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Contents.

Biography   
Work Experience   
Related Links   
Current Projects & Research Interest  
Conference Papers, Consultancy & Executive Training
Awards, Professional Memberships & Responsibilities
 

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Biography

Prof Harry Tan is a Fulbright Scholar that was awarded to him in 1999 by the Council of International Exchange of Scholars and the Fulbright Commission in Washington, US. He is also a Visiting Scholar at Berkeley Centre for Law & Technology at University of California, Berkeley, where he carried out his further research in the field of the Development of Law & Regulation of E-Commerce. He is the principal lecturer of the "E-Business: Law Policy & Strategy". He also developed and taught "Legal and Ethical Issues of Information Technology" course and co-teached the "Management & Resolution of Business Disputes" at the Nanyang Business School's MBA Programme. He is also on the faculty of the Nanyang Fellows Programme. He is also currently engaged by FORTUNE as the Editor for the "FORTUNE Reader's Guide Programme", a periodical that focuses on current business trends, case studies and issues for the business student. Over the past four years, Prof Tan had been involved in advisory roles and conducting industry executive development programmes on management of legal risks in electronic commerce and information technology and consultant to local internet banks and law firms. His current research interest is in the development of the law and regulation of Electronic Commerce and its impact on businesses. In addition to being a legal advisor to the Computer Centre at NTU, he is also the associate editor and web-master for the Asia Business Law Review.

Education:

• Bachelor of Social Science, University of Keele. (Honours) Econs & Law Graduated with Upper Second Class Honours in both Law and Economics.

• Barrister-at-Law, Council of Legal Education - Inns of Court School of Law. Called to the Bar in London at Lincoln's Inn, July 1988.

• Advocate & Solicitor, of the Supreme Court of Singapore

• Master of Law, Melbourne University, Australia.

• Visiting Scholar, Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley 

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Work Experience

1.    Associate Professor of Law, Nanyang Business School (1993- Current)
Lecturer for Business Law (undergraduate programme); Principal Lecturer for the Legal & Ethical Issues of Information Technology Law and E-Business: Law Policy & Strategy;  Co-lecturer for the Management & Resolution of Business Disputes at the MBA Programme at Nanyang Business School. Co-lecturer for the Policies & Perspectives of Cross Border Electronic Commerce at the Nanyang Fellows Programme. He is also the Associate Editor (Digital Publishing) and Web-administrator for the Asia Business Law Review. 

2.    Consulting Editor, FORTUNE magazine's Fortune Reader's Guide (1997-2001)

3.    Advocate & Solicitor, Messrs Khattar Wong & Partners and Messrs Donaldson & Burkinshaw. (1987-1993)

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Websites & Related Links

1. CAPTEL - Centre for Asia Pacific Technoloy Law & Policy, a research centre headed by Prof Tan 

2. ByteLawyer.com - The professional services website that aggregates the consulting, research and teaching information.

3. E-Business Law Centre - A cyber-center for legal research & publication on the development of Law and Regulation affecting electronic commerce (under construction). 

4. Asia Business Law Review- This is the home page of the quarterly published journal regarding the new legal developments and challenges in Asian business and commerce. 

5. E-Business: Law Policy & Strategy (previously known as Legal & Ethical Issues of Information Technology) - The homepage of the MBA Course that includes useful on-line reading and research materials. 

6. Management & Resolution of Business Disputes - The homepage of the MBA course on alternative methods of dispute resolution that includes information about the programme, the trainers and online links to materials.

7. Business Law - The homepage of the undergraduate 1^st year law course containing information and materials online for Business and Accountancy students.

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Current Projects & Research Interest

1. E-Business Law Policy & Strategy - an MBA Course being conducted currently at the MBA Programme, Nanyang Business School. This course was first conducted at the business school in March 1998 and has the involvement of cross-disciplinary base of students and top professionals of the IT industry as visiting lecturers. The course focuses on the management of the various legal risks involved in the widespread use of information technologies. In particular the ever-growing influence of the Internet in Business and in the workplace and the legal issues it brings.

2. The Comparative Analysis of the Competitiveness of Singapore's Electronic Commerce in Asia Pacific - A research project in progress studying how various countries are managing their electronic commerce initiatives. The paper focuses on the effectiveness of the policies taken by governments to make their digital economies competitive.

3. Internet Banking - Its regulation, technologies, risk exposure and implementation policies and the impact on the industry. Much of the findings from this research has been presented to industry.

4. The development of Electronic Commerce Laws in Singapore - As part of the national drive to create a dynamic digital economy, new laws to expedite the interest, protection and development of electronic commerce is being prepared. These new laws are important, as they will put in place the basic legal infrastructure to overcome the concerns of the complex impact of digital technology on commerce and law. This project will look at the various methods used internationally to provide the basic infrastructure and hopefully focus on how the laws could be further enhanced through critical analysis as well as how the laws will affect commerce.

5. Executive Training Programme for the Management of On-line Legal Risks. - As a result from the research study and teaching of this area, an executive programme has been developed to train corporations in the industry to deal with the legal risks of online commerce. For more information on this programme please see the E-Commerce Law Web site or contact Harry Tan directly.

