Conference Day Two: Wednesday, 21 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 CASE STUDY: CBA’s use of Blockchain to Automate the Whole Process of Transporting 88 Bales of Cotton from China to the USA
US$ 4 trillion is the approximate size of the
Trade-finance industry. CommonWealth Bank
has carried out an experiment by transporting
88 bales of cotton from Chinese port of
Qingdao to Houston. Speaker from CAB will
highlight about:
- Functioning and mechanism involved behind the whole experiment
- The key hurdles faced while deploying and during the experiment
- How smart contracts were used in the process
9:50 am - 10:30 am CASE STUDY: Using Blockchain to Solve an Age Old Problem in the Hotel Supply and Distribution Business
The Hotel and Travel industry is a multi-billion
dollar industry and one of the most
competitive in the world. Getting an edge over
your competitor is a key advantage in this
industry and helps gain the market share.
Webjet’s head of technology will speak about:
- What the solution is and how it is helping them
- Processes they went through to validate which technology solution is appropriate
- Their work on evolving set of technologies
- Key take-away from the whole process
10:30 am - 11:00 am Speed Networking
11:00 am - 11:30 am Morning Tea
11:30 am - 12:10 pm CASE STUDY: How Sydney Stock Exchange used a Blockchain Registry to Automate and Eradicate the Clearing Processes
One of the key benefits of blockchain is speed
during registry process. Some time consuming
processes, such as water clearance and equity
market, which both take 30 days and 3 days respectively to be cleared, can be reduced
to less than 10 minutes due to blockchain
registry. Lorretta Joseph from Sydney stock
exchange will speak about the:
- Challenges faced around regulations, corporation desk and technology
- Experience with developing and implementing the first prototype exchange
- Key things learnt while carrying out the whole process and next steps regarding the project
12:10 pm - 12:50 pm CASE STUDY: Blockchain Beyond Finance: Permit Parking on the Blockchain - A Public Sector Experiment
Blockchain will enable peer to peer markets in
surprising spaces, outside of the traditional
financial industries. Working with City of
Melbourne, Civic Ledger are enabling citizens to
trade parking entitlements via Blockchain
technology, and change the way we look at
parking entitlements.
City of Melbourne
- Digitise things of value
- Challenging the traditional models; should prices be fixed?
- Reducing fraud and counterfeiting
- Social challenges with parking
- Is parking just the start?
Daniela Mazzone
Principal Lead: IT Capability & Partnerships| Technology ServicesCity of Melbourne
12:50 pm - 1:50 pm Lunch Break
1:50 pm - 2:30 pm Increase the Scale of the Blockchain Network to Unlock the Potential of Blockchain Based Applications
Blockchain strength highly depends on the size
of the network. As the number of parties
involved in the system will be limited, so will be
the scope and the usability of the whole
system. The speaker will speak about the:
- Mechanism behind what makes the network so important
- The advantages of a blockchain with the maximum number of parties involved
- Affect on security with the increase and decrease of the size of the network
2:30 pm - 3:10 pm PANEL DISCUSSION: Addressing Blockchain’s Key Security Concerns
The recent $64 million hack of the second most
valuable currency after bitcoin, has caused
many people to think twice about the security
of the blockchain system. This session will
include a panel discussion with blockchain
experts and professionals developing and
implementing blockchain in their workplace.
This session will help in understanding:
- Difference between the theory and practicalities surrounding security
- Experts view on the present and future state of security as compared to the professionals view
3:10 pm - 3:40 pm Afternoon Tea
3:40 pm - 4:20 pm A Critical View on Blockchain’s Future
A lot of research, development and
implementation are being carried out in the
Blockchain space at the moment. Looking at
the significant and rapid progress of blockchain
during the past few years and with the huge
investments being carried out, its progress
looks to be highly positive. This session will include a panel discussion with the industry
experts, government officials and blockchain
experts. The session will aim to:
- Reflect on the future projects of blockchain
- Discuss about the direction in which the industry in moving
- Technological developments in the blockchain space
- New platforms being developed
4:20 pm - 5:00 pm Solutions Clinic
Solutions clinics are designed to give
participants strategies and tools to deal with
their most pressing challenges.
The room will split into tables where each
table member will share their biggest challenge
before collectively deciding which issue to
investigate in more detail. The table will then
elect a facilitator/note taker who will record the
topic being explored and the ideas of the table.
After 40 minutes of discussion, the facilitator
of each table will then report back to the rest
of the audience their problem and potential
solutions.
Finally, IQPC will compile the information
collected into a document that will be shared
with delegates post event.