Training

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Completed Trainings:

The Inaugural Singapore Blockchain Living Lab completed in July of 2020 was a huge success. Here is the full agenda:

SUSS-SmartMesh Workshops cum Blockchain Challenge 2020

Workshops Agenda

This was an 8-day workshop series consisting of lectures, demos, and hands-on labs on a variety of topics. We explored new tools such as blockchain, mesh networks, and HyperMesh architecture, and learned how they can be part of solutions to address inclusivity issues.

FULL SINGAPORE BLOCKCHAIN LIVING LAB AGENDA	Day 1 (23 June) Tuesday
Introduction to Blockchain and SmartMesh Ecosystem, enabled by MeshBox Hands-on: First Contact with Blockchain
Learning Objectives: Describe the evolution from Internet-of-Information to Internet-of-ValueExplain how blockchain technology improves different aspects of society including business, legal, engineering, and governanceAppraise how SmartMesh Ecosystem projects help to incentivise the adoption of grassroots, shared infrastructure through the SMT/MESH token economySet up Huobi login and account as well as SmartMesh Tango app

* On this day, participants will also be briefed by Dedoco on blockchain-based identity and opt-in for Dedoco ID.

Time	Agenda
09:00 – 09:30	Opening Remarks Associate Professor Allan Chia Beng Hock, Dean, School of BusinessProfessor David Lee Kuo-Chuen, Professor, School of BusinessMr Henry Wang Qiheng, CEO, SmartMesh Foundation
09:30 – 10:30	WS-1 Lecture Mentimeter Surveys (Peter Yan, CEO, MeshBox Foundation)Blockchain Basics (SUSS FinTech and Blockchain Team)
10:30 – 10:45	Break
10:45 – 12:00	WS-1 Lecture Blockchain Basics (SUSS FinTech and Blockchain Team)
12:00 – 12:30	[BC-Track] Blockchain Challenge (BC) and Q&A
12:30 – 13:30	Break for Lunch
13:30 – 14:45	WS-1 Lecture Hands-on Proof-of-Work (SUSS FinTech and Blockchain Team)
	Dedoco Attendance tracking moved to Friday. High Attendance rate will be reflected in the SMT Airdrop amount
15:00 – 15:15	Break
15:15 – 16:30	WS-1 Demo: First Contact with Blockchain [D01a] Huobi login and account setup[D01b] SmartMesh Tango App setup with Wallet and Spectrum basicsAttendees disclose to SmartMesh: Spectrum wallet address for airdrop WS-1 Lab:  Hands-On – Split into Two Tracks: [Android Track] Android Smartphone users[IoS Track] IoS Smartphone users
16:30 – 17:00	[BC-Track] Blockchain Challenge and Q&A

	Day 2 (26 June) Friday
Inclusive Connectivity Hands-on: Setting up MeshBox Network for Internet Access
Learning Objectives: Describe the difficulties in deploying networks for internet access in underserved areas and how Space-Ground Integration Network can solve the problemAppraise the solution that uses SmartMesh blockchain to incentivise individuals and communities to promote inclusive connectivityUse the Tango app to pay for internet access for MeshBoxPractise Tango Spectrum staking and mining

* On this day, participants will also be setting up their Blockchain-Enabled Secured Identity with Dedoco.

Time	Agenda
09:00 – 09:30	Opening Remarks
09:30 – 10:45	WS-2 Lecture:  SmartMesh Ecosystem and Inclusive Connectivity Internet architecture and lack of connectivitySmartMesh ecosystem overview  HyperMesh Network ArchitectureHyperMesh ApplicationsRelationship with 5G Cellular SmartMesh Ecosystem
10:45 – 11:00	Break
11:00 – 12:00	Invited Talk Interoperability in Collaborative Blockchain Networks with JEDTrade and SmartMesh
12:00 – 12:15	Dedoco Blockchain Certificate introduction Gather interest from attendees to opt-in on Dedoco Blockchain Certificate of Attendance (COA).  SmartMesh will airdrop SMT and MESH tokens to Tango Wallet users based on Attendance.
12:15 – 12:30	[BC-Track] Blockchain Challenge and Q&A
12:30 – 13:30	Break for lunch
13:30 – 14:30	Invited Talk 5G/6G Era Satellite Communications and the Community of Shared Future for Mankind by Mark Guo Zhengbiao
14:30 – 15:15	WS-2 Demo: Setting up the MeshBox Network [Dedoco] Setup Attendees’ Blockchain-Enabled Secured ID[D02a] MeshBox Setup and Configuration (connection with Hotspot)[D02b] Paying for Internet Access on MeshBox using Tango[D02c] Tango Spectrum Staking (880,000 SMT) and Mining WS-2 Lab: Students’ Hands-On: Postponed due to Covid-19 gathering restrictions IF time permits:  WS-2 Lecture (Continued)
15:15 – 15:30	Break
15:30 – 16:30	Invited Talk Secure Scuttlebutt Decentralized Communication, by Jan Winkelmann
16:30 – 17:00	[BC-Track] Blockchain Challenge and Q&A

