RMIT University Swanston Academic Building, Building 80, 445 Swanston Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
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 of Blockchain technology.
Presenters: Anouk Pinchetti and Harry Onsman
Part One (9am): 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 (1.15pm): 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, trusted public records, hack resistance
• Censorship resistance → self-governing systems
• Q & A session
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