Pandemic Webinar #1: Blockchain and Pandemics

Webinar Overview

Author: Don Tapscott, Alex Tapscott, Brian Behlendorf, Heather Flannery, David Jaffray
Release Date: April 7, 2020

Abstract:

This hour-long webinar is part one in a four-part series on blockchain and pandemics. Don Tapscott opens with an overview of blockchain’s applicability in the current COVID-19 crisis, which is followed by a discussion between Brian Behlendorf from the Hyperledger Foundation, Heather Flannery from ConsenSys Health, and David Jaffray from the MD Anderson Cancer Center.

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