Invited Talk: JED Trade

Interoperability in Collaborative Blockchain Networks with JEDTrade & SmartMesh

Abstract:

A successful collaborative network is built on transparency among involved parties, be it between a supplier and vendor, or a buyer and seller. However, how do we build trust for networks in remote areas where access to basic technology may even pose as a problem? Even as consumers, we are becoming increasingly aware of what we eat, whether our food is indeed premium and organic as claimed on the packaging itself. So, how is it possible to verify the authenticity of certificates issued in a transaction, even more so in rural areas, to keep our minds assured?  The term interoperability suggests using computer systems and technology to exchange data and information, addressing the issue of communication regardless of locations within your network. Just like the organic goods we consume come from farms located in areas ideal for crops to grow and unlikely to be easily accessed, difficulties in tracking and verifying certificates arises. However, with business process run on blockchain, utilizing JED ES enables the issuance of documents and validation of signatures or attestations, leveraging on the nature of blockchain’s decentralized network which allows improved traceability.`

Speaker:

Hendrik Tanjaya Tan

Technical Lead (Projects), JED Trade

Hendrik Tan is a technologist who embraces blockchain technology. As the technical lead of projects, he is responsible for managing and developing the blockchain use cases for Jupiter Chain and other JEDTrade projects. He has been involved in what the technology can bring in the real estate vertical, and data privacy. He speaks at conferences and meetups with blockchain theme. He has more than 15 years of experience delivering technology solutions in the telecom industry, working with clients in EMEA and APAC regions; British Telecom, Saudi Telecom, and Singtel being some of them. He is also a trainer for the blockchain course in conjunction with SP PACE Academy.

Invited Talk: Horizonbase

5G/6G Era Satellite Communications and the Community of Shared Future for Mankind

Speaker:

Mark Guo Zhengbiao

CEO of Horizonbase Communication and the Chairman of Cubesat Students China

Invited Talk: Least Authority

Secure Scuttlebutt Decentralized Communication

Abstract:

Scuttlebutt is a decentralized social network and application platform. It makes some interesting engineering choices which sets it off from most other tools in the distributed web sector. Specifically, members of the network use trust in order to reduce computational cost and avoid a single “shared truth”, as used in blockchain.The introduction covers the technical basics as well as a discussion of the trust and cooperation Scuttlebutt draws on and a demonstration of how it looks from a user perspective.

Speaker:

Jan Winkelmann

Security Researcher & Engineer, Least Authoriity

Jan’s interests lie in distributed systems and cryptography. As a software developer, he has worked on IPFS and currently works on Secure Scuttlebutt. As a student, he designed and analyzed key exchange protocols.

	Day 3 (30 June) Tuesday
Inclusive Payment System Hands-on: Interoperable Payment System on Blockchain
Learning Objectives: Discuss the pain points in remittance, especially for financially-excluded communityAppraise remittance solutions on blockchain using MeshBoxes and SmartMeshUse the Tango app to transfer SMT between wallets through Spectrum and PhotonIllustrate the flow of transactions on the Spectrum public blockchain

Time	Agenda
09:00 – 09:15	Opening Remarks – SUSS
09:15 – 10:00	WS-3 Lecture Homework Results (to be shared in Mentimeter)Spectrum Blockchain DifferentiationPhoton DifferentiationPayment Network ROI and Recap of Grassroots ROIRemittance Options and CostsAmbassadors for promoting Living Labs [8]
10:00 – 10:15	Break
10:15 – 12:00	WS-3 Lecture  Continued
12:00 – 12:30	[BC-Track] Blockchain Challenge and Q&A
12:30 – 13:30	Lunch
14:00 – 16:30	WS-3 Demo : Blockchain in Action   [IM03a] Using Tango transfer SMT between Wallets through Spectrum.[IM03b] Transfer SMT between Tango and Huobi.[IM03c] Observe transactions on the Spectrum public blockchain[IM03d] Using Tango to transfer SMT through Photon (online and offline)Compare differences.[IM03e] UBI Smart Contract (Airdrop)[IM03f] How to start creating BC App, derived from Tango App WS-3 Lab  :  Students’ Hands-On Concurrent with above
16:30 – 17:00	[BC-Track] Blockchain Challenge and Q&A

