Florent Thouvenin is associate professor of information and communication law at the University of Zurich. He is chair of the executive board of the Center for Information Technology, Society, and Law (ITSL), director of the Digital Society Initiative (DSI) of the University of Zurich and an associate fellow at the Collegium Helveticum. His research deals with legal issues of information technology, currently with a strong focus on privacy and copyright law. He is interested in various legal issues triggered by Blockchain applications.