IUA Circular 117/09

To:       All IUA Member contacts      

From:  Scott Farley, Communications Manager

 

 

IUA MARKET BRIEFING

 

E-mail and E-signature:

Common myths and misconceptions that may leave you either exposed to risk or stuck in a paper world

 

By

Zafar Khan,

Chief Executive Officer

RPost Registered Email

    

 

Date         Tuesday 15th December 2009

Time        12 noon to 1pm

Venue      St Giles Room, Balls Bros. Wine Bar, Minster Pavement, Mincing Lane, London EC3

 

In January 2009, London’s Legal Technology Journal published an article citing a poll of the top myths and misconceptions of e-mail that, if not properly understood, can leave your organization relying on email practices that leave you exposed to E&O risk or may render your email records useless to defend you in a dispute around who said what and when.  Understanding these issues may make you consider the unthinkable - - moving from electronic to paper when dealing in matters of consequence.

 

This Market Briefing will dissect these common misconceptions and provide a practical solution to permit you to continue to or begin to operate high value correspondence in electronic form in a manner that protects you from risk and provides you the upper hand in any disputes involving email.

 

In 2000, the electronic commerce laws were passed that permitted great efficiencies for business transactions by use of electronic signatures. However, nearly ten years later, many transactions are still conducted via paper and wet-ink signature, despite the tremendous cost savings and cycle time efficiencies afforded by electronic signatures and transactions. New technology is now available that can provide for the efficiencies of electronic signatures for transactions while retaining the comfort of visual handwritten signatures on contracts.  This brief will show you how to finally put an end to expensive courier, paper, fax, and imaging hard and administrative cost.

 

Zafar Khan has been operating in the email and electronic signature field for ten years, since founding RPost, a company that has set the global standard for Registered Email services and has led innovation in practical use of electronic signatures in transactions. Khan has worked in the investment banking and strategy consulting fields and has an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Attendance at this meeting may qualify for the CII CPD scheme, but interested parties should seek guidance from the relevant professional bodies.

 

 

To reserve your place(s) email : Deborah.finch@iua.co.uk

 

Please note that from January 1^st 2008, our Market Briefings now take place at an alternative venue to the LUC which will be confirmed at the top of this circular.

 

For events held in the conference rooms at Balls Bros., Minster Pavement, The Chamberlain or Grange City Hotels, you will not require a pass but we will require a note of your attendance for room capacity and catering requirements. For events held in the Xchanging Auditorium, you will require photo ID upon arrival

 

Scott Farley

Communications Manager

19 November 2009