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Public-Private Partnerships and Smart Technologies for Water Sector Development - Summary of the Proceedings (English)

5 July 2018
The report provides a summary of the proceedings and discussion points resulting from a two-day workshop in Tashkent, Republic of Uzbekistan.

Public-Private Partnerships and Smart Technologies for Water Sector Development - Summary of the Proceedings (Russian)

5 July 2018
The report provides a summary of the proceedings and discussion points resulting from a two-day workshop in Tashkent, Republic of Uzbekistan.

Flood Protection Programme

18 June 2018
The Netherlands gives high priority to flood protection. Its regional water authorities and Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, through the Rijkswaterstaat, work together to implement the Dutch Flood Protection Program. It currently runs 79 state-of-the-art projects and seven…

Financing of Water Programmes in the Netherlands

18 June 2018
The Netherlands has long been challenged by severe flooding because half of the country is below sea-level and three major rivers converge in it. To protect the country from floods, the government began building the "Delta Works" in 1954. Its final piece, the Maeslant storm surge barrier, was…

Partnering with Regulators and Government to Drive Blockchain Adoption

23 May 2018
The Australian Digital Commerce Association (ADCA) is the industry body that represents Australian businesses participating in the digital economy through blockchain technology. This presentation shares ADCA's journey, including how it assisted government in 2016, when it prioritized countering…

Cyber Security and Blockchain Innovation

23 May 2018
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 plan for data confidentiality and integrity. Moreover, cybersecurity is always evolving. Companies must prioritize a cybersecurity plan to…

Health Care

23 May 2018
Blockchain offers many advantages when applied not just in business transactions, but in health care, too. It can faciliate remote consultations with globally accessible health records. It can also offer remote diagnosis of people's conditions. This presentation discusses how blockchain can…

Video: Blockchain Foundations

23 May 2018
This video provides a detailed description of Blockchain, a distributed database that contains blocks of timestamped transactions linked together in a continuous chain.

Video: Self Sovereign Identity-Converging Forces, Challenges and Opportunities

23 May 2018
This session video discusses self sovereign identity, a system for user control of personal information. It traces the roots of identity and how technology has changed its uses and application in various types of transactions.

Video: Partnering with Regulators and Government to Drive Blockchain Adoption

23 May 2018
This session video shares ADCA's journey, including how it assisted government in 2016, when it prioritized countering money laundering and terrorism financing.