Blockchain Platforms & Strategies 2019

The blockchain technology landscape is complex & ever-changing. Meanwhile, customers can get confused, & want someone else to determine which one is Betamax and which one is VHS. Yet thanks to open source licensing & the rise of professionally managed multivendor open source communities, that terrible choice can instead be a wonderful array of interchangeable options, running the gamut from innovative & experimental to rock-solid production quality. Come here Hyperledger’s take on why true interoperability isn’t simply about everyone using the same protocol.

A journey through 3 platforms:
o Advance distributed energy
o Emissions tracking
o Efficiencies in the supply chain

• What competencies can blockchain technology deliver to business?
• Implementing a successful strategy
• What other hurdles must be overcome for full adoption?
• The race towards Interoperability

• C.A.S.E: Connected – Autonomous – Software/Services – Electric. The Future Scenario of automotive and mobility
• Decentralized economies – conglomeration of the nimble
• Blockchain/DLT – the P2P end-to-end, real-time financial transaction platform
  –>counting the money
• IoT and the connected car
  –> trusted data sources and autonomous payments
• Connecting the dots – Working on the ecosystem
  –> BW – SouthWest: where intelligent manufacturing meets software and services

The digital revolution is here & digitalisation is at the heart of transformation for many countries, what is the case for emerging markets?

Can Blockchain spur growth & what solutions are in place to enable successful delivery of sustainable development goals?

Learn about how IBM blockchain is used for Energy Transition, Foodtrust, how cars end up on the Blockchain and much more.
Frans Kempen will touch blockchain examples such as TenneT, ERG, Vinturas, we.trade and IBM Foodtrust to provide insight on how these solutions
developed, which ecosystems are scaling up and bring broad adoption of blockchain in Europe

• Challenges blockchain technology presents for legislators & governments
• The establishment of regulation & standards for interoperable blockchains – case examples
• How will these address issues blockchain technology may present?
• Examining the regulation & compliance challenges of deploying blockchain technologies across industry
• How, What, When – Strategic & regulatory hurdles to overcome

In its infancy, cryptocurrency can be a dirty word in the minds of enterprise leaders. Riddled with connotations of black markets and idioms of ‘blockchain not bitcoin’ in offices globally. Since then, decentralized, public ledgers have continued to capture the mind of developers while 59% of executives view the technology as being an existential threat to their business. In this talk we’ll cover how enterprises are becoming comfortable with cryptocurrency and public ledgers to fend off disruption and fuel innovation.

• The attributes of blockchain that lend it perfectly to social projects, campaigns, fundraising & voting
• Blockchain to fight poverty, war & environmental sustainability
• Public sector & government issues being addressed
• Enabling the new digital society to actually make an impact