The Irish Institute of Digital Business and Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology are delighted to invite you to attend a 2-hour blockchain seminar discussing a number of implications of blockchain adoption, tokenisation and coin offerings.
When: Friday, 31 May 2019, 10:30 – 13:00
Where: Room 1041, GMIT Galway Campus, Old Dublin Rd, H91 T8NW
Agenda:
10.40 – 10.55:
Speaker: Ms. Liz Grover, Communications Manager at AKASHA Blockchain Innovation Hub
Talk title: Introduction to the AKASHA Blockchain Innovation Hub
11.00-11.15:
Speaker: Mr Eamon Walsh, Head of Department of Accounting and Information Systems at GMIT
Talk title: Digital Identity: Born on the Block
11.20-11.35:
Speaker: Dr Pierangelo Rosati, Assistant Professor of Business Analytics at DCU and Director of Industry Engagement at The Irish Institute of Digital Business
Talk title: Leveraging Security Token Offering to democratise access to “elite” products: the case of algorithmic trading
11.40- 11.55:
Speaker: Dr Andrew Le Gear, CTO of Horizon Globex
Talk title: Blockchain Utopia Meets Regulated Reality: Why the SEC Ruined the Token Party
12.00-12.15:
Speaker: Dr Kosala Yapa, VistaMilk SFI Research Centre
Talk title: Food supply chain management using blockchains
12.20-12.35:
Speaker: Mr Alan Bermingham, Blockchain Lead at Exertis Supply Chain Services
Talk title: Incorporating Blockchain into your Business Model: Possible Implications of Blockchain Adoption
12.40-12.55
Speaker: Mr Jonas Pfannschmidt, Principal Blockchain Engineer at Blockdaemon
Talk title: Top Blockchain Platforms – compare and contrast.
13.00:
Lunch and Networking