Day 4 (3 July) Friday  With emphasis on Ethereum Deep Dive, by Akomba and Skilltree

Time	Agenda
09:00 – 09:20	Invited Talk on SUSS SBIZ Business Analytics Programme A/P James Tan Swee Chuan, Head, Business Analytics Programme
09:20 – 10:30	Workshop brief administrative announcements Invited Talk: Ethereum Deep Dive (1/4) Ethereum Scalability Research and Options  (Lecture)
10:30 – 10:45	Break
10:45 – 12:00	Invited Talk: Ethereum Deep Dive (2/4) Introduction to Ethereum Smart Contract Development (Lecture)
12:00– 12:30	[BC-Track] Blockchain Challenge and Q&A
12:30 – 13:30	Lunch
13:30 – 15:00	Invited Talk: Ethereum Deep Dive (3/4) Solidity development: Hands- on workshop: Creating ERC-20 tokens (Lab)
15:00 – 15:15	Break
15:15 – 16:30	Invited Talk: Ethereum Deep Dive (4/4) Creating and Working with ERC-721 Non-Fungible Tokens (Lab)
16:30 – 17:00	[BC-Track] Blockchain Challenge and Q&A

Invited Talk: Akomba

Ethereum Deep Dive

Speaker: 

Andras Kristof

Founder, Akomba Labs

Andras is an entrepreneur and a blockchain technology/smart contract expert. After a successful exit from viki.com, he founded Akomba in 2013, and developed and deployed Asia’s first Bitcoin ATM. Akomba is a deep tech research and development company. It is helping other companies, and developing products in the privacy technology and blockchain space.

	Day 5 (7 July) Tuesday
Inclusive Identity: Secured KYC and Certificates Hands-on: Creating Token of Participation on MeshBox Learning Objectives: Contrast traditional centralised data storage via cloud and decentralised data storageDiscuss the provision of secure identity via multi-factor authentication with the integration of Internet-of-Things (IoT)Examine secured public data storage via blockchain that is viewable with a publicly available keyExperiment secured private data storage using a decentralised data storage protocol     Inclusive Education Hands-on: Edge Computing and Storage for Inclusive Education
Learning Objectives: Describe the process of educational content served from MeshBoxesExperiment with tokenising competency of participation linking with assessment resultsInspect the Unifinity Education Technology platformExplain edge storageAppraise how edge-storage works to achieve inclusive education

Time	Agenda
09:00 – 10:00	Workshop brief administrative announcements Invited Talk: Dedoco Blockchain Issued Certificates:  Proofs of Education and Employment – by Ernie Teo
10:00 – 10:15	Break
10:15 – 11:45	Invited Talk:  Netki Validated Identity as a Basis for Trust —  by Justin W. Newton
11:45 – 12:00	Break
12:00 – 12:30	[BC-Track] Blockchain Challenge and Q&A
12:30 – 13:30	Lunch
13:30 – 15:00	Invited Talk:  Unifinity Tokenizing The Education system by supporting the Inclusive Education System towards Digital Transformation – by Veronica Andrino
15:00 – 15:15	Break
15:15 – 15:30	WS-5 Lecture From Homework PPTsEducational Content served from MeshBoxesTokenise competency of participation linking with Multiple-Choice-Questions results > 70% [7] Token purchase of courses [5]
15:30 – 16:30	Invited Talk: Least Authority Tahoe-LAFS Decentralized Data Storage — by Ramakrishnan Muthukrishnan
16:30 – 17:00	[BC-Track] Blockchain Challenge and Q&A

Invited Talk: Dedoco

Blockchain Issued Certificates: Proof of Education and Employment

Abstract:

The use of blockchain for issuance of trusted yet decentralised credentials have always been a subject of interest. Such a credential should allow for one to verify the validity of these credentials easily and yet be able to protect the personal privacy of the credential holder. In this talk, we examine the various approaches taken to create such credentials on blockchain and how they are being used. We will also demonstrate a certificate of attendance that is deployed on SmartMesh Spectrum for this workshop.

