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PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS WEBINAR WILL START ON WEDNESDAY, 19 AUGUST, 2020, AT 6:30 PM BST (LONDON TIME) (1.30 PM EDT (NEW YORK TIME))

TITLE: The Executive Guide to Blockchain

ABSTRACT:

The talk provides an overview of the development of blockchain technology from its humble beginning as a community experiment to the deployment by some members of the banking sector.

We will discuss how the technology could deliver new financial instruments, who are the first movers in this market and the key role of worldwide legislation.

The talk will be delivered in an engaging and informative way, free of technical and unnecessary jargon.

The talk will be partially based on the "Executive Guide to Blockchain" (Palgrave Macmillan) which is available from major bookstores: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/3030211061?tag=duckduckgo-ffab-uk-21&linkCode=osi&th=1&psc=1

BIOGRAPHY

Maria G. Vigliotti is the first author of “The Executive Guide to Blockchain” (Palgrave Macmillan) The book demystifies blockchain by offering a jargon-free explanation on all aspects of the technology – an indispensable guide even if you already know what blockchain and cryptocurrencies are!

Maria runs Sandblocks Consulting (https://www.sandblocksconsulting.co.uk/), a boutique consultancy specializing in blockchain technology and cybersecurity.
And she holds an honorary visiting fellowship at the Department of Computing at Imperial College London.

Her career in computing spans more than twenty years, many as an academic at Imperial College London specializing in writing AI algorithms to aid in cybersecurity and formal code verification. She convened and led the development of the cybersecurity strategy for the entire British railway industry and worked on prevention of cryptographic attacks on the European Railway Traffic Management Systems (ERTMS). She has also advised most of the major players in the UK nuclear industry on smart device security.

She is a member of the Blockchain committee of the International Standards Organisation and the Chief Editor for the Journal Frontiers in Blockchain, the first peer-reviewed academic journal in the field.

Maria holds a PhD in Computing from Imperial College London and has published over thirty papers in peer-reviewed international academic journals and conferences.

Maria is a Fellow of the British Computing Society.

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