Blockchain for Business: The Strategic Opportunities of DLT

Melbourne , United States

About Blockchain for Business: The Strategic Opportunities of DLT

The Intraverse Institute proudly presents:

Blockchain for Business:
The Strategic Opportunities of
Distributed Ledger Technology
Thursday 13 June 2019
(RMIT, Building 80, 445 Swanston St, Melbourne)

This one-day program is aimed at senior managers who wish to explore the value-adding opportunities presented by this break-though emerging technology.

On completion of this program, participants will be able to assess the opportunities for their business in this transformational technology.

Presenters: by Anouk Pinchetti, Bradley Hughes and Harry Onsman

Part One (9.30am): Strategic Overview of Blockchain Technology
What Blockchain is and why it matters
Sample Blockchain applications across industries (supply chain provenance, secure registries, “smart contracts”, unhackable databases, etc)
Why it's NOT about Bitcoin
Emerging technologies impacting on Blockchain (AI, IOT, smart contracts)
Determining functional requirements
Smart Contract platforms
Alternative emerging architectures: DAGs / DHTs
Q & A session

Part Two (1.30pm): How Blockchain applications add value (with mini case studies)
Automation → cost savings, faster processing, improved quality
Decentralisation → security, certainty, fraud-resistant
Disintermediation → cost/time savings, more accurate processing
Process improvement → cheaper, faster, better
Trust → immutable data, public records, hack resistance
Censorship resistance → self-governing systems
Q & A session

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Start:
Jun 13, 2019, 9:30 AM , AEST (UTC +10)
End:
Jun 13, 2019, 5:30 PM , AEST (UTC +10)
Price:
$ 1040
Venue:
RMIT University Swanston Academic Building