Speaker: 

Ernie Teo

Co-Founder, Dedoco and Vice-Chairman, Blockchain Association Singapore

Ernie Teo is an economist and game theorist with a focus on technology, fintech and blockchain. He is co-founder of Dedoco, a document process solution that is built on blockchain to prevent tampering of the documents and create an audit trail for authentication and validation (signing). Ernie is also Vice Chairman of Blockchain Association Singapore and Adjunct Senior Lecturer at the National University of Singapore Business School where he teaches Fintech and Blockchain. Ernie is active in the blockchain community in Singapore, giving talks and seminar both in the industry and at universities. He has also published in the area of blockchain and fintech, most recently in the 2018 IEEE International Conference on Cloud Engineering. A pioneer of blockchain education in Singapore, he conceptualized and taught the first blockchain course as a part of a degree program at the National University of Singapore. He received his PhD in Economics from the University of New South Wales, Australia and also held academic positions in Nanyang Technological University and Singapore Management University.

Invited Talk: Netki

Validated Identity as a Basis for Trust

Abstract:

One of the great values of blockchain is its ability to facilitate trust-less transactions, yet the modern world is built on interconnected networks of trust.  The root of trust is always identity. In this session we will discuss the importance of identity and how what “identity” means is deeply tied to the specific use case involved. We will cover:

1. What things are important when validating identity and how to do so effectively in your platform?
2. What are some of the concerns around validating, storing and securing identity, and what are the trade-offs of various approaches?
3. A case study of how we designed and built the BIP 75 Bitcoin standard to solve the specific problem of “Travel Rule” compliance for crypto currency and other digital asset companies.

Students should come away from this session with an understanding of how identity may apply to projects they are working on, how to integrate identity into their platform, and what are the current and emerging trends around identity validation and what are some of the things to watch for around them.

Speaker:

Justin Newton

Netki CEO

Invited Talk: Unifinity

Tokenizing The Education system by supporting the Inclusive Education System towards Digital Transformation

Abstract:

Unifinity is a decentralized app (Dapp), running on the block-chain, which aims to be the easiest gateway for schools, teachers, parents and students to re-organize and upgrade their educational platforms. Our mission is to combine in one place everything needed to monitor students’ attendance and performance in order to help them plan for their future. It includes a bill payment portal and a reward platform that will provide incentives to the students every time they complete a course online or offline. Our Vision is to create a rewards platform that will use block-chain technology to incentivize users to pursue their studies, help universities to organize their student filing system, and provide students with reliable certification of academic achievement.

Speaker:

Veronica Ardrino

Unifinity Founder and CEO

Veronica is a crypto advocate who aims to educate and to empower the masses with the real use case of Blockchain Technology.  She was the Founder of Adsolve. Co, providing business solutions to diverse industries. Veronica is an experienced Business Strategist, Blockchain Project Consultant, OTC Trader, Crypto Advocate & Influencer, and current Director of Financial IT for Media Relations Asia Pacific, a US Company Business and Fintech News and Magazine.

Invited Talk: Least Authority

Tahoe-LAFS Decentralized Data Storage

Speaker:

Ramakrishnan Muthukrishnan

Security Researcher & Engineer, Least Authority

Ramakrishnan (Ramki) has been programming in the industry for about 19 years, mostly working with low level operating system software. He has worked in big and small companies and has been an active participant in the Free Software movement as a hobbyist.

	Day 6 (09 July) Thursday
Inclusive eCommerce — Livestock-backed Financing with Sentinel Chain Hands-on: Spectrum and Photon Deep Dives
Learning Objectives: Describe the pain points of the underserved in supply chainExamine (via case study) how cryptocurrency allow for the circulation of a local currency and keep the wealth in the community, allowing local businesses to prosperExplain the Atmosphere Cross-Chain Interoperability and its role in supply chain

