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ZIG/ZAG:	UNB - European Commission [EC] - "Blockchain for Social Good [BSG]" Challenge

Notice of Meeting B5 Agenda Tue 30 Apr 2019 for Mtg Tue 07 May 2019			REF:UNBACb5a

T 30 Apr 2019 Notice Mtg B5 T 07 May 2019 EC "Blockchains for Social Good [BSG]" H2020 
Challenge - Finalise project issues for H2020 submissions

Hi everyone

This is the On-line link to the draft minutes Mtg B4 T 09 Apr 2019 of the EC-BSG H2020 

Objectives of meeting Tue 07 May 2019:

	A	17:30 - 18:00 - Review the Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Issues for SMEs
	B	18:00 - 18:10 - Review Cryptocurrency Reasearch
	C	18:10 - 18:25 - Review Blockchain issues
	W	18:25 - 18:30 - Any Other Business 

A   CONFIRM 5th QUANTUM 14:30-15:15 ON-LINE BLOCKCHAIN TRAINING PROGRAM
	
A major part of the EC-BSG project will be to assist potential Project Partners to understand 
the key project issues hence the EC-BSG Committee is preparing an "On-line Introduction to 
understanding eCommerce, Blockchain and Cryptocurrency issues"

The 5th Quantum 14:30-15:15 is about" Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain for SMEs" and explains 
where Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies can assist Small and Medium-size Enterprises [SMEs]

The preparation of our On-line Training program coincides with the recent release on 09 Apr 2019 of
"Blockchain 2030 - a Look at the Future of Blockchain in Australia" by CSIRO and the Australian 
Computer Society [ACS] which is prefaced by:

 "Blockchain technology is a distributed ledger technology whereby a database is distributed 
across numerous users, and changes to the database are validated by consensus among the users. 

While it is best known as the platform for Bitcoin, blockchain technology can be widely applied to 
improve business processes, increase transparency, and drive the creation of new jobs and
industries.

Over the last decade, blockchain technology has grown in popularity and use, and has already
begun to disrupt existing markets in Australia and around the world. 

The opportunities blockchain presents have been invested in, studied, explored, and considered, in 
almost all sectors of the economy. 

Blockchain has attracted significant public and private investment, and introduced previously 
non-existent products and services across multiple industries. 

Despite its potential, there is significant uncertainty regarding future adoption of blockchain 
technology in Australia. 

For instance, there are unknowns around blockchain's capacity to work at scale while remaining 
decentralised, and protect confidentiality whilst also being transparent. 

The extent to which the public will trust decentralised systems is also uncertain. 

These uncertainties raise the question: can blockchain progress beyond the hype to deliver 
tangible, high-value applications and a thriving industry for Australia, or will blockchain amount 
to little more than a market bubble ?

This prologue by ACS identifies that there "is significant uncertainty regarding future adoption of 
blockchain technology in Australia"

This concurs with our own research that although current Blockchain models may be adopted by 
large organisations with significant CIT Budgets, Systems Analysts and Programmers, Blockchain is 
unlikely to be adopted by Small and Medium-size Enterprises [SMEs] without in-house CIT expertise

If there is a Volunteer Credits Cryptocurrency in place, supported by the United Nations, then perhaps 
SMEs will adopt and more important support a local Volunteer eCredits system like Hull-Coin
in the UK

Hence the importance of an On-line training program to explain to SMEs how Cryptocurrencies and 
Blockchain technologies could benefit them

B	Review Overseas Cryptocurrency Research

There appear to be few articles on Cryptocurrencies at the moment whereas with the release of the 
CSIRO and ACS report "Blockchain 2030  - a Look at the Future of Blockchain in Australia" there is 
likely to be considerable articles on Blockchain implementations in the next few years

c 2019/03/13 Facebooks cryptocurrency a financial expert breaks it down

b 2019/01/22 Regulation of Cryptocurrencies around the World - Library of Congress

a 2019/01/02 Five reasons Bitcoin could enter a more extreme death spiral

C	Update on Blockchain initiatives

c 2019/04/29 The Implementation of "Blockchain" in the Energy sector

b 2019/04/08 AFR CBA, Telstra work top secret blockchain project

a 2019/03/05  The future of blockchain according to experts in the Energy sector 

Date:		Tue 07 May 2019		Time:17:30 - 18:30

Venue:		Balgowlah RSL		Contact: Stephen GOULD
		30 Ethel Street		SAN Projects Co-ordinator
		BALGOWLAH 2092		{61}(4)1600-9468

					INVITEES
	
		Peter AXTENS	[PMA] Chr		Janece WILLS	[JPW]		
		Gloria OMODEI	[GMO]			Carline DUFFY	[CJD]		
		Jan NEILSEN	[JNN]			Nick RIDDELL 	[NHR]		
		Tim CHENKO	[TMC]			Stephen GOULD	[SGG] Sec
		Kathy REID 	[KCR]			All On-line Contacts

	A	17:30 - 18:00 - Review Cryptocurrency and Blockchain issues for SMEs
	B	18:00 - 18:10 - Review Cryptocurrency Reasearch
	C	18:10 - 18:25 - Review Blockchain issues
	W	18:25 - 18:30 - Any Other Business 

Emails received


	
NEXT MEETING AFTER MEETING ON TUE 07 MAY 2019

Date:	Tue 28 May 2019		Time:	17:30 - 18:30

Venue:	Balgowlah RSL	 	E: 
	30 Ethel St		F:{61}(2)
	SEAFORTH	2092	P:{61}(2)9949-5477


Stephen GOULD
Projects Co-ordinator
SUSTAINABILITY ACTION NETWORK
 
E: ehn.1a3posgg@gmail.com
M: {61}(4)1600-9468 

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