Conference Day One – Tuesday 7 March 2017
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08:15 | Registration and welcome coffee
08:50 | Opening remarks from the Chair
Nick Giurietto, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Digital Currency & Commerce Association
UNDERSTANDING THE BLOCKCHAIN AND ITS POTENTIAL
09:00 | INTERNATIONAL KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: Harnessing the opportunities arising from blockchain and smart contracts
- Identifying new opportunities arising from smart contracts
- Examining the latest real-world applications for smart contracts beyond regulatory compliance, product traceability and service management
- Enabling trustless business with smart contracts
- Examining whether regulated institutions using smart contracts should have a “kill switch”
Joseph Lubin, Co-Founder, Ethereum & ConsenSys
09:40 | LIVE DEMO: The design principles underpinning blockchain technology and overcoming the constraints of widespread adoption
- How does the trust protocol underpin the blockchain and allow privacy, automation and auditability?
- Overcoming the challenges of scalability and latency
- Examining the design challenges imposing barriers to widespread blockchain adoption including: network integrity, distributed power, value as incentive, security, privacy, rights preserved and inclusion
- Investigating limitations to blockchain infrastructure and processing speed
Nick Addison, Chief Technology Officer, Finhaus Labs
10:10 | Making blockchain real for businesses
- Exploring two real global use cases to understand how they are using Blockchain to transform their businesses, lessons learned and next steps
- Key considerations for enterprises to take note of when approaching Blockchain solutions
Richard Davies, Blockchain Technical Lead, IBM
10:30 | Morning tea
11:00 | PANEL DISCUSSION: Imagining new industry opportunities and frontiers, and positioning organisation to leverage blockchain technology
- Exploring possible use cases across a range of industries and how they will enhance traditional process
- Discussing big business strategy to commercialise the blockchain to remain competitive in a time of disruption
- Examining the inelasticity of the proof-of work protocol that ensures immutability – can this be altered to reduce costs and commercialise the blockchain, or is it just a ‘distributed ledger’?
Panel moderator:
Nick Giurietto, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Digital Currency & Commerce Association
Panellists:
Stuart Fuller, Partner, Banking and Finance, King & Wood Mallesons
Michael Eidel, Executive General Manager Cash-flow & Transaction Services, Commonwealth Bank
Andrea Siodmok, Deputy Director at the Cabinet Office, UK Government
REVOLUTIONISING AND TRANSFORMING THE TRADITIONAL ORGANISATION
11:40 | CASE STUDY: How the blockchain is expected to disrupt the law profession and demand a uniquely skilled workforce
- Examining the impact for lawyers and the need for the law profession if smart contracts remove all ambiguity
- Seizing opportunities in markets shaped by smart contracts
- Developing new capabilities and building new skills across the workforce to stay relevant in the law profession
- Are the coders of today the lawyers of the future, and algorithms and protocols the constitution of future society?
Sam Nickless, Chief Operating Officer, Gilbert + Tobin
12:10 | Networking Lunch
INTERACTIVE DISRUPTORS SESSION:
In this fast-paced session, three Australian disruptors will showcase their blockchain projects and innovations, discuss opportunities, examine challenges, and explore how their innovations will disrupt traditional industry
13:10 | Disrupting government delivery of services
Lucas Cullen, Chief Technical Officer and Co-Founder, Civic Ledger
13:25 | From plate to paddock – disrupting agriculture
Emma Weston, Chief Executive Officer, Full Profile (Winner of Westpac’s BlockHack16)
13:40 | Disrupting global freight
Julian Smith, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Blockfreight
13:55 | Disruptors Q&A panel
The chance to table your questions to a panel of disruptors. All disruptors will join on stage for a Q&A session.
17:15 | INTERNATIONAL KEYNOTE PANEL DISCUSSION: Blockchain globally – what are major regulatory and interoperability challenges and how can they be overcome?
Panel moderator:
Wyatt Roy, Managing Director, Australia, Afiniti
Panellists:
Chami Akmeemana, Director, ConsenSys, Fintech Adviser, Ontario Securities Commission
Liming Zhu, Research Director of Software and Computational Systems Research Program, Data 61
Ayako Miyaguchi, Managing Director, Japan, Kraken
Loretta Joseph, Advisor, Sydney Stock Exchange, Director, BlackCitrus, Advisor, Brightbridge Capital (India)
John Pellew, Chief Executive Officer, Othera
15:00 | Afternoon tea
15:30 | Permissioned vs permissionless blockchains - whose winning and how might it play out?
- Identifying the limitations of permissioned and permissionless blockchains
- Leveraging the decentralised and trustless nature of blockchains
- Commercialising proof of work on a permissionless blockchain
- Examining innovations across both permissioned and permissionless blockchains
Simon Cant, Managing Director and Founder, Reinventure
DESIGNING APPROPRIATE REGULATION AND OVERCOMING ISSUES OF PRIVACY, SECURITY AND FRAGMENTATION
16:10 | PANEL DISCUSSION: Addressing the challenges, issues and concerns raised by regulators and building an effective regulatory framework
- Exploring and overcoming existing challenges holding industry back from widespread adoption
- What regulatory framework is needed to support blockchain technology in organisations?
- Industries responsibility to develop strong risk management framework and have effective internal controls over open source technologies
- Discussing the advantages and limitations of a highly regulatory framework
Panel moderator:
Nick Giurietto, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Digital Currency & Commerce Association
Panellists:
Bronwyn Evans, Chief Executive Officer, Standards Australia
Sheree Ip, Legal and Compliance, Ledger Assets
Paul Derham, Partner, Holley Nethercote/Compact
Bradley Brown, National Manager Strategic Intelligence and Policy, AUSTRAC
17:00 | Closing remarks from the Chair
17:10 | Close of Day One and networking drinks
18:30 | Official event dinner
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