The Stanford Ecommerce Best Practices Conference is a leading educational event for in-house counsel and practitioners who work in/for Internet, e-commerce, mobile, social networking and cloud companies. Leading experts from industry, legal practice and academia will discuss current industry issues and provide practical solutions for dealing with the numerous legal uncertainties that arise when doing business online. The conference will feature a roundtable of leading e-commerce company general counsels.

WilmerHale Partner Lori Echavarria will participate on the panel “Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies.” This panel will discuss various topics including how to best leverage smart contracts for your business; initial coin offerings (ICOs) and the regulatory issues surrounding them; and how to manage concerns around privacy in an open ledger world.

WilmerHale Partner Mark Selwyn will participate on the panel "Machine Learning, AI and Autonomous systems – IP and Privacy Issues." This panel will discus various topics including understanding the regulatory landscape, how to manage data ownership and IP issues, how to address specific jurisdictional issues, managing privacy and security concerns in a big data environment, ethical concerns, and IoT privacy and security issues.