Professor Dr.Ian Walden
Professor of Information and Communications Law Studies, Queen Mary, University of London
Dr Ian Walden is Professor of Information and Communications Law and Head of the Institute of Computer and Communications Law in the Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary, University of London. His publications include EDI and the Law (1989), Information Technology and the Law (1990), EDI Audit and Control (1993), Cross-border Electronic Banking (2nd ed., 2000), Telecommunications Law Handbook (1997), E-Commerce Law and Practice in Europe (2001), Computer Crimes and Digital Investigations (2007), Media Law and Practice (2009), Telecommunications Law and Regulation (4th ed., 2012) and Free and Open Source Software (2013). Ian has been involved in law reform projects for the World Bank, the European Commission, Council of Europe, UNCTAD, ITU, UNECE and the EBRD, as well as for a number of individual states. Ian was awarded a Council of Europe Human Rights Fellowship in 1987 and 1988; was a seconded national expert to the European Commission DG-Industry in 1995; Board Member and Trustee of the Internet Watch Foundation from 2004 to 2009; on the Executive Board of the UK Council for Child Internet Safety from 2010 to 2012, and the Press Complaints Commission from 2009 to 2014. Ian is a solicitor and Of Counsel to Baker & McKenzie, he currently leads Queen Mary’s Legal initiative, which is part of the iLINC network and is a member of the Cloud Legal Project.