Using Blockchain to Secure the Supply Chain Distributed Ledgers and Logistics for Critical Goods

November 14, 2017 9am-4:30pm

Registration & more information online: http://sites.uci.edu/blockchain/

with keynotes by

Paul Chang Global Blockchain Industry Lead,

Distribution & Industrial Markets, IBM"

Tracy Frost Director, U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)

Manufacturing Technology"

Photo by Tom Driggers"

Join an expert group of industry leaders, academic researchers, and government actors as we critically interrogate the potential of the blockchain to transform supply chain security.

Speakers include

Bryan Cunningham Executive Director, Cybersecurity Policy &

Research Institute, UC Irvine"

Quinn DuPont"Research Associate, University of Washington,

author of Cryptocurrencies and Blockchains"

Digital economies for soft goods (software, intellectual property, digital creative content) and a globalized economy for vital hard goods (medical devices, food, critical infrastructure, precious goods) rely on complex supply chains. How might emerging blockchain technologies help make these supply chains more secure and reliable—and reshape the future of the global economy? "

Using Blockchain to Secure the Supply Chain Distributed Ledgers and Logistics for Critical Goods

Paul Chang Global Blockchain Industry Lead,

Distribution & Industrial Markets, IBM"

Tracy Frost Director, U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)

Manufacturing Technology"

Rachel O’Dwyer"Research Fellow, Trinity College Dublin, "

curator of the Openhere P2P festival"

Steve Granata"Principal Economics & Business Analyst, "

MITRE Center for National Security "

Mac McGary"President, "

Sweetbridge"

Micah Winkelspecht"CEO & Founder, "

Gem"

Spencer Stephens"Former Chief Technology Officer, "

Sony Pictures Entertainment"

Taylor C. Nelms"Postdoctoral Researcher, UC Irvine,

Co-Editor in Chief, Journal of Cultural Economy"

Walt Scacchi"Senior Research Scientist, Institute for Software

Research, UC Irvine"

Bill Maurer"Dean of Social Sciences & Director of the Institute for Money, Technology & Financial Inclusion, UC Irvine"

JOIN US! November 14, 2017

9am-4:30pm Division of Continuing Education, Building CE1, Yosemite Rooms ABC

Registration: $199

For UCI Alumni: $99 Register here: http://sites.uci.edu/blockchain/register/