Blockchain & Innovation Mentoring Lab

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Yaz Khoury Director of Developer Relations at the Ethereum Classic Cooperative walk through the Ethereum Stack

Yaz Khoury BIO

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Virtual Panel + Q&A

Moderator: Laura Spinaci

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Where blockchain can play a role in this worldwide crisis we are leaving. 

Read the article on Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/worldwide-economic-crisis-does-still-make-sense-work-laura/

BIO Laura Spinaci

Digital & IT Transformation | Executives Advisor | Blockchain & Innovation Mentoring Lab Founder

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We spoke about his research on IoT identities and open blockchain and challenges that are meant to be sorted out through it.

BIO Youakim Badr

Dr. Youakim Badr is Associate Professor at Pennsylvania State University. Along the way of his research activities, Dr. Badr has worked extensively in the area of service computing and information security. His research interests lie primarily in the area of designing and deploying “smart” and “secure” connected devices and services for the Internet of Things. In particular, he conducts research activities on the integration of data analytic capabilities at the edge of the Internet of Things (Edge Machine Learning) to make the Internet of Things smarter from the flood of data generated by connected devices. In addition, he focuses on blockchain technologies to build decentralized digital identities and access controls for IoT devices and enabling user-centric security in decentralized domains and dynamic environments.

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We spoke about his research about IoT and DLT as a service. The IoT challenges and how blockchain can help to improve the security between IoT devices exchanging data, the technologies have been used, and the go-to-market approach and main challenges

Dragan Boscovic BIO

Seasoned ITC industry executive and senior technology expert with proven track record in conceiving strategies and managing development, investment and innovation efforts as related to advanced technologies, products and mobile services. Based on extensive international experience uniquely positioned to release latent potentials and extract value within a global operation. Lateral thinker with broad exposure to different information and communication technologies/systems and very comfortable with attacking complex and multifaceted problems. Currently leading a consortium of four private companies that bring together their Security, wireless SDN, BigData Analytics and Interactive Video solutions, competencies and technology enablers to jointly address new business opportunities as related to Smart Cities, Smart Energy/Grid and Smart Health applications and services.

Specialties: Dragan has a wealth of experience that ranges across broad domains (RF and numerical electromagnetic, wireless systems and IP networks, a configuration of devices and system management, HW and SW architectures, blockchain data structures, data analytics, media delivery ….).  Moreover, his experience spans academia (University of Bath, University of Novi Sad, Stanford University, Arizona State University), consultancy work to VC industry and general management experience acquired while serving Motorola business and corporate interests in Europe and USA ……

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Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/draganboscovic/

https://asu.pure.elsevier.com/en/persons/dragan-boscovic/projects/

ChainRider (offers an ecosystem of tools and services built around public and private blockchain which helps you prototype and builds proprietary applications on the blockchain in a fast and simple) https://chainrider.io/

https://asu.pure.elsevier.com/en/publications/conceptualizing-a-collaboration-framework-between-blockchain-tech

https://asu.pure.elsevier.com/en/publications/hyperledger-fabric-blockchain-as-a-service-for-the-iot-proof-of-c

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Hablamos sobre diferentes tecnologías de blockchain públicas y privadas y las diferencias entre Hyperledger, Quorum, IPFS, Interledger. También hablamos sobre los desafíos regulatorios y la necesidad de continuar educando a las empresas sobre qué usar blockchain y casos de uso.

BIO

Nací un día del año 1974. Cuando tenía 11 años, fui al cine a ver "Juegos de Guerra", y desde entonces supe lo que quería hacer en mi vida: trabajar con ordenadores. A los 13 años me escapaba al Corte Inglés para usar los ordenadores de muestra y hacer algún programilla en Basic. Tuve mi primer ordenador a los 14 años, un Amstrad CPC 464, que junto revistas de la época, MicroHobby sobre todo,  me entretenía más programando que mirando durante media hora como se cargaba un juego. Fue así como descubrí a lo que quería dedicarme de mayor: a realizar programas que resolvieran problemas, la parte de interface de usuario no me interesaba, si no había resultados que mostrar, no sería necesario mostrarlos. En aquella época el pensamiento era ese: los ordenadores servían para solucionar problemas complejos y no para mostrar datos con un diseño espectacular. Así que, desde muy pequeño, tuve una visión clara de qué quería ser y, con ese objetivo en mente, empecé a estudiar de forma autodidacta diferentes lenguajes de programación y posteriormente, finalizar las Ing. Informática Gestión, Ing. Informática Sistemas, Ing. Telecomunicaciones y Licenciatura de Matemáticas.

Mi vida laboral empezó de muy joven, a los 16 años en una pequeña empresa que montaba ordenadores PC a medida. Luego llegó mi primer proyecto freelance para programar la web de una empresa, efecto 2000 y cambio a Euro programando en COBOL, proyectos en JAVA 1.4 hasta JAVA 8 y finalmente, desde el año 2015, con tecnología blockchain y lenguaje de programación GO.