6. Resolution of Online Transaction Disputes - In the growing Digital Economies of online trade, there is expected to be a concurrent increase in the growth of disputes arising out of online consumer transactions. This research looks at the new types of consumer transactions and how they may be resolved quickly by new methods of resolution -such as online mediation, conciliation or adjudication.

7. Impact of Globalisation of Electronic Commerce on Law & Regulation - When countries started adopting the new communications and Internet technologies for global electronic commerce, a floodgate of new legal issues begin to emerge. This research is designed to review the new issues arising and the various efforts at the domestic and international levels to overcome the barriers to global electronic commerce and the new issues arising.

8. Cybercrime & E-Fraud – with the proliferation of the new electronic technologies, new innovative means of committing crime is beginning to surface. The research here is to catalogue the new methods and technologies used by the new age criminals and to determine the right management methods for organisations to prepare themselves for the challenge of the onslaught of such crimes.
    
    

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Conference Papers, Public Lectures, Consultancy & Executive Training

• Tan Soo Kiat Feb 2003, “Singapore’s Legal Infrastructure for E-Security” a paper delivered at the Security Conference Summit 2003 at National University of Singapore - http://www.seccon.nus.edu.sg/.

• Tan Soo Kiat Harry July 2003, The Legal Issues of Cross Border E-Commerce – a keynote paper on the Launch of Legal Report on Legal Issues in Cross Border Ecommerce Transactions organised by PKI Forum Singapore & IDA.

• Tan Soo Kiat Harry, Jan 2003, The Legal Function of Securing Information Systems paper at Managing Information Security Conference organised by CSC Research Services Conferences.

  Presented Keynote Paper on Challenges of Auditing E-Business at the CPA Australia's Official Launch of the Public Sector Committee - 15^th October 2001

 "New Technologies in Cybercrime and E-Fraud" Workshop at Commercial Affairs Department Annual In House Training (Singapore Police Force) - 2^nd September 2001

   Presented Keynote Address on E-Business and Transactions Risks to the Permanent Committee on Banking Education at the 31^st ASEAN Banking Council Meeting, ASEAN Bankers Association - 19^th July 2001

·        "E-Commerce & Financial Services in the 21st Century: Securing E-Business, Internet Banking, Fraud & Cybercrime," 3-Day Worshop at United Overseas Bank Executive Training, December 2000

·        "E-Commerce & Legal Practice," at Harry Elias Ptrs., Advocates & Solicitors July 2000

·        "E-Business Law: Managing the Information Highway Potholes & Pitfalls," Excutive Training at Keppel Group (Bank & Securities) Singapore, May 2000

·        "Legal Issues and Implications of E-Commerce on the Banking industry," UOB Training Workshop, February 2000

·        "Development, Policies & Opportunities in the Emerging Digital Economies of Asia," Stanford University US-Japan Technology Management Center - The Transformation of Research & Development in East Asia and Japan Seminar Series, 30th September 1999. 
(the series | abstract | presentation online ) 

·        "Managing the Risks of Electronic Commerce,"1-Day CEO Worshop at Singapore Information Technology Federation, June 1999. 

·        "Development of E-Commerce in Asia," Lake Forest Graduate School of Management (Chicago, US), Executive MBA in Singapore, March 1999. 

·        "Liability of Internet Service Providers: Should Privacy be Regulated?", Asia Pacific Policy & Legal Forum (APPLe) & Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) Conference, March 1999. 

·        "Internet Banking: New Distribution Channel or the Future of Banking?" Standard Chartered & CREFS Seminar, November 1998. 

·        "The Issues and Liabilities of the Millennium Date Change on Information Systems," Standard Chartered & CREFS Seminar, November 1998. 

·        "The Impact of Electronic Transaction Act on the Law of Contract," Legal Research Committee Public Workshop, October 1998 

·        "Managing Change and Risks of E-Commerce," COMDEX ASIA, Sept 1998 

·        "Removing the Barriers to Electronic Commerce - the Singapore Electronic Transaction Act, Will it be Enough?" IMARC Seminar, September 1998. (Click for Slides)

·        "Managing Debt Collection in Era of Financial Crisis," SNEF CEO FORUM, Singapore National Employers' Federation, June 1988. 

·        "Singapore's Electronic Transaction Act - The Framework for Electronic Commerce" IBM-Netrust E-Commerce Foundation Programme, August 1998. 

·        1-Day Workshop on Managing Risks of Electronic Commerce - Centre for Continuing Education, NTU, August 1998 

·        "New Technologies or Legal & Regulatory Changes: Which way forward for Singapore's Digital Economy?" - National Computer Board E-Commerce Workshop, June 1998. 

·        "Legal & Security Issues of Implementing Electronic Commerce & New Technologies" - SNEF CEO FORUM, Singapore National Employer's Federation, June 1988. 

·        "Implement E-Commerce Without Tears by Managing the Hidden Legal Obstacles" - 1998 Asia Pacific Conference on Business & Information Technology: Making Electronic Commerce Work. 

·        "Examining the Revolution of Online Contracts" - International Conference on Re-engineering the Legal in-house Legal Function 1997, Singapore. 

