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Under the High Patronage of His Excellency the President of the Republic of Lebanon
The 1st Forum on Legal and Legislative Structure of Electronic Transactions
in the Arab Countries
Under the theme
Towards a Unified Arab Charter
LETS 2009 CALL FOR PAPERS
Background information:
Most international economic studies have indicated that the predominance of the major industrial countries over the developing countries is connected to their adoption of the new digital economy principles based on information technology and communication, taking into consideration that the information sector has become the main infrastructure for all industries and commercial activities and even for electronic government services (known as E-Government in major industrial communities). This has shown an improvement in the economic and social wheel of these economies making it impossible for the economies in the Arab world to keep pace with this developmental economic progress and creating what is known as the “digital gap” between the major industrial countries and the developing countries.
Periodical international digital summits were only held to confirm the importance of keeping up the efforts made by all parties – including international and regional organizations, governments and the private sector – to spread awareness on the nature and significance of the “cognitive or digital” community in the developing economies on one hand and on the development and activation of the process of orientation towards the information sector to be adopted by the public and private sectors in all the domains of life on the other hand, in view of creating an integrated digital community to serve and promote the ever-existing development issue. However, many efforts were definitely exerted by many countries at the Arab and western levels towards developing electronic transaction under the supervision of international organizations and governments. Nevertheless, there still exists a major legal gap between the reality of automation and the reality of legal progress with regard to both organization and legislation. This gap is greatly witnessed in the Arab world since there is a big lack of any laws that regulate safe electronic transactions – except for few laws concerning “electronic signature” – in several sectors particularly in finance, investment, health and security. Also, there is a big lack of unified legal orientation and guidance that corresponds and complements the Arab laws in force.
Thus, the situation in developing countries requires a quality leap in establishing legislations and regulatory circumstances for electronic transactions, aiming at keeping pace with development and modernity and catching up with the fast transformations affecting the different aspects of our lives which have been penetrated by the electronic transactions such as the know-how acquisition and promotion, social interaction, economic and social activities, media, education and culture, health and environment, entertainment and amusement in addition to the political, administrative and service operations and preservation of social security.
In the light of the aforementioned data and challenges, this Forum takes place to form the scientific and legal platform for specialists and experts to put forth the advanced and Arab experiences as a basis, opening a doorway towards efficient participation in common efforts to find a unified Arab law which shall constitute a quality leap towards filling the digital gap between the Arab economies and its international counterparts especially that commerce and transactions went beyond the Arab geographical frames.
Objectives:
The Forum aims at:
1. Increasing the Arab region’s capacity to benefit from electronic transactions by establishing legislative structures and regulatory frames necessary for building the State and a modern electronic administration and executing the E-government project by:
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Placing the proper mechanisms to coordinate between the legislative institutions in the Arab countries concerning the electronic transactions and between the citizens of the Arab countries in all domains to preserve their rights and legal obligations;
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Seeking to unify the concepts and terms related to electronic transactions in the Arab countries for judicial and arbitrary purposes under the supervision of the League of Arab States;
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Subjecting the existing and new regulatory and administrative concepts and suggestions related to electronic transactions, to the legal controls and principles that guarantee equal rights to all the parties of the transactions in the Arab countries;
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Establishing legal bases that guarantee the smooth flow of investments and the provision of citizens’ needs through electronic transactions in all the known domains of life in both the public and private sectors in the Arab countries to easily guarantee the rights of all the parties of the transactions at the same legal level.
2. Increasing opportunities of investment and merger in the international digital economy by developing and supporting the electronic activities in the private sector, particularly in the commercial sector and the banking and financial sectors, through finding judicially approved (guidance) forms for the electronic transaction documents issued in all the Arab courts as well as their commercial, economic, social, cultural and security transactions with other countries;
3. Providing the proper legislative environment that will lead to social security, stand in the way of all kinds of electronic crimes and limit crimes, frauds and violations, and seek to find the proper similar penalties in the Arab countries. This will guarantee the rights of the parties of the transaction and prevent exploitation and legal evasion within our Arabic economies;
4. Finding incentive legislations to build an Arab digital community in all its aspects as well as to put an end to poverty and improve the quality of life;
5. Establishing policies to manage the Internet mechanism aiming at developing the content of the Arab Internet and providing safe communication structures to guarantee information security;
6. Seeking to support the electronic legal aspect of the professional level of the judges, attorneys and public prosecutors (public prosecution) through sessions, seminars, forums, researches, studies and exchanged information to confront the criminal methods and means using the electronic transactions in the Arab countries.
