Dive into HyperLedger

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Agenda: Deep Dive into HyperLedger

5:30 - Doors open. Networking.

6:15 - Welcome. Members to vote on the topics of interests for the future meetings.

6:45 - 7:30 Technical Introduction to HyperLedger, with Elke Kunde from IBM

7:30 - Q&A break.

7:50 - 8:30 Fireside chat: Requirements and adoption bottlenecks for blockchain in Finance, with Francesco Pisani from EY, and Olivier Roucloux from finoryx

8:30 - Q&A break.

9:00 - Wrap-up.

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DETAILED AGENDA:

5:30 - Doors open. Networking.

6:15 - Welcome. Members to vote on the topics of interests for the future meetings.

6:45 - 7:30 Technical Introduction to HyperLedger

• What is Hyperledger? Why Hyperledger? What does Hyperledger bring to the table?

• Use Cases for Hyperledger

• DEMO of Hyperledger

• Maturity - are we ready for production?

• The new world ahead. Roadmap.

• Anti-patterns - when NOT to use Hyperledger

• HyperLedger Community

• HyperLedger Governance

• How can you get involved

• Summary and Next Steps

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Speaker:

Elke Kunde, Industry Architect Financial Services at IBM Germany

Elke is Associate Certified ArchitectSolution Architect Banking & Financial Markets, Blockchain Technical Focalpoint

She is also Member of Technical Expert Council Central Region - an IBM Academy of Technology affiliate for Germany, Switzerland and Austria.

7:30 - Q&A break.

7:50 - 8:30 Fireside chat: Requirements and adoption bottlenecks for blockchain in Finance

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• general business opportunities from end-user's point of view

• how distributed ledger technology would improve the current solutions or enable new solutions which were previously unavailable

• where the problem starts and where distributed ledger technology would help.

Panellists:

Francesco Pisani, Financial Services Manager EMEIA at Ernst & Young.

Francesco is a PhD Student at the ProcessLab of the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management and Consultant in the Transactions Advisory Services dpt. at EY in Frankfurt / Eschborn. At the University, Francesco is currently conducting various projects in the payment field and one of them is centered around the effects of blockchain.

Francesco holds a Bachelor in Business Administration (B.Sc.) from the Universitá La Sapienza di Roma, a Master in Economics and Management (M.Sc.) from the LUISS Guido Carli University in Rome, and a Master of Finance (M. Sc.) from the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management.

As part of EY team, Francesco is following the evolutions of blockchain very closely, to define new use cases with firms from the financial services sector as well as fintechs.

Olivier Roucloux, Vision and Product Strategy Manager at finoryx.

Olivier is FinTech and Innovation enthusiast with 20 years' experience in Financial Markets. He is the founder of finoryx, a solution company leveraging the blockchain concept to increase operational efficiency in the financial services industry. Before being an entrepreneur, Olivier held senior positions in innovation, business development, strategy or product management. He worked for Euronext, SWIFT, Euroclear and couple of service providers; with experience in diverse working locations including Brussels, Paris, Luxembourg and London. Now, he’s focusing on advising custodians on their blockchain strategy and manage the development of Cryptody, a custody solution for crypto-assets.

Olivier is a strong believer that the current technological revolution will completely change the way Financial Institutions are doing business!

8:30 - Q&A break.

9:00 Wrap-up.

We are currently and actively looking for speakers! If you are willing to share your experience, how-to's or use cases using HyperLedger, or blockchain, please reach out! We'll be happy to have you as a speaker.

We are excited to announce the venue sponsor - Sapient Global Markets (https://www.sapientglobalmarkets.com/)! Thank you Sapient for providing space for the meetup!

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Due to security concerns, your First and Last name (as on your government issued ID), email and company name are REQUIRED for this meetup, so please proceed to RSVP at EVENTBRITE (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hyperledger-frankfurt-chapter-meetup-tickets-26300471418)!