 GBA UAE proudly presents the Discussion on Enterprise Blockchain Governance
What is Governance? “The system by which entities are directed and controlled. It is concerned with structure and processes for decision making, accountability, control and behaviour at the top of an entity. Governance influences how an organisation’s objectives are set and achieved, how risk is monitored and addressed and how performance is optimised” As the size and complexity of blockchain platforms grows, there is a need for better management and system for proper governance. This webinar deals with governance of enterprise blockchain (consortia). What is Blockchain Governance? Why is it important? How does one preserve and strengthen stakeholders confidence in blockchain consortia? How to align the goals of stakeholders for the blockchain project? How to ensure the organisation is well placed to respond to a changing external and internal environment? Who is responsible for implementing or changing the blockchain governance? What are some challenges of some present types blockchain governance? To answer above questions we have the guru of blockchain governance, Thomas Cox who will provide a small presentation and also take part in panel talk. Joining him will be two guests - Jorge Carrasco, Director of Emerging Technologies at Etisalat Digital and Rhett Oudkerk Pool, CEO of Europechain. The panel would be moderated by our president, Mohd Shahnawaz PANELISTS: Thomas B. Cox has a passion for the design of effective systems, processes, and governance. Currently, Thomas serves as Chief Governance Officer of StrongBlock, a Blockchain-as-a-Service platform and consultancy. He chairs IEEE’s P2145 “Blockchain/DLT Governance Standards” Working Group, and is the lead host of Enterprise DLT Live. --------------- Jorge Carrasco is the Director of Emerging Technologies at Etisalat Digital, where he focuses on disrupting industries using the combination of Blockchain and telco capabilities. Jorge accumulates more than 10 years of international experience building and managing digital solutions accross different domains and holds an MBA with Honours from IE Business School. " ---------------- Rhett Oudkerk Pool is an entrepreneur and investor in Cyber Security and Blockchain companies. His major role now is CEO of Europechain, a GDPR supporting EOSIO Chain launched by 5 European Block Producers. Europechain is a GDPR compliant blockchain platform. MODERATOR: Mohd Shahnawaz is President of Government Blockchain Association UAE and has 15 years experience as an engineer with leadership roles in companies in Middle East, Africa and North America. Having worked on projects for both government sectors like DP World, US Army and Dry docks and also private sectors . He is a graduate with Degree in Engineering Hons. He is also graduate from Hyperledger and Consensys Developer Programs. About GBA UAE The Government Blockchain Association is an international non-profit, membership association that connects government and public sector organizations around the world to understand and implement blockchain technologies. Date : 31st Oct 2020 Time : 7 pm Dubai time / 4 pm London / 11 am - New York & Toronto This event is free. Please RSVP to receive the ZOOM link https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gba-uae-discussion-on-enterprise-blockchain-governance-oct-31-tickets-126442732617
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 We are had a major event in Aug 31 on Central Bank Digital currency -CBDC. CBDC as a digital representation of a sovereign currency issued by and as a liability of a jurisdiction’s central bank or other monetary authority. View videos here.
Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) has emerged as one of the most compelling blockchain use cases for the banking industry. According to the Bank of International Settlements, over 70% of central banks are actively exploring digital currency, and in light of declining cash use, emerging forms of privately-issued money, and the COVID-19 pandemic, many believe the shift toward digital payments for central banks is increasingly imminent as a solution to improve financial access. In the panel talk we will explore :- - Possible design considerations of CBDC - Timelines for launch of CBDC - Privacy & data protection - Impact on third party payment processing and retail banks - Risks of using CBDC We will have a panel discussion with the following esteemed guests:- Gerard Dache - is the President of Government Blockchain Association which he started in 2016 and has over 50 chapters around the world, sits in boards of many start ups. He also runs famous podcast - The Future of Money, Governance and the Law and is passionate about implementing voting in blockchain and DAOs governing organisations. Vipin Bharathan is the founder of dlt.nyc and is the chair of the Identity Working Group in Hyperledger . A frequent contributor to Forbes magazine, he has also helped create a project in Hyperledger labs to explore standards of CBDC on ethereum called eThaler. Being the only coder on our panel. we will discuss more about possible architecture of CBDC with him. Sonja Davidovic is an economist in the Offices of the Managing Director and a Digital Expert in the IT Department of International Monetary Fund, IMF where she has been for past 11 years. As Digital Expert, she is working on central bank digital currency implementation considerations. She is one of the co authors of paper "A Survey of Research on Retail Central Bank Digital Currency". She is also founding Advisory Board members of the IMF Innovation Lab. Alex Tapscott along with the famous Don Tapscott co-founded the Blockchain Research Institute (BRI), a global think-tank investigating blockchain strategies, opportunities and use-cases. Alex is the co author of best selling books - Blockchain Revolution and Financial Services Revolution. Alex has extensive governance experience and is an advisor to the International Monetary Fund, Elections Canada and the World Economic Forum. Gabriel Abed is the CEO of Bitt, cofounded in 2014, whose current clients include the Central Banks of Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank. Currently, Bitt is known for its application of mMoney, which is championed by Barbados' Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley and has seen widespread adoption across services in Barbados including large merchants such as The Sol group, ICBL (Insurance Corporation of Barbados Limited) and other 500+ merchants. Ksenija Cipek, Dame of Honour is an International tax expert, lawmaker, projects leader, author, books writer, lecturer at University of Law. She is the Director / Head of Tax Risk Analysis with Ministry of Finance, Croatia and responsible for developments of CRMS and Tax Legislation potential risk areas on national level, studies and analysis of implementation new technologies, Creating and applying predictive analysis including impact of Tax Legislation, Creating new legislative framework focusing on improving compliance. About GBA UAE The Government Blockchain Association is an international non-profit, membership association that connects government and public sector organizations around the world to understand and implement blockchain technologies. |
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