Themes and sub-themes:
1- The legal nature of the Arab electronic transactions: problems and proposed solutions
1.1
At the level of the domestic laws:
• The administrative law view in the Arab countries with regard to controlling the various government dealings through the electronic management with individuals (citizens and expatriates)
• The role of the Arab commercial laws in controlling regional and international e-commerce transactions
• Arab investment laws and the support they provide to e-commerce dealings at the regional and international levels
• The extent of the evidentiary value of electronic dealings before the Arab courts of law
• The legal nature of the electronic court judgments in the Arab countries
• The required guarantees for execution of the Arab electronic court judgments
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The legal relation between International and Arab legislations to protect e-transactions (legal or judicial agreements)
1.2 At the level of the international laws:
• International legislations to protect commercial transactions
• International courts and arbitration
2- The legal bases and concepts related to electronic transactions in different areas:
2.1 Electronic Government (E-Government)
2.2 Electronic Management
2.3 Electronic Commerce (E-Commerce)
2.4 Electronic Contract
2.5 Electronic Signature
2.6 Electronic Documents (outputs)
2.7 Electronic Money
3- The technical aspects of Electronic Government dealing with:
3.1
Political fields
3.2
Economic fields
3.3
Commercial fields
3.4
Financial and banking fields
3.5
Development fields
3.6
Administrative fields (local administration)
3.7
International field (relations between countries and various international organizations)
4- Bases and principles of the legal organization of the Electronic Government in the light of the racing technological changes:
4.1
Nature of the organizational structural levels
4.2
Nature of the electronic procedures
4.3
Powers and extents of electronic authorization
4.4
Legal nature of the electronic outputs
4.5
Controlling and updating of electronic forms in use and methods of adopting them
4.6
Plans and electronic documentation according to the adopted legal periods
4.7
Possible legal support for electronic transactions through the private and public sectors
5- Legislative and regulatory requirements for judgment and execution in electronic crimes:
5.1 Electronic crimes and violations
5.2 Electronic defense requirements
5.3 Dispute and proof of evidence in electronic transactions
5.4 Civil liability in electronic transactions
5.5 Concept of electronic dispute
5.6 Concept of electronic judgments
5.7 Concept of electronic execution of judgments
5.8 Arbitration
6- Internet: regulations and communication:
6.1
Standards and legislations for Internet management and regulation (in Arabic and English)
6.2
Standards and legislations for approving Internet names in Arabic and increasing content in Arabic
6.3
Internet, infrastructure and available security systems
6.4
Internet and communication (technological cities, internet cafes) and other modern communication means
Activities:
I.
Forum:
Speakers of this Forum include professors of law, counselors, lawyers, arbitrators, judges, organizations, administration and re-structuring experts, specialized decision makers in the public and private sectors in the Arab World, GCC countries, Europe and the USA. Also, there will be a big involvement of a number of international organizations to share their experience in this field and discuss the latest developments and highlight the impediments of implementing the legal framework of electronic dealings
II. Workshops:
For more benefits of this event, LETS program will include THREE workshops on the last day.
(The fees of these workshops are included in the participation fees):
1-
Workshop one: Legislative overview on electronic transactions in HEALTH sectors.
2-
Workshop two: Legislative overview on electronic transactions in BANKING sectors.
3-
Workshop three: Propositions for Arab legislative collaboration for common electronic transactions laws.
III. Exhibition:
Simultaneously with the Forum, there will be an exhibition on the latest technologies used in electronic dealings in addition to the intellectual trends of counselors, lawyers, judges and organization and administration officers in this regard.
IV. Discussion groups:
Discussion groups will discuss all the objectives of the Forum, prepare a draft recommendation for the methods and means of controlling electronic transactions. Also, they will recommend ways to develop and to protect rights, properties and investments in the Arab countries on an equal basis before the law.
Target audience:
1- Officers of the Secretariat General of the Arab League and the Secretariat General of the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries
2- Members of the Arab parliaments
3- Officers at the ministries of justice
4- Judges, arbitrators, lawyers in the Arab countries
5- Personnel of Arab ministries of interior
6- Personnel of ministries of communications and information technology
7- Personnel at the ministries of commerce and industry
8- Personnel at the chambers of commerce and industry
9- Senior executives of banks, financial sector, information technology and large companies.
Venue and date:
The Forum will be held on February 24-26, 2009 at the Phoenicia InterContinental Hotel in Beirut, Lebanon
Languages:
Arabic and English are the languages of the work papers and the relevant workshops with a simultaneous interpretation from and to Arabic and English.
Call for papers
Interested speakers are invited to submit papers that should include studies, ideas, experiences, and/or analysis on any of the suggested conference topics.
Authors who wish to present a paper are invited to send to the Scientific Committee of LETS 2009 an abstract not exceeding 300 words in accordance with the attached synopsis form.
Papers should be submitted in A4 standard size and a copy on CD.
Key dates:
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Deadline for receiving abstracts: 20/10/2008
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Notification of acceptance: 10/11/2008
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Deadline for sending papers: 10/12/2008
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Notification of acceptance: 10/01/2009
Accepted paper's privileges:
Authors whose papers are approved by the Scientific Committee will receive the following privileges from the conference organizing company (ExiCon). (N.B. one author per paper):
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Accommodation at the Phoenicia InterContinental Hotel (Bed and Breakfast only for a maximum period of 4 nights).
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Round trip ticket to and from Beirut not exceeding 1000 US$.