Time	Agenda
09:00 – 09:30	SUSS Invited Speakers
09:30 – 10:15	Invited Talk  Livestock-backed Financing with Sentinel Chain — by Roy Lai and Fahad Ifaz
10:15 – 10:30	Break
10:30 – 12:00	WS-6 Lecture and Lab:  Spectrum Deep Dive Lecture[IM06a] Spectrum Deep Dive Lab
12:00 – 12:30	[BC-Track] Blockchain Challenge and Q&A
12:30 – 13:30	Lunch
13:30 – 14:30	WS-6 Lecture (Continued)
14:30 – 14:45	Break
14:45 – 16:15	WS-6 Lecture and Lab: Token Commerce Demo[IM06b] Tahoe-LAFS on MeshBox Live DemoTokenising old textbooks from last year to be sold through tokens [4]  Photon Deep Dive Lecture[IM06c] Photon Deep Dive Lab MeshBox will airdrop MESH tokens to Student’s Tango Wallet
16:15 – 16:30	Break
16:30 – 17:00	[BC-Track] Blockchain Challenge and Q&A

Invited Talk: Sentinel Chain

Livestock-backed Financing with Sentinel Chain

Abstract:

80% of the global food supply are contributed by smallholder farmers. However, in many parts of the world, smallholder farmers have no access to affordable working capital to sustain their farming activities. To address this problem, InfoCorp has designed a solution that allows smallholder farmers to use their livestock as collateral for loans using a cross-chain architecture comprising of 3 blockchains – FarmTrek, Sentinel Chain and Ethereum.

FarmTrek is an agri-tech solution designed to address livestock traceability using RFID, NFC smartphone and a non-Turing complete in-country private blockchain. Sentinel Chain is a fin-tech solution designed to as a consortium side-chain to Ethereum that allows livestock asset on FarmTrek to be used as collaterals for offshore financing. This talk to give an introduction to the purpose and architecture of Sentinel Chain.  The agenda for the talk includes:

• Using FarmTrek for livestock traceability (10 min)
• Using Sentinel Chain for livestock-backed financing (10 min)
• Sentinel Chain Use Case – iFarmer (10 min)
• Q&A (15 min)

Speakers:

Roy Lai

CEO of InfoCorp and Founder of Sentinel Chain

Mr Roy Lai is the Founder and CEO of InfoCorpTechnologies, a Singapore-based blockchain company, that addresses financial inclusion by enabling small holder farmers to use their livestock as collateral for loans. Under Roy’s leadership, InfoCorp has won the first prize of Singapore Fintech Award (ASEAN SME) by the Monetary Authority of Singapore and the United Nations’ Women Fintech MSME Innovation Fund in 2019. In 2018, Roy was also a winner of the Singapore Entrepreneur of the Year Award (Social Contribution) by Singapore Rotary Club and Singapore Association of Small & Medium Enterprise. In the same year, Roy also founded the Sentinel Chain blockchain for cross-border livestock-backed financial transactions. Prior to InfoCorp, Roy worked in the inter-bank payment industry and was instrumental in delivering FAST, an ambitious real-time inter-bank payment network, across 14 Singapore banks in 2014. Roy brings with him more than 25 years of international experience in technology and financial sectors. Roy is also a Research Fellow at the Singapore University of Social Sciences where he teaches blockchain programming curriculum.

Fahad Ifaz

CEO and Co Founder of iFarmer

Fahad Ifaz is the CEO and Co Founder of iFarmer, which aims to provide end-to-end solutions for the farmers and Agri MSMEs. Fahad has almost 10 years of experience in International Economic Development with organizations like the World Bank, CARE International, Swisscontact and Palladium. He has worked extensively in South Asia, designing and managing projects to improve the social and economic condition of the people at the bottom of the pyramid. He has worked in countries like Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Myanmar, Cambodia, Nigeria, Thailand and more. Prior to starting iFarmer, Fahad was managing a multimillion-dollar project in Myanmar to improve access to finance and markets of smallholder farmers in the South-east of Myanmar. He holds an undergraduate degree in International Business and Economics and has a MSc in Economics.

	Day 7 (14 July) Tuesday
Transparent Charity Hands-on: Anti-Corruption Charity and Aid Distribution; Atmosphere Deep Dive
Learning Objectives: Discuss the pain points due to corruption and non-transparent donationsAppraise how blockchain and smart contract can be used to track and disintermediate in-kind donations and provide transactions transparencyDescribe how real-time delivery issues hinder in-kind food donationsExamine the usage of smart contract for Universal Basic Income using SMT

