Conference Day Two – Wednesday 8 March
Stream 2 – GOVERNMENT, SMART CONTRACTS & INDUSTRY
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08:30 | Welcome coffee
08:50 | Opening remarks from the Chair
Mick Motion-Wise, Technology Architect, Federal Government
TURNING POTENTIAL INTO REALITY – OVERCOMING OBSTACLES TO WIDE SPREAD BLOCKCHAIN ADOPTION
09:00 | INTERNATIONAL KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: Examining how the UK Government plan to use blockchain technology for delivering services
- Developing a vision for using the blockchain to improve the delivery of services
- Using distributed ledger technology to collect taxes, deliver benefits, issue passports, record land registries and assure the supply chain of goods
- Investing in research to ensure technology is robust and scalable
Andrea Siodmok, Deputy Director at the Cabinet Office, UK Government
09:30 | CASE STUDY: The Ledger Assets and Uproov story - finding blockchain solutions for real industry problems across medical, power, KYC, asset trading and settlement
- Creating an online service that verifies videos, photos and audio files taken on Smartphones in real-time and guarantees privacy
- Finding solutions on verify and store medical records
- Exploring commercial uses of this technology across law enforcement, government agencies, insurance companies and financial groups needing to prove identities
- Maintaining proof of integrity
Govert Van Ek, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Distributed Ledgers
10:00 | How blockchain can be used to create a smarter society to transform process, save costs and deliver exceptional service
• How could blockchain transform the Australian economy? Examining the latest research from Data 61
• Exploring use cases to transform society - using distributed ledger technology to collect taxes deliver benefits, issue passports, record land registries and assure the supply chain of goods
• Investing in research to ensure technology is robust and scalable and identify other challenges
Mark Staples, Principal Researcher, Data61
10:30 | Morning tea
MOVING FROM IDEAS TO REALITY – ANALYSING THE LATEST COMMERCIAL USES OF THE BLOCKCHAIN
INTERACTIVE DISRUPTORS SESSION
In this fast-paced session, these disruptors will showcase their blockchain projects and innovations across industry, discuss opportunities, examine challenges, and spark imaginations over how new ideas will disrupt traditional industry
11:00 | Revolutionising Democracy – upgrading the voting system|
Max Kaye, CTO and Co-founder, XO.1
11:15 | Securing the supply chain
Mark Toohey, Co-Founder, TBS x3
11:30 | Disrupting traditional law
Facilitator to be announced
11:45| A blockchain to disrupt the video industry
Tim Lea, Chief Executive Officer, Veredictum.io
12:00 | Disrupting traditional loans
Ruth Hatherley, Founder, Moneycatcha
12:15 | DISRUPTORS Q&A PANEL
The chance to table your questions to the panel of disruptors. All disruptors will join on stage for a Q&A session.
12:45 | Networking lunch
13:45 | Unlocking value, efficiencies and the potential of blockchain technology to transform Australia Post’s service provision
- Finding commercial and innovative applications for blockchain technologies Examining how Auspost will use blockchain innovations to disrupt the core and remain competitive
- Identifying a ubiquitous and highly adaptable identity solution that will prove sustainable into the future
- How blockchain technologies could save significant costs for Auspost
Rick Wingfield, Partner, Australia Post Accelerator
14:15 | Exploring the future of the Decentralized Autonomous Organisations and incontrovertible and self-policing smart contracts
- Learnings from DAOs to evolve open source code underpinning the ethereum platform – increasing “anti-fragility”, security and diligence to eliminate chance of future hacking
- How DAOs are expected to reshape organisational infrastructure, structures and professional roles
- The DAOs capacity to eradicate corruption and inefficiencies across corporations and government
- Will DAOs revolutionise ownership model and business model?
Hugo O’Connor, Head of Innovation, UnionD
14:45 | Afternoon tea
MERGED SESSION - INNOVATING ON THE BLOCKCHAIN, WHERE TO FROM HERE?
For these final sessions, both streams will re-join in the same room.
15:15 | LIVE DEMO: Rapidly testing different proofs of concepts to enable commercial innovations with blockchain technologies
- Building, testing and implementing intra-connectivity applications for emerging markets
- Moving beyond the experimental phase and consolidating ideas for production
- Using blockchains as a platform for future innovation
Joseph Lupin, Co-Founder, Ethereum and Consensys
15:45 | CRYSTAL BALL PANEL DISCUSSION: Anticipating how blockchain technologies will impact and shape a new public and private sector landscape
- Forecasting future opportunities across business, government and the everyday landscape
- Positioning your organisation to capture future opportunities by identifying the right blockchain platform and strategy to meet your needs
- What trends are anticipated for the next year and the next decade?
- Will increased digital distribution of data eradicate the need for humans, buildings and traditional financial service infrastructure?
Panel moderator:
John Riggins, Head of Operations, Asia Pacific, BTC Media
Panellists:
David Lawrence, Chief Operating Officer, Sydney Stock Exchange
Sam Lee, Chief Executive Officer, Blockchain Global
Timothy Pilgrim, Australian Information Commissioner
16:30 | Closing remarks from the Chair and drawing of lucky door prize!
16:40 | End of Day Two and close of the conference
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