Alex Ivančo

Alex Ivančo

Institute of State and Law of the Czech Academy of Sciences

JUDr. Alex Ivančo, Ph.D. gained more than ten years of experience in the international law, working as the Head of the International Law Unit at the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic, and for the Czech Trade Promotion Agency in São Paulo, Brazil. He was also responsible for the implementation of OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises before recently joining the Ministry of Finance as a Director of the Financial Market Supervision Department. He holds a Ph.D. in Law from Charles University and is especially interested in dispute resolution outside of the formal state-sponsored judicial systems, design of dispute resolution systems and the use of modern technologies. He initiated discussions in UNIDROIT and UNCITRAL on global harmonization of legal framework for artificial intelligence and smart contracts.