Time	Agenda
09:00 – 09:30	Invited Talk on SUSS SBIZ Postgraduate Programme Dr Amy Wong, Head, Masters of Management Programme Dr Wang Yue, Head, Doctor of Business Administration Programme
09:30 – 10:30	Invited Talk: DiMuto Digitisation for Global Produce Supply Chain By Gary Loh, Founder & Chairman of DiMuto Network
10:30 — 10:45	Break
10:45 – 12:00	WS-7 Lecture:     Atmosphere Deep Dive Lecture[IM07a] Atmosphere Deep Dive Lab[DV07a] Atmosphere Deep Dive Video DemoIn-Kind Donation via Secured Supply Chain Demo, with IoT Introduction for Proof of Delivery
12:00 – 12:30	[BC-Track] Blockchain Challenge and Q&A
12:30 – 13:30	Lunch
13:30 – 14:30	Invited Talk:  Huobi University The Tide of Industrial Blockchain: Huobi’s Practice on Blockchain Application By Dr Yu Jianing (George), President of Huobi University
14:30 – 15:15	WS-7 Demo: Anti-Corruption Charity and Aid Distribution [IM07b] Using Tango transfer MESH between Wallets through Spectrum.[IM0(3|7)c] Observe transactions on the Spectrum public blockchain[IM07d] Using Tango to transfer MESH through Photon (online and offline)Using SMT tokens to buy charitable goods donated In-kind [2] WS-7 Lab :  Students’ Hands-On – Concurrent with Above MeshBox will airdrop MESH tokens to Student’s Tango Wallet
15:15 – 15:30	Break
15:30 – 16:30	Invited Talk:  ND Reflex Music A Blockhain-Based Music Industry – by Daniel Finn
16:30 – 17:00	[BC-Track] Blockchain Challenge and Q&A

Invited Talk: Huobi

The Tide of Industrial Blockchain: Huobi’s Practice on Blockchain Application

Abstract:

Huobi University, as a progressive institution, focuses on education and research in the frontier areas of the digital economy, including new applications of blockchain technology, new systems of digital finance and new distributed-business models. Its fundamental mission is to train top entrepreneurs in the fields of blockchain and the digital economy, and consequently, more than 1,000 trainees have graduated from Huobi University. Courses are offered in more than ten cities worldwide, including Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Shenzhen, Haikou, Silicon Valley, Tokyo and Seoul. Moreover, the institution enjoys strategic partnerships with the University of Gibraltar and other schools that emphasize the power of global outreach. Thus, Huobi is amply deserving of the “Leading Education Brand of Technology” award it received from Tencent Education.

Speaker:

Yu Jianing (George)

Dr. Yu serves concurrently as the president of Huobi University, deputy director of the Blockchain Committee of the China Communications Industry Association, Member of the China Computer Federation’s Blockchain Committee and special expert of the Blockchain Pilot Zone within the Hainan Pilot Free-Trade Port.

The respected economist Yu Jianing (George), Ph.D. in economics. He has achieved renowned for his study in the realm of the digital economy and blockchain industry. Dr. Yu served as the director of the Institute of Industrial Economics at the Information Center of Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, where he was instrumental in the drafting and study of wide-ranging policies, having devoted many years to policy research.

Dr. Yu is recognized throughout the realm of IT as a top blockchain expert. In addition to winning the Global Blockchain Leader award, he’s been included among the “Top Ten Blockchain Figures in China” and was named the “Blockchain Industry Leader in China” for 2019. He has been invited to teach blockchain courses at some of the world’s most prestigious schools, including Peking University, Tsinghua University, University of Hong Kong and China Europe International Business School. He has also lent his expertise as a participant in the blockchain programs of CCTV and BTV. His views have been widely reported by CCTV (Focus Report and Economic News), Xinhua News Agency, Economic Daily, Economic Information Daily, China National Radio, People’s Daily Online, CNR News, Coindesk and other global media venues.

Invited Talk: DiMuto

Speaker:

Gary Loh

Founder & CEO, DiMuto

Gary is the Executive Chairman of First Alverstone Capital, a private equity group focusing primarily in Asian oriented opportunities. He also serves as the Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of SunMoon Food Company [SGX: AAJ]. Gary was the white knight in the revival and flourishing of SunMoon Food (then named FHTK Holdings). Upon taking up the reins in 2007, he revitalised the business with a series of radical changes that were seen as risky back then but genius on hindsight.

Invited Talk: ND Reflex Music

Abstract:

The Music Industry has seen a sea-change in music production, publishing, distribution and promotion in the past 2 decades, not to the advantage of musical artists and producers.  In this lecture we will explore how blockchain technology and MeshBox can be leveraged to create the next generation of the music industry through tokenization, smart contracts, local mesh ecosystems and distributed ledger technology bringing efficiency, fairness, value and community building along with it.