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Free registration for the conference
Papers & abstracts specifications:
Accepted Papers & Abstracts should be presented within the following specifications:
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Microsoft Word
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English papers by "Times" font
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A4 paper size
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Paper's title, bold font size 16
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Author's name, size 14
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Subtitles, bold underline, size 12
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Paper's text, size 12
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Charts & figures titles, size 12
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References, size 10
Papers & abstracts should be sent:
1- By E-mail to lets@exicon-intl.com
2- Or soft copy (CD) + A4 Hard Copy by mail/email
Forum address: Please address any inquiries about papers to the Scientific Committee on:
E-mail: lets@exicon-intl.com
Any other inquiries are addressed to the Organizing Committee of ExiCon at the following address:
ExiCon Exhibitions & Conferences
P.O.Box: 14/ 5765 Beirut 1105 2070
Tel (+961) 1 821 421 - Fax (+961) 1 82 14 82
Mobile: (+961) 3 365 181 - E-mail: lets@exicon-intl.com
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| Additional Information |
Activities:
I.
Forum:
Speakers of this Forum include professors of law, counselors, lawyers, arbitrators, judges, organizations, administration and re-structuring experts, specialized decision makers in the public and private sectors in the Arab World, GCC countries, Europe and the USA. Also, there will be a big involvement of a number of international organizations to share their experience in this field and discuss the latest developments and highlight the impediments of implementing the legal framework of electronic dealings
II. Workshops:
For more benefits of this event, LETS program will include THREE workshops on the last day.
(The fees of these workshops are included in the participation fees):
1-
Workshop one: Legislative overview on electronic transactions in HEALTH sectors.
2-
Workshop two: Legislative overview on electronic transactions in BANKING sectors.
3-
Workshop three: Propositions for Arab legislative collaboration for common electronic transactions laws.
III. Exhibition:
Simultaneously with the Forum, there will be an exhibition on the latest technologies used in electronic dealings in addition to the intellectual trends of counselors, lawyers, judges and organization and administration officers in this regard.
IV. Discussion groups:
Discussion groups will discuss all the objectives of the Forum, prepare a draft recommendation for the methods and means of controlling electronic transactions. Also, they will recommend ways to develop and to protect rights, properties and investments in the Arab countries on an equal basis before the law.
Target audience:
1- Officers of the Secretariat General of the Arab League and the Secretariat General of the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries
2- Members of the Arab parliaments
3- Officers at the ministries of justice
4- Judges, arbitrators, lawyers in the Arab countries
5- Personnel of Arab ministries of interior
6- Personnel of ministries of communications and information technology
7- Personnel at the ministries of commerce and industry
8- Personnel at the chambers of commerce and industry
9- Senior executives of banks, financial sector, information technology and large companies.
Venue and date:
The Forum will be held on February 24-26, 2009 at the Phoenicia InterContinental Hotel in Beirut, Lebanon
Languages:
Arabic and English are the languages of the work papers and the relevant workshops with a simultaneous interpretation from and to Arabic and English.
Call for papers
Interested speakers are invited to submit papers that should include studies, ideas, experiences, and/or analysis on any of the suggested conference topics.
Authors who wish to present a paper are invited to send to the Scientific Committee of LETS 2009 an abstract not exceeding 300 words in accordance with the attached synopsis form.
Papers should be submitted in A4 standard size and a copy on CD.
Key dates:
-
Deadline for receiving abstracts: 20/10/2008
-
Notification of acceptance: 10/11/2008
-
Deadline for sending papers: 10/12/2008
-
Notification of acceptance: 10/01/2009
Accepted paper's privileges:
Authors whose papers are approved by the Scientific Committee will receive the following privileges from the conference organizing company (ExiCon). (N.B. one author per paper):
-
Accommodation at the Phoenicia InterContinental Hotel (Bed and Breakfast only for a maximum period of 4 nights).
-
Round trip ticket to and from Beirut not exceeding 1000 US$.
-
Free registration for the conference
Papers & abstracts specifications:
Accepted Papers & Abstracts should be presented within the following specifications:
-
Microsoft Word
-
English papers by "Times" font
-
A4 paper size
-
Paper's title, bold font size 16
-
Author's name, size 14
-
Subtitles, bold underline, size 12
-
Paper's text, size 12
-
Charts & figures titles, size 12
-
References, size 10
Papers & abstracts should be sent:
1- By E-mail to lets@exicon-intl.com
2- Or soft copy (CD) + A4 Hard Copy by mail/email
Forum address: Please address any inquiries about papers to the Scientific Committee on:
E-mail: lets@exicon-intl.com
Any other inquiries are addressed to the Organizing Committee of ExiCon at the following address:
ExiCon Exhibitions & Conferences
P.O.Box: 14/ 5765 Beirut 1105 2070
Tel (+961) 1 821 421 - Fax (+961) 1 82 14 82
Mobile: (+961) 3 365 181 - E-mail: lets@exicon-intl.com
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