·        Executive Training Seminar: "Managing Legal Risks of Electronic Commerce" - Electronic Commerce and Cyberlaws Conference 1997. 

·        "Formation of On-line Contracts: Issues of Cross Border Transactions and the Coming Changes" Electronic Commerce and Cyberlaws Conference 1997 

·        "Re-Engineering the Legal Office with New Technologies," Re-engineering the Legal In House Legal Function Conference 1997 

·        "Business Law for Singapore Enterprises" - Enterprise Professional Conferences, 1994. 

Reports, Publications & Articles

• Tan Soo Kiat Harry, Toh See Kiat, Ang Beng Hwee 2002 – E-GOVERNMENT & CYBERLAW & POLICY DEVELOPMENT. A Ministry of Foreign Affairs and IDA Project for the training of ASEAN Ministers and Permanent Secretaries

• Tan Soo Kiat Harry 2002, Facilitating ECommerce Between ASEAN countries: Standardisation of Legal Infrastructures or Access to Laws? Delivered to EASEAN Taskforce and Working Group.

• Toh See Kiat, Tan Soo Kiat, Harry, Tan Sin Liang, 2001, Researched & Drafted New E-Banking Laws for Foreign Government.

·  Electronic Transactions Regulation – The Impact of the ETA in Singapore (Part 1) Vol 18, No 4. 2002 The Computer Law & Security Report

·        Electronic Transactions Act: Issues of E-Contracting in Singapore, vol. 2, 2002 Electronic Communications Law Review (previously known as EDI Law Review).

·        E-Fraud: Current Trends and International Developments, Vol.9 No.4, Journal of Financial Crime, 347.

·        Arresting Fraud on the Net: A virtual impossibility?, Asia Business Law Review

·        Toh See Kiat, Tan Soo Kiat, Harry, Tan Sin Liang, 2001, Researched & Drafted New E-Banking Laws for foreign government on appointment as consultant (in progress).

·        Toh See Kiat, Tan Soo Kiat, Harry, Professor Abubakar Mahmud (Malaysia), 2000, Researched & Drafted New Electronic Commerce Law for a foreign government on appointment as consultant (completed and submitted - to be enacted).

·        Toh See Kiat, Tan Soo Kiat, Harry, Abubakar Mahmud, 2000, Researched & Drafted New Computer Crime Law for a foreign government on appointment as consultant (completed and submitted - to be enacted).

·        Tan Soo Kiat, Harry, 2000, "Regulating Electronic Commerce Working Paper - Request for Comments on Electronic Transactions Act 1998" for InfoComm Development Authority of Singapore.

·        E-Commerce on the Internet- An Introduction 15, AsiaBLR, 67 Jan 1997. 

·        E-Commerce on the Internet- Proof & Evidence 16 AsiaBLR, 73 Apr 1997. 

·        E-Commerce on the Internet- Issues of Formation of Contract 17 AsiaBLR, 52 Jul 1997. 

·        E-Commerce on the Internet- International Issues of Contracting On-line 18 AsiaBLR, 67 Oct 1997. 

·        H.S.K. Tan & S.T. Fock, "Environmental Risks in Project Financing: New Hazard for Lenders?" 19 AsiaBLR Jan 1998. 

·        "Regulating the Internet: New Industry Guidelines and Revision of Code of Practice," 2 International Computer Law Observer, February 1998. 

·        "Corporate Tax Incentives For Adoption of Electronic Commerce Technologies"- 3 International Computer Law Observer March 1998. 

·        "New Amendment Bills To Modernise Censorship Laws" 3 International Computer Law Observer April 1998 

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Awards, Memberships & Professional Responsibilities

Awards: 

• Fulbright Scholar - Awarded the 1999 US Fulbright Scholarship by the Fulbright Commission and the Centre for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES) for research in Electronic Commerce Law.

• NTU ASDS Scholar - Awarded the ASDS Scholarship to read the LL M at Melbourne University Law School. 

Memberships:
- Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn - Inns of Court of the Bar of England
- The Fulbright Association (Singapore)
- The International Bar Association
- Baron's Who's Who of Asia Pacific and Who's Who of the World 1999-2000.
- Global Computer Law Network - An international Network of Computer law professionals.
- Founding Member of BWW Society and Chairman of the BWW Internet Law Regulation & Policy Committee
- Founding Member and Moderator of Singapore Internet & Technology Law Network
- Charter Member of the Worldwide E-Commerce Fraud Prevention Network.

Professional Responsibilities: 

• Consultant - Messrs Tan Peng Chin & Partners, Advocates & Solicitors

• Research Associate - Information Management Research Centre - IMARC NBS NTU

• Legal Advisor - Committee for the National Health Information Service, Ministry of Health

• Associate Editor (Digital Publishing) - Asia Business Law Review

• Editor - FORTUNE Reader's Guide (FRG) - A business student supplement for FORTUNE.

• Legal Advisor - NTU Computer Centre

• Academic Counsellor - Nanyang Business School

• Assistant Secretary - Fulbright Association Singapore

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Last Revised: 18 August, 2004

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