Conference Day One: Tuesday, 20 June 2017
8:30 am - 9:00 am Coffee and Registration
9:00 am - 9:10 am Conference Opening – Remarks from the Conference Chairperson
9:10 am - 9:50 am Understanding Blockchain and its Potential to Make your Business Cost and Time Effective
Many of us still think of blockchain to be
bitcoins. But, is that really true? Tim Lea will
shed some light on what blockchain is capable
of and the extent of its scalability. He will give
an overview of the current state of blockchain
industry and the direction in which it is
heading. The session will also include:
- Current technologies, major developments in blockchain technologies and their efficiency
- Barriers to entry for blockchain technologies
- Global use cases and challenges to its adoption
9:50 am - 10:30 am PANEL DISCUSSION: Leveraging Smart Contracts to Reduce Administration, Transactional and Legal costs
Smart contracts represent both a potential
disruption and an opportunity for innovation
for the legal industry. Smart contracts make
the need of an intermediary authority obsolete,
while carrying out a contract. This session will
focus on:
- Understanding the mechanism behind the working of smart contracts
- Its potential affect on the current systems
- Potential techniques to keep pace with the technology
- Benefits if the smart contracts technology is adopted
10:30 am - 11:00 am Speed Networking
11:00 am - 11:30 am Morning Tea
11:30 am - 12:10 pm PANEL DISCUSSION: Which Industries will be Most Impacted by Blockchain?
This discussion will feature people with
different disruptive applications on blockchain
and include representatives from commodity
market, freight transport, bitcoins, legal
industry and finance. They will discuss:
- Different challenges their respective industries are facing and what challenges are broadly same throughout the industry
- The key lessons they have learnt from their respective projects and how it could be helpful to other blockchain project
- The next steps, for their respective projects and as an industry as whole
12:10 pm - 12:50 pm After the Hype: How Blockchain is Transforming Financial Services
Blockchain got its start in the Financial Services
sector and generated much excitement
because of the promise to disrupt the
incumbent banks business models - particularly
across the bank’s back office functions. In
this session we will hear about how a leading
global financial services giant is preparing for
the future with blockchain technology and will
speak about:
- Current projects such as UBS Smart Bond and Utility Settlement Coin
- Challenges faced with development and implementation and possible solutions to the issues faced
- The next steps and how Blockchain’s future looks from the bank’s perspective
12:50 pm - 1:50 pm Lunch Break
1:50 pm - 2:30 pm PANEL DISCUSSION: Blockchain Innovations in the Payment Industry
The Bitcoin payment system was the first and
most prominent blockchain innovation.
What does the regulatory and commercial
history surrounding Bitcoin tell us about the
prospects for other blockchain-based peer-topeer
electronic payment systems? This session
will include:
- Solving the "double spending" problem without a central payment intermediary
- Addressing identity and security issues
- Australian anti-money laundering and counter terrorism financing issues
- Australian financial services industry regulatory issues
- A government-issued blockchain based currency?
2:30 pm - 3:10 pm Faster, Cheaper, Better: BlockChain as an Enabler to Identity Verification
One of the most useful applications of
blockchain is the concept of “Identity”.
Blockchain can be used to uniquely store
all this data, with a high level of security. This
can empower consumers to manage their data
and whom they share it with. Cindy will speak
about the:
- The changing landscape of Digital Identity Verification
- Key advantages of Blockchain over other available tools
- Privacy and Security
- Disruptive changes and Consumer Experience
3:10 pm - 3:40 pm Afternoon Tea
3:40 pm - 4:20 pm CASE STUDY: Using Supply Chain Finance to Minimise Settlement Period
One of the blockchain’s other applications is
in the commodity market. Emma Weston, Full
Profile’s CEO, Emma Weston will speak about how her firm’s commodity management
solution is helping various parties involved in
the industry. Her session will include:
- Advantages of commodity management SaaS solutions to brokers and buyers and other supply chain participants
- Developing an alternative supply chain finance solution
- Eliminating counter party risk and credit from the farmer forward
- Providing live transaction reporting and data rich payments
4:20 pm - 5:10 pm PANEL DISCUSSION: Developing an Effective Regulatory Framework for Blockchain to Achieve its Full Potential
Regulation will struggle to keep pace with the
technical and business model innovation
driven by Blockchain. How can Australian
industry and regulators best work together
to facilitate Blockchain innovation while
maintaining appropriate safeguards? How
does Australia stack up compared to other
jurisdictions around the world?
