ACS SA & Adelaide Blockchain present:
"The Evolution of Blockchain"
Auditorium, SAHMRI Building, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, 5000
Mon 20 May 2019 05:30 PM ACST
Duration: 2.0 hours
Register by Sun 19 May 2019 05:00 PM ACST
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CPD Hours: 2
Skills Level: Emerging technology monitoring (EMRG) -> Level 5
About this event
Join us at our May Branch Forum as we take a deeper dive into the era of Blockchain - where it has come from and where is it headed?
How does a new technology evolve?
From its origins as the seed of digital currency, blockchain has become a catalyst for change in a vast range of industries. Having spread to the agricultural, seafood and energy industries, and into goverment and business operations, to name a few - much of its potential remains untapped.
Join ACS SA and Adelaide Blockchain over drinks and nibbles as we discuss the evolution of blockchain: where it has been and where it is going.
Agenda:
5:30pm Registrations
6pm: ACS Future of Blockchain Report Launch
6:15 pm: Panel Discussion
7:15 pm Networking
Meet our Panellists:
Hugh Rutherford, IBM
Susan Corbisiero, ADCA
Riaz Esmalizadeh, CMU
Mike Scott, Nona Digital
Special Guest: Dr Vincent Grimaldi - Launching: The ACS Technical White Paper - Blockchain Challenges for Australia
A limited number of hard copies of the report will be made available to attendees.
**Please note: this event may be recorded**
How does a new technology evolve?
From its origins as the seed of digital currency, blockchain has become a catalyst for change in a vast range of industries. Having spread to the agricultural, seafood and energy industries, and into goverment and business operations, to name a few - much of its potential remains untapped.
Join ACS SA and Adelaide Blockchain over drinks and nibbles as we discuss the evolution of blockchain: where it has been and where it is going.
Agenda:
5:30pm Registrations
6pm: ACS Future of Blockchain Report Launch
6:15 pm: Panel Discussion
7:15 pm Networking
Meet our Panellists:
Hugh Rutherford, IBM
Susan Corbisiero, ADCA
Riaz Esmalizadeh, CMU
Mike Scott, Nona Digital
Special Guest: Dr Vincent Grimaldi - Launching: The ACS Technical White Paper - Blockchain Challenges for Australia
A limited number of hard copies of the report will be made available to attendees.
**Please note: this event may be recorded**
Speakers
Keynote Speaker
Vincent Gramoli
Vincent Gramoli is the Head of the Concurrent Systems Research Group at the University of Sydney and a Senior Researcher at Data61-CSIRO.He received his PhD from University of Rennes and his Habilitation from UPMC Sorbonne University in France. Prior to this, he was affiliated with INRIA, University of Connecticut, Cornell University, University of Neuchâtel, EPFL and NICTA. His research interest spans distributed systems and security and his group recently designed the Red Belly Blockchain, a blockchain that does not fork and achieves unprecedented performance.
Panellist
Hugh Rutherford
How will blockchain influence current and future industries? And how will these industries influence the development of blockchain?
Our first panellist, Hugh Rutherford, will share his insights from working with a broad range of industries.
Hugh is Software Engagement Leader at IBM in Adelaide. Hugh sells strategic software solutions and has over 15 years of international experience across a range of industry verticals including healthcare, financial, government, commercial, and ICT. Hugh has also published on the topic of Big Data.
Panellist
Riaz Esmailzadeh
How might blockchain impact telecommunications? How can businesses remain flexible enough to ride this growing wave of innovation?
Professor Riaz Esmailzadeh, will share his expertise in IT management and telecommunications. Professor Esmailzadeh is Teaching Professor of Management of IT at Carnegie Mellon University. His 30 years of telecommunications experience ranges from publishing on broadband technologies, to teaching topics relating to IT-based entrepreneurship, to being an expert witness in the Apple v Samsung trial at the Federal Court of Australia. He has over 12 years’ experience conducting research and development activities which led to the filing of over 40 patents for various companies including Hitachi, and IPMobile in Japan, and Ericsson Radio Systems AB in Sweden.
Professor Riaz Esmailzadeh, will share his expertise in IT management and telecommunications. Professor Esmailzadeh is Teaching Professor of Management of IT at Carnegie Mellon University. His 30 years of telecommunications experience ranges from publishing on broadband technologies, to teaching topics relating to IT-based entrepreneurship, to being an expert witness in the Apple v Samsung trial at the Federal Court of Australia. He has over 12 years’ experience conducting research and development activities which led to the filing of over 40 patents for various companies including Hitachi, and IPMobile in Japan, and Ericsson Radio Systems AB in Sweden.
Panellist
Susan Corbisiero
Susan Corbisiero is Trade Commissioner and Post Manager of the East China region with Austrade in Shanghai. Susan also leads the Financial Services team, focusing on emerging opportunities in Fintech. She instigated the promotion of Australian blockchain capability in market, driving delivery of Australian Blockchain missions to China in partnership with ADCA in 2017 and 2018.
Panellist
Mike Scott
Mike Scott, CEO and co-founder of NONA, is in the business of building businesses, entrepreneurship, and strategy. He’s extremely passionate about blockchain and cryptocurrencies, and looking at ways to develop these ideas into something tangible for the industry.
MC
Barbara Vrettos
Barbara is the South Australian President of The Legal Forecast and also on the board of Adelaide Blockchain. She has recently undertaken her law honours thesis in blockchain, the ASX and the role of trust in a blockchain world. She is particularly interested in the opportunities and challenges that blockchain technology brings from a legal perspective.
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