State of the Ledger and Hyperledger in Action -- Brian Behlendorf & AliCloud

Location:

23/F Alibaba Group Office, Tower 1 Timesquare, 1 Matheson Street, Causeway Bay

Agenda:

19:00 - 19:30
Shared by Raymond Xiao

19:40 - 20: 45
Shared by Brian Behlendorf
Topics including:

• Hyperledger momentum and projects
• The latest developments, opportunities & challenges in blockchain for business
• Global use cases
• the key trends moving forward

20:45 - 21:00 Discussion

About Speakers:

Raymond Xiao is the Lead Solutions Architect of Alibaba Cloud HTK Region. He is currently leading the solution architect and consulting specialist team in the region. He focuses on driving cloud computing, big data, AI, security, and smart city related technology adoption through digital transformation practices in several vertical markets such as financial, retail, transportation and government. He is also responsible for providing technical directions, building technical capabilities, and developing ecosystem for the region.
Raymond has rich experiences in the technology field, and specialized in cloud computing, big data, digital marketing, and information management applications and solutions.

Brian Behlendorf is Executive Director of the Hyperledger Project, a collaborative technology initiative hosted by the Linux Foundation. Brian also currently serves on the Boards of the Mozilla Foundation and Benetech, and is the Chairman of the Board of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Brian organized and served as the Founding President of the Apache Software Foundation, a 501c3 non-profit that organizes volunteer software development projects around key Internet technologies, helping ensure an open and free marketplace. He once served as the CTO of the World Economic Forum and also founded and served as Chief Technology Officer of CollabNet, a company focused on bringing open source collaborative software development tools and methodologies into enterprise environments. He was a Managing Director at Mithril Capital Management, a growth-stage private equity fund, where he continues to serve as a Senior Technology Advisor.