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EPISODE SUM UP:

At the EU Blockchain Congress in Barcelona where Scott spoke about the DLT

Projects being run within ING. We discussed their work in research, specifically enhancing privacy through the use of Zero-Knowledge Proofs, and their application in the context of blockchain. He also introduced projects like Komgo, a trade commodity finance solution already live in production, as well ING’s focus on driving further DLT initiatives to production this year.

Scott King BIO:

Product Manager within ING’s Distributed Ledger Technology Team, a large area of Scott’s focus at ING has been from a research perspective, exploring topics key to DLT development and adoption. One of the key areas within this has been ING’s work on addressing privacy on DLT, through the use of Zero-Knowledge Proofs.

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At the EU Blockchain Congress in Barcelona, we spoke about the overlap between blockchain and IoT,  as an example Azure FarmBeats a business-to-business offering available in Azure Marketplace where customers and partners can collaborate together.

Pradipa Karbhari bio:

IT and Business Operations/Strategy Leader with expertise in the following areas:

• Enabling the Azure Onboarding of startups and partners across various industries/technologies

• Architecting for the Cloud, Edge, Hybrid Scenarios leveraging AI/ML/IoT/Big Data/Analytics/Blockchain

• Managing Global Cross-Functional teams

• Supply Chain Program Management/Consulting, Multi-Phased Roadmaps

• Speaking at International Conferences, Roadshows, Partner Events

She manages a team that works closely with startups and partners across various technologies and industry verticals. Providing business and technical leadership in enabling our partners' strategic onboarding journey and migration to Azure, and getting published on our cloud marketplace. Creating differentiated and enhanced partner experiences by providing an end-to-end white-glove experience through seamless collaboration with category management leaders, product engineering, sales & marketing, and industry stakeholders. Deeply engaged with our partner community, leading Architecture and Business Design sessions, conducting workshops, delivering presentations at international roadshow events, speaking at international conferences and flagship summits, and through direct briefings to partner executives at the Microsoft Executive Briefing Center.

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MicrosoftBlockchain https://azure.microsoft.com/es-mx/solutions/blockchain/

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Interview with Csilla Zsigri senior analyst at 451 Research, a global research and advisory firm. I interviewed Csilla Zsigri at the IoT world congress in Barcelona where she led a panel discussion about Blockchain-based systems used for verifying certificates, licenses, university degrees, & professional skills. Who Are You? What Do You Have And What Do You Know? Verify Your Claims Digitally! The use case of trusted credentials is showing up across industries–education, energy & utilities, financial services, government. For example, utility companies, in partnership with compliance organizations can implement a blockchain-based credentials system for technicians who go to people’s homes, where physical licenses are replaced by digital ones that can be activated and deactivated by those authorized, and seen, tracked and trusted by all ecosystem participants. In a similar fashion, educational institutions can digitize and secure degrees, qualifications & achievements using blockchain technology. During the panel, they discussed what has already been implemented, what projects are moving into production, as well as which organizations are driving this and why. 

Csilla Zsigri Bio 

Csilla is a senior analyst at 451 Research. She currently focuses on decoding the blockchain market to help replace confusion and the complexity with an examination of the technology, competitive landscape, available solutions that are driving the market, as well as real-world use cases and deployments. 

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 - Csilla Zsigri linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/csilla-zsigri-b052a04/

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 - Panel discussion: https://www.iotsworldcongress.com/agenda/bc-24-who-are-you-what-do-you-have-and-what-do-you-know-verify-your-claims-digitally/

 - 451 Research - https://451research.com/

EPISODE SUM UP:

We spoke about his book - Blockchain: the business perspective - and how the organizations approach blockchain for enterprise, business models, the core of decentralization and how to capture the value, dApps, how to drive awareness about what blockchain is, and where can bring value.

Trevor Clohessy  bio:

Trevor Clohessy is an assistant professor in business information systems and transformative technologies at GMIT School of Business since September 2018. Prior to this post, Trevor was an assistant professor at the National University of Ireland Galway business school and a post-doctoral researcher with Lero.

His research interests include blockchain, business analytics, digital transformation, digital addiction, digital politics, and cloud computing. Trevor has published in a number of academic outlets including the Journal of Information Technology and People and the Journal of Industrial Management and Data Systems. Trevor has also published a new blockchain book entitled “Blockchain the Business Perspective.”

Trevor completed his PhD from the National University of Ireland Galway. His doctoral thesis investigated the digital transformation impact of cloud computing on IT service providers. Trevor and his research associates conducted one of the first blockchain Irish organizational readiness reports in 2018 entitled “Organisational factors that influence the Blockchain adoption in Ireland.”

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Research Profile:

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Linkedin Article

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/blockchain-business-perspective-trevor-clohessy-phd-/

The Business Perspective - New Book:

https://novorayio.com/publications/

Blockchain for Business Online Course:

https://www.gmit.ie/business/certificate-blockchain-business-springboard

Business model online classes

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