Smart Contracts & Blockchain
Workshop - 06th October 2017
Blockchain, Smart Contracts & Construction Law
Smart Contracts are automated computer protocols intended to facilitate, verify, or enforce the negotiation or performance of a contract. They are becoming increasingly sophisticated with the advent of blockchain cryptocurrency tools like Bitcoin Script, Ethereum Solidity and others.
As one of the leading research establishments in the field, the Centre of Construction Law & Dispute Resolution, Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College London discussed the complexities of the emerging field of Smart Contracts and its interfaces with Artificial Intelligence (AI), Building Information Modelling (BIM) and the challenges posed by the construction industry and its legal framework.
Alan Penn [UCL]
Alan is Professor in Architectural and Urban Computing at the Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment. He is a founding director of Space Syntax Ltd, a UCL knowledge transfer spin out with a portfolio of over 100 applied projects per year, including whole city masterplans, neighbourhood development plans and individual buildings. He is a board member of UCL Consultants Ltd. He is a member of the Space Syntax Laboratory within The Bartlett School of Architecture. He was the Chair of the Architecture, Built Environment and Planning sub-panel 16 and a member of Main-panel C for the Research Excellence Framework 2014. He is Principal Investigator on the £5m five year EPSRC funded Digital Economy Hub: UK Regions Digital Research Facility. He is a trustee of the Shakespeare North Trust, a charity which is constructing a new Shakespearian theatre and educational centre in Prescot outside Liverpool.
Malachy Mathews [TU Dublin]
Having had a 35 year career straddling both the design and construction industries, Malachy brings unique insights into teaching. He started full time lecturing in TU Dublin in 2007 and has overseen the move from 2d representation to 3d simulation in the Architectural Technology program. Malachy played a central role in the creation of Ireland’s first MSc in applied Building Information Modelling/Management. He is currently a PhD candidate at TU Dublin researching BIM Anthropology with a side research interest in the synergies between BIM and Blockchain. He is a founding board member of ICAT (International Congress for Architectural Technology) and is the BIM Integration Advisor for IEBC (Integrated Engineering Blockchain Consortium).
David Mosey [King’s College London]
Professor David Mosey PhD is Director of the Centre of Construction Law and Dispute Resolution at the Dickson Poon School of Law. He joined the Centre in May 2013 after spending 33 years as a specialist construction lawyer, including over 20 years as Head of Projects and Construction at solicitors Trowers and Hamlins LLP where he headed a national team of over 30 lawyers. During his career in private practice Professor Mosey advised on a wide variety of construction and engineering projects in the UK and internationally, with a particular focus on improving procurement and contractual techniques for project delivery.
Darya Bahram [King’s College London]
Darya is the Secretary General of the Association of Consultant Architects (ACA), a Chartered Architect (RIBA), Project Manager (MAPM), Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb) and Research Associate at the Centre of Construction Law & Dispute Resolution, Kings College London. She has extensive construction industry experience and has worked within international client organisations and large scale contracting and house building companies. She has led multi-disciplinary teams on high profile regeneration projects such as in the Greenwich Peninsula, Elephant & Castle and the Athlete Village. Darya has also provided strategic guidance, in support of driving business change and efficiency, for a range of private sector clients. She has re-drafted both the RIBA Domestic & Concise Building Contracts 2018 and the JCT 2016 Contract Administration Forms.
