After months of hard work, research and planning we are thrilled to finally announce the official list of projects set for release in fall of 2017.
1. Industry Analyses
Blockchain and Financial Services Projects
Peer to Peer Finance: Distributed and Collaborative Marketplaces
Alex Tapscott & Rachel Robinson – Juris Doctor, MPA, blockchain & smart contracts author
Blockchain and the Reinvention of Global Clearing and Settlements
Bob Tapscott – Information Technology Strategist, Fmr CIO, blockchain & DLT researcher
Blockchain Transformations by Industry
Reinventing Government: Reducing Costs, Improving Services, Stewarding Assets
Don Tapscott – TED Speaker; Co-Author, Blockchain Revolution; Co-Founder, Blockchain Research Institute &
Tony Scott –Former CIO, United States Federal Government
Blockchain and Regulation: What Regulators Should and Should Not Do
Joel Telpner – Corporate & Finance Partner, Sullivan & Worcester LLP
Transportation and Autonomous Vehicles on the Blockchain
Tommy Gardner PhD, PE – CTO, HP Federal; Former CTO, Jacobs; Industry Advisor, ASME
Blockchain and the Airline Industry
Chami Akmeemana – Director, ConsenSys; Founder, Blockchain Association of Australia
2. Blockchain and Management
Blockchain and the COO: Asset Chains – the Future of Supply Chain Management
Tom Serres – Co-founder and Managing Partner, Animal Ventures; Host “Tech on Politics” & Bettina Warburg – Co-founder and Managing Partner, Animal Ventures; Host “Tech on Politics”
Blockchain and the CFO: Triple Entry Accounting and Corporate Finances
Iliana Oris-Valiente – Founder, Collider-X Applied Blockchain R&D Hub; Former Co-Founder, Rubix by Deloitte
Blockchain and the CHRO: Managing Talent in a Distributed Economy
Andrew Spence – HR Advisor; Founder, Glass Bead Consulting; Member, Centre for Evidence-Based Management
3. Blockchain Breakthrough Ideas
The Ledger of Things: Blockchain and the IoT
Dom Guinard – Co-founder & CTO at EVRYTHNG, Web of Things Pioneer, IoT Expert
Winning Strategies for Smart Contracts
Nick Szabo – Blockchain, cryptocurrency and smart contracts pioneer
IP and Rights Management in the Blockchain Era
Marcus O’Dair – Convenor, Blockchain Creative & Senior lecturer in Popular Music, University of Middlesex; Biographer
Strategies for a Secret/Open World: Managing Blockchain Transparency
Andreas Park – Associate Professor of Finance, University of Toronto; FinTech Researcher
The Token Economy: Rethinking Assets for the Blockchain Era
Michael Casey – Co-author of The Age of Cryptocurrency; Former columnist, Wall Street Journal
Building Quantum Safe Blockchains
Michele Mosca – Co-founder & CEO, evolutionQ
4. Lighthouse Case Studies
Moog: Mass Customization of Precision Parts on the Blockchain
Vineet Narula – MIT Sloan Fellow, Operations Strategy; Former Director, UnitedHealth Group &
Prema Shrikrishna – MBA graduate from MIT Sloan; blockchain enthusiast
Foxconn: Can Blockchains Handle the World’s Most Complicated Supply Chain?
Nolan Bauerle – Researcher, Writer and Author, Coindesk
Walmart: Food Safety on the Blockchain
Reshma Kamath –Juris Doctor, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law
Interaction between Blockchain, AI, and IoT: A farming use-case
Henry Kim – Associate Professor of Decision Technologies & Blockchain Lab co-founder, York University &
Marek Laskowski – Professor of Information & Computing Technologies, BlockchainLab co-founder
Medical Research and Big Pharma
Michael Scott – Urban Journalist & Researcher
Blockchain, Supply Chain, Customs and Borders
Alan Cohn – Counselor and Strategic Advisor on Security, Technology, Innovation, and Government, Steptoe & Johnson; President, ADC Strategy Works;
Expedited Business Startups Using Blockchain
Alan Wunsche – CEO of TokenFunder Inc.; Co-founder Blockchain Canada
Use Cases of Blockchain in the Democratic Process: Votem
Bill Gillies – Author & Communications Consultant