Harry SK Tan 

Associate Professor 

Director of CAPTEL
Senior Fellow, IP Academy 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 


Email


prof@e-business-law.com

 

 

Address

Blk S3-01C-102 ,
Nanyang Business School
Nanyang Technological University
Nanyang Avenue,
Singapore 639798

 

 

Tel

(65) 67904630

 

 

Fax

(65) 67935189

 

 

Homepages

http://www.ByteLawyer.com and http://e-business-law.com

Weblog http://bytelaw.crimsonblog.com 

 

Education

BSocSci(Hons) Cl 2A Keele; LLM (Melb); Barrister (England & Wales)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Biography

Prof Harry Tan is the DIRECTOR of CAPTEL. He is an Associate Professor of Law at the Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University. He is the principal lecturer of the "E-Business: Law Policy & Strategy". He also developed and taught "Legal and Ethical Issues of Information Technology" course and co-teached the "Management & Resolution of Business Disputes" at the Nanyang Business School's MBA Programme. He jointly teaches the undergraduate course, Law of Information & Technology with Prof Steven Ang. He was also engaged by FORTUNE as the Editor for the "FORTUNE Reader's Guide Programme", a periodical that focuses on current business trends, case studies and issues for the business student. Prof Harry Tan was awarded the Fulbright Scholarship in 1999 by the Council of International Exchange of Scholars and the Fulbright Commission in Washington, US. He is also a Visiting Scholar at Berkeley Centre for Law & Technology at University of California, Berkeley, where he carried out his further research in the field of the Development of Law & Regulation of E-Commerce. Over the past five years, Prof Tan had been involved in advisory roles and conducting industry executive development programmes on management of legal risks in electronic commerce and information technology and consultant to local internet banks and law firms. He was also a member of the team of consultant led by Dr Toh that drafted laws for the Dubai Internet City and Dubai Port Authority. His current research interest is in the development of the law and regulation of Electronic Commerce and its impact on businesses. In addition to being a legal advisor to the Computer Centre at NTU, he is also the associate editor and web-master for the Asia Business Law Review.

 


Research Interests

 

Law, Regulation, Policy & Legal Issues of Electronic Commerce

Internet and Information Technology law Cybercrime & Security

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Selected Publications

Tan Soo Kiat, Harry, 2002, Electronic Negotiations - Offer and Acceptance, Legal Requirements and Incorporation of Terms, Computer Law & Security Report (United Kingdom). (Accepted for publication.)

Tan Soo Kiat, Harry, 2002, Electronic Transactions Regulation: Singapore, Computer Law & Security Report (United Kingdom), Vol. 18, No. 4, pp 272 - 277.

Tan Soo Kiat, Harry, 2002, Facilitating E-Commerce between ASEAN Countries: Standardisation of Legal Infrastructures or Access to the Laws?, THE ANNUAL E-ASEAN TASKFORCE CONFERENCE, Singapore.

Tan Soo Kiat, Harry, Amit Das, Soh Wai Lin, Christina, 2002, Essential InforComm Knowledge - An IMARC Seminar.

Tan Soo Kiat, Harry, 2002, E-Fraud: Current Trends and International Developments, Journal of Financial Crime (United Kingdom), Vol. 9, No. 4, pp 347 - 354.

Tan Soo Kiat, Harry, 2001, The Challenges of Auditing E-Business.

Tan Soo Kiat, Harry, 2001, FORTUNE MAGAZINE - FORTUNE READER'S GUIDE (NEWSLETTER)- a fortnightly newsletter authored from November 1998 to February 2001..

Tan Soo Kiat, Harry, 2001, New Technologies in Cybercrime and E-Fraud .

Toh See Kiat, Tan Soo Kiat, Harry, Tan Sin Liang, 2001, Drafting New E-Banking Laws for Foreign Government..

Tan Soo Kiat, Harry, 2001, Cases, Trends & Current International Developments in E-Fraud and Cybercrimes, Commercial Affairs Department Annual In-House Training 2001, Singapore.

Tan Soo Kiat, Harry, 2001, E-Business and Transactions Risks.

Tan Soo Kiat, Harry, 2000, E-Commerce & Financial Services in the 21st Century: Securing E-Business, Internet Banking, Fraud & Cybercrime.

Toh See Kiat, Tan Soo Kiat, Harry, Professor Abubakar Mahmud (Malaysia), 2000, Drafting new Electronic Commerce Legislation for a Foreign Government..

Toh See Kiat, Tan Soo Kiat, Harry, Abubakar Mahmud, 2000, Drafting New Computer Crime Legislation for a foreign government..

