju Kang) held the joint academic conference under the theme of “Legislative Acceptance Measures of Security Token“ at KLRI’s Smart Seminar Room and broadcasted online on April 15th (Fri, 2 p.m.).
Responding to the urgent demand for legislative policy related to security token, the conference was organized to propel the research reflecting the opinions of various experts.
The conference, which was separately proceeded by speeches and discussions was attended by a range of keynote speakers including Sung-Po Ahn, Professor of Law School at Chonnam National University, Hyo-Kyong Lee, Professor of Law School at Chungnam National University, Byeong-Yeon Kim, Professor of Law School at Konkuk University, Seung-Uk Bae, CEO of Korea Venture Market Institute (KVMI). They presented the regulation and the legislative status on domestic and foreign security token. the legislative status.
In the following discussion, where Young Shim, Professor of Law School at Yonsei University served as a chair, Chul-Young Park, Senior Managing Director of Korea Securities Depository, Kyung-Jin Choi, Professor of College of Law at Kachun University, Jong-Soo Yoon, Attorney of Lee&Ko, Kab-Lae Kim, Senior Research Fellow of Korea Capital Market Institute, Dae-Ik Jung, Professor of Law School at Kyungpook National University, and Joung-Mee Han, Director General of department of Future Legislation Projects of KLRI attended and discussed on the legislative acceptance measures and tasks of security token.
KLRI’s President, Kye-Hong Kim presented his opening speech, “The government and the legislature are joining forces to establish system and regulations in order for security token as a new investment method to be upgraded to a more innovative one utilizing blockchain technology.” In addition, he stressed that it is necessary to seek for legislative measures which is suitable for domestic environment and can be harmonized with the existed investment regulatory system, in the time that legislations related to security token is being enacted in major countries including Germany, Swiss, Japan, etc.
Date: April 15, 2022
Venue: Smart Seminar Room & online, KLRI