Exploring Opportunities for Blockchain Technology in Financial Inclusion and Sustainable Development
Blockchain technology is slowly transforming how organizations conduct business. It helps establish and maintain a continuously growing record of transactions, called distributed ledgers, that can be linked and distributed among a network of participants. While blockchain is now used successfully in bitcoin digital currency, it can also potentially assist non-financial sectors such as governance, healthcare, cyber security, and automobiles, among others. This learning event aims to increase participants' awareness and understanding on blockchain to enable them to pursue projects using this new technology to foster inclusion and sustainable development.
Date | Session / Activity | Presentation Material | Speaker(s) |
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23 May 2018 | Welcome Remarks | ||
23 May 2018 | Session 1 |
Blockchain Foundations Many people are talking about blockchain but many still do not understand what it is and how it works. Blockchain, a distributed database that contains... |
Nicholas Giurietto |
23 May 2018 | Session 1 |
Video: Blockchain Foundations This video provides a detailed description of Blockchain, a distributed database that contains blocks of timestamped transactions linked together in a... |
Nicholas Giurietto |
23 May 2018 | Session 2 |
Self Sovereign Identity: Converging Forces, Challenges and Opportunities Self sovereign identity is a system for user control of personal information. It requires consent to sharedata with third parties and a web of signed ... |
Hugo OConnor |
23 May 2018 | Session 2 |
Video: Self Sovereign Identity-Converging Forces, Challenges and Opportunities This session video discusses self sovereign identity,a system for user control of personal information. Ittraces the roots of identity and how technology... |
Hugo OConnor |
23 May 2018 | Session 3 |
Partnering with Regulators and Government to Drive Blockchain Adoption TheAustralian Digital Commerce Association(ADCA) is the industry body that represents Australian businesses participating in the digital economy through... |
Nicholas Giurietto |
23 May 2018 | Session 3 |
Video: Partnering with Regulators and Government to Drive Blockchain Adoption This session video shares ADCA's journey, including how it assisted government in 2016, when it prioritizedcountering money laundering and terrorism financing... |
Nicholas Giurietto |
23 May 2018 | Session 4 |
Cyber Security and Blockchain Innovation Blockchain can be considered secure but the way it is implemented may not be secure. Many companies fall short in this regard, as many do not have a security... |
Trevor Lees |
23 May 2018 | Stream 1 | Money Remittance and Social Transfers | Ron Tucker, BitTrade Labs |
23 May 2018 | Stream 1 |
Health Care Blockchain offers many advantages when applied not just in business transactions, but in health care, too. It can faciliate remote consultations with ... |
Tal Rapke |
23 May 2018 | Stream 1 |
Video: Health Care This session video discusses how blockchain can facilitate the provision of quality and confidential health care. |
Tal Rapke |
23 May 2018 | Stream 1 |
Blockchain Infrastructure for Capital Markets Blockchain is highly advantageous to capital markets. It offers a centralized record of financial data and transactions while removing the need for intermediaries... |
John Pellew |
23 May 2018 | Stream 1 |
Video: Blockchain Infrastructure for Capital Markets This session video discusses how blockchain can help organizations increase efficiency, reduce costs, and increase revenues. |
John Pellew |
23 May 2018 | Stream 2 |
Blockchain in Government Land Titles and Registries Government transactions are often large-scale and far-reaching, and most of them are paper-based. Traditional transaction methods can be costly, time-... |
Katrina Donaghy |
23 May 2018 | Stream 2 |
Video: Blockchain in Government Land Titles and Registries This session video compares the pros and cons of using traditional transaction methods and blockchain technology. |
Katrina Donaghy |
23 May 2018 | Stream 2 |
Blockchain: Agriculture Value Chain and Food Safety Food supply chains today have grown bigger and more complex. Blockchain offers ways farmers, buyers, and consumers can benefit from faster transactions... |
Bridie Ohlsson |
23 May 2018 | Stream 2 |
Video: Blockchain-Agriculture Value Chain and Food Safety This session video tackles how blockchaincan shape the future of commodities. |
Bridie Ohlsson |
23 May 2018 | Stream 2 |
Blockchain Solutions for the Global Supply Chain Food chains have become fragmented and increasingly complex globally. Issues such as food fraud have arose that fraudulently change productcomposition... |
Pieter Vandevelde |
23 May 2018 | Stream 2 |
Blockchain Solutions for the Global Supply Chain Blockchain technology can help address issues that make global food chains fragmented and increasingly complex. This learning event aims to increase ... |
Pieter Vandevelde |
23 May 2018 | Opportunity Scoping | Facilitated Discussion with ADB Staff on Potential Opportunities | |
23 May 2018 | Conclusion |