Tan Soo Kiat, Harry, 2000, New Amendment Bills to Modernise Censorship Laws, International Computer Law Observer (United Kingdom), Vol. 3, No. April 1998.

Tan Soo Kiat, Harry, 2000, 'Regulating Electronic Commerce Working Paper - Request for Comments on Electronic Transactions Act 1998' for InfoComm Development Authority of Singapore..

Tan Soo Kiat, Harry, 2000, Best Practices in Management of E-Business Legal Risks, IMARC Executive Summit 2000: Strategising & Implementing E-Commerce, Singapore.

Tan Soo Kiat, Harry, 1999, The Issues & Liabilities of the Millennium Date Change on Information Systems, Standard Chartered Bank & CREFS, Singapore.

Tan Soo Kiat, Harry, 1999, Development Policies & Opportunities in the Emerging Digital Economies of Asia, Stanford University Fall 1999 Public Lecture Series: The Transformation of R&D in East Asia and Japan, United States.

Tan Soo Kiat, Harry, 1999, Tan Peng Chin Information Technology Law Bulletin.

Tan Soo Kiat, Harry, 1999, Internet Banking: New Distribution Channel or the Future of Banking?, Standard Chartered Vank & CREFS Conference 1999, Singapore.

Tan Soo Kiat, Harry, 1998, Electronic Commerce for SMEs: Managing Change and Risks of E-Commerce, COMDEX ASIA 1998 - ECommerce for SMEs Conference, Singapore.

Tan Soo Kiat, Harry, 1998, Implementing ECommerce without Tears by managing the Hidden Legal Obstacles, Asia Pacific Conference on Business & Information Technology: Making Electronic Commerce Work 1998, Singapore.

Tan Soo Kiat, Harry, 1998, Corporate Tax Incentives for Adoption of Electronic Commerce Technologies, International Computer Law Observer (United Kingdom), Vol. 3, No. March 1998.

Tan Soo Kiat, Harry, 1998, Regulating the Internet: New industry guidelines and revision of Code of practice, International Computer Law Observer (United Kingdom), Vol. 2, No. Feb 1998.

Tan Soo Kiat, Harry, Fock Siew Tong, 1998, Environmental Risks in Project Financing: New Hazard for Lenders?, Asia Business Law Review (Singapore), Vol. 19, No. January 1998, pp 28 - 35.

Tan Soo Kiat, Harry, 1997, Electronic Commerce on the Internet: International Issues of Contracting Online, Asia Business Law Review (Singapore), Vol. 18, No. Oct 1997.

Tan Soo Kiat, Harry, 1997, Electronic Commerce on the Internet: Issues of Formation of Contract, Asia Business Law Review (Singapore), Vol. 17, No. July 1997.

Tan Soo Kiat, Harry, 1997, Electronic Commerce on the Internet: Proof & Evidence, Asia Business Law Review (Singapore), Vol. 16, No. April 1997.

Tan Soo Kiat, Harry, 1997, Electronic Commerce on the Internet: An Introduction, Asia Business Law Review (Singapore), Vol. 15, No. January 1997.

Tan Soo Kiat, Harry, 1996, The Businessman, His Lawyer and the Courts, Legal Aspects of Doing BUsiness in SIngapore, pp 297 - 327.

Lim-Lum Kit Wye, Gan Lay Hong, Pauline, Loo Wee Ling, Tan Soo Kiat, Harry, 1995, Cases and legislation update (JAN-1995), pp 73 - 77.

Lim-Lum Kit Wye, Gan Lay Hong, Pauline, Loo Wee Ling, Tan Soo Kiat, Harry, 1994, Cases and legislation update(OCT-1994), pp 56 - 61.

Lim-Lum Kit Wye, Gan Lay Hong, Pauline, Loo Wee Ling, Tan Soo Kiat, Harry, 1994, Cases and legislation update (JUL-1994), pp 65 - 71.

Tan Soo Kiat, Harry, 1988, Managing Debt Collection in Era of Financial Crisis, SNEF CEO FORUM, Singapore. (Accepted for presentation.)

Tan Soo Kiat, Harry, 1988, Singapore's Electronic Transactions Act - The Framework for Electronic Commerce, IBM E-Commerce Foundation Programme, Singapore. (Accepted for presentation.)

Tan Soo Kiat, Harry, 1988, Legal & Security Issues of Implementing ECommerce & New Technologies, SNEF CEO Forum, Singapore. (Accepted for presentation.)