Mark Warner chaired an Insight Research Canadian Sharing Economy Symposium in Toronto on December 2nd. The morning sessions focused on: understanding the Sharing Economy; Trust, Licensing and reputation; and Competition, Consumer Protection and Regulation. The afternoon sessions focused on: Labour; Insurance; Taxation; and Municipal Planning and By-law issues.

As a former Acting Legal Director for the Ontario Ministry of Consumer Services, Mark was responsible for prosecutions under the provincial consumer protection laws and regulations. Mark’s experience with online technologies and e-commerce includes: participating in OECD-wide policy work on laws and regulations affecting e-commerce, acting as Chair, ICC Competition Commission Working Party on E-Commerce and Competition Policy, serving as an original ICANN domain name dispute resolution arbitrator for eResolution and WIPO and as Rapporteur of the Hague Conference on Private International Law Commission on Jurisdiction for Torts in Electronic Commerce.