Chris Reed is Professor of Electronic Commerce Law at Queen Mary, University ofLondon. He teaches on a number of Queen Mary's LLM courses in the field, which include ComputerLaw, Electronic Commerce Law, and Cyberspace Law. From 1997-2000, Chris was Joint Chairman ofthe Society for Computers and Law, and in 1997-8 he acted as Specialist Adviser to the House ofLords Select Committee on Science and Technology. Chris participated as an Expert at the EuropeanCommission/Danish Government Copenhagen Hearing on Digital Signatures, represented the UKGovernment at the Hague Conference on Private International Law, and has been an invited speakerat OECD and G8 international conferences.