MELBOURNE
16 sessions
45+ speakers
Subject matter experts
Enterprise Blockchain leaders
Wednesday August 29th, 2018
Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre
Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre
Conference
Agenda
A feature packed agenda.
Industry leaders in every keynote and panel segment.
Industry leaders in every keynote and panel segment.
Stream A
Main Stage
TOPIC
EVENT WELCOME
YVONNE ADELE – EVENT MC
8:45 | Plenary
TOPIC
OPENING ADDRESS
MATT CARRICK – Deputy Secretary Investment and Economic Projects Division, Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources.
JOHN PAITARIDIS – Managing Director Optus Business
8:55 | Plenary
TOPIC
BLOCKCHAIN 101 – INTRODUCTION (10 mins)
STEVE VALLAS – BlockchainAPAC Founder
9:05 | Plenary
TOPIC
BLOCKCHAIN AND THE NEW ECONOMY
PROFESSOR JASON POTTS – RMIT Blockchain Innovation Hub
9:15 | Plenary
TOPIC
FINANCE AND EMERGING FINTECH APPLICATIONS IN BLOCKCHAIN
CAROLINE BOWLER – Red Flag Consulting
PHILIPPA RYAN – Barrister, Lecturer UTS
ROBERT LANGLEY – NAB Enterprise Architect, Payments & Blockchain
JOSHUA BUIRSKI – Asia Pacific Operations Decred Project
9.50 | Plenary
Morning Tea
10:30-11:00 | Main Hall
TOPIC
IDENTITY & PRIVACY – THE TRANSFORMATION OF PERSONAL DATA RIGHTS
CINDY NICHOLSON GAICD ACC – Optus, Centre for Industry & 4.0 Financial Services
11.00 | Plenary
TOPIC
AUSTRALIAN USE CASES – EMERGING BLOCKCHAIN APPLICATIONS
ALAN TSEN – Fintech Victoria
CINDY NICHOLSON – OPTUS
KATRINA DONAGHY – Civic Ledger
LOUISE MERCER – Everledger
11:40 | Plenary
TOPIC
A BLOCKCHAIN WORLD VIEW – IMPLICATIONS FOR THE GLOBAL ECONOMY
DEE MCGRATH – Managing Partner, IBM Global Business Services
12:20 | Plenary
Lunch Break
1:00-1:45 | Main Hall
TOPIC
APPLICATIONS AND SAAS USE CASES
STEVE DYSON – Partner Deloitte
SCOTT NI – Alibaba
KIERSTEN JOWETT – Researcher, Blockchain Educator
APURVA CHIRANEWALA – Strategy and Growth Sendle
1:45 | Plenary
TOPIC
REGULATION AND THE IMPACT OF BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY ON THE LAW
JONI PIROVICH – Lawyer, Hall & Wilcox
JOSH HYLAND – Trade and Investment AUSTRADE
MICHAEL RIVETTE – Barrister
2:25 | Plenary
TOPIC
THE IMPACT OF BLOCKCHAIN IN EDUCATION – RESHAPING OUR TECHNOLOGY FUTURE
MARK GUSTOWSKI – CEO, QUT Creative Enterprise Australia
GREG ADAMSON GAICD – Enterprise Fellow for Cyber Security, University of Melbourne
ELLIE RENNIE – Assoc Professor & Principal Research Fellow at RMIT University
JENNY LUCA – Head of Digital Learning & Practice at Wesley College
3:00 | Plenary
Afternoon Tea
3:40-4:10 | Main Hall
TOPIC
USE CASES – PARTNERSHIPS & PROOF OF CONCEPTS
MARK EBELING – Blockchain CTO IBM
PAUL BUREN HUTCHISON – VP Cognitive Process Transformation IBM
NATASHA BLYCHA – Herbert Smith Freehills
MARK STAPLES – Data61
4:10 | Plenary
TOPIC
PROOF OF CONCEPT TO PRODUCTION – BUSINESS MODELS, REGULATION & TECHNOLOGY
PAUL SIN – Deloitte China
4:40 | Plenary
TOPIC
WHAT’S NEXT – THE FUTURE OF BLOCKCHAIN APPLICATIONS
STEPHEN ALEXANDER – Business Strategy Manager, Global Solutions ConsenSys
5:20 | Plenary
Event MC
Closing Remarks
5:30 | Plenary
Cocktail and networking
5:30-6:30 | Main Hall
Stream B
Advanced Room
TOPIC
SESSION 1A – HOW TO RUN A PROOF OF CONCEPT (POC)
GENDRY MORALES – Flight Plan
11:00 | Room 2
TOPIC
SESSION 1B – BLOCKCHAIN FOR SOCIAL IMPACT AND SOCIAL INNOVATION
LINA LIM – Director Blockchain Philanthropy Foundation, Head of Technology NSX
CHRIS ZHONG – Digital Industry X.0 Blockchain Lead, Accenture
ROSA THOMPSON – Project Manager ConsenSys APAC
11:40 | Room 2
TOPIC
SECTION 1C – NEM BLOCKCHAIN – BUILDING ON AN ENTERPRISE CHAIN
JOSH ROWE – Head of Technology Business Management at ANZ
JASON LEE – NEM Expansion Director for Aus & NZ
USE CASES – Copyright Bank and Rocket Shoes
12:20 | Room 2
TOPIC
SECTION 1D – TRANSFORMING INDUSTRIES THROUGH NEW BLOCKCHAIN PROTOCOLS
PK RASAM – RUBIX.
1:45 | Room 2
TOPIC
SECTION 1E – SECURITY TOKEN OFFERINGS – THE NEW REGULATED ICO’S
HENRIK ANDERSSON – CIO Apollo Capital
JAMES WAUGH – Founder Blueblock
2:25 | Room 2
TOPIC
SECTION 1F – BLOCKCHAIN: WHAT IT DOES AND ITS TECHNICAL LIMITATIONS
KATHERINE NOALL – CEO Sphere Identity
3:00 | Room 2
TOPIC
SESSION 1G – BLOCKCHAIN CREDENTIALS – HOW RED CROSS IS USING BLOCKCHAIN TO MAKE VOLUNTEERING EASIER
NICK BYRNE – Type Human
AMANDA ROBINSON – Head of Social Innovation Australian Red Cross
TOM NASH – Founder at Flex Dapps
4:10 | Room 2
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