Speaker:

Daniel Finn

Founder of ND Reflex Music; MeshBox Director of Global Marketing

Daniel was born and raised in New York and attended Boston University earning both a degree in English Literature and certifications in C/C++ programming before embarking on a career that has spanned the technology, creative, media and education sectors.  He currently resides in Beijing, China where he is most at home working on projects that combine technology and media.  His videos have been seen at Carnegie Hall, the NASDAQ screen in Times Square, and throughout the world on various platforms.  In addition to working on the MeshBox and ND RefleX Music projects he is also producing an album of electronic music due for release in the coming months.

	Day 8 (17 July) Friday
Inclusive Climate Change Mitigation Hands-on: Transactive IoT in the HyperMesh Infrastructure; Mesh Mining Deep Dive
Learning Objectives: Describe the impact of climate change on the underserved Explain the idea behind green blockchain solutions and their importanceAppraise solutions for greenhouse-gas drawdown and how the solutions can benefit from IoT-enabled MeshBox and green blockchain solutionsExperiment with transaction IoT in the HyperMesh InfrastructureExplain edge-computing

Time	Agenda
09:00 – 09:15	SUSS Invited Speakers Mr Jimmy Tan, Senior Manager, Advancement Office
09:15 – 10:15	WS-8 Lecture:  Inclusive Climate Change Mitigation Group PresentationsCyber-Physical Systems and Transactive IoTTransactive EnergyClimate Change Disaster MitigationMESH Token Mechanism[DV08a]  MeshBox-Tesla Proof of Coverage[DV08b]  MeshBox-Tesla GTI ABIoT
10:15 – 10:30	Break
10:30 – 11:30	Invited Talk: GTI Software-Defined IoT:  Massively Scaling the Last-Mile  — by Andy Wang
11:30 – 12:00	WS-8 Lecture (Continued) Including Workshop Wrap-Up
12:00 – 12:30	[BC-Track] Blockchain Challenge and Q&A
12:30 – 13:30	Lunch
13:30 – 14:00	Invited Talk: VeriTag Use of Blockchain for Document Protection and Its Application in Trade – by Jason Lim
14:00 – 15:00	Invited Talk:  Data Chain Foundation Combining Mesh Networks and Edge Computation for Federated Data Processing – by Hongyu LUO
15:00 – 15:15	Break
15:15 – 15:30	WS-8 Demo:   Transactive IoT in the HyperMesh Infrastructure [IM08a] GTI Website Login and Exploration of IoT Sensors
15:30 – 16:30	Invited Talk:  AID:Tech   Digital ID for this Decade – Why It’s More Important Than Ever — by Joseph Thompson
16:30 – 17:30	[BC-Track] Blockchain Challenge and Q&A (for Challenge Participants)

Invited Talk: Beijing GTI IoT Technologies

Software-Defined IoT: Massively Scaling the Last-Mile

Abstract:

By 2025, there will be 150-Billion IoT devices streaming data to the cloud.  The majority of these are low-power embedded devices with only kilobytes of memory.  This presents major challenges to massively scaling these devices.  In this talk, we will describe how software-defined architecture is solving this problem and enabling new capabilities such as low-power AI.  This is manifested in integrating GTI’s low-power IoT products with MeshBox to enable pervasive sensing and remote monitoring at the edge.

Speaker: 

Andy Wang

CTO, Beijing GTI IoT Technologies

Andy Wang received his B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Maryland College Park in 1998, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2000 and 2005, respectively.  He joined Analog Devices as an IC design engineer in 2005, working on high-speed communication chipsets for video and networking applications.   He co-founded GTI IoT Technology Co, LTD in 2011 and serves as its CTO, working on next-generation low-power IoT solutions.

Invited Talk: Data Chain Foundation

Combining Mesh Networks and Edge Computation for Federated Data Processing

Abstract:

Data Chain Foundation is the federated computing network with privacy-preserving MapReduce data processing framework which supporting Android and openwrt on smart devices.  Mobile phones with Data Chain App installed can work as computing nodes, processing private data without passing them to the cloud. Data Chain interoperates with the Aggregation Server deployed in MeshBox to form a federated computing network with privacy-preserving features.

Speaker:

LUO Hongyu

Founder of Data Chain Foundation

More than ten years of experience in distributed computing and big data. Former Alibaba cloud senior expert; seven years of Alibaba Cloud job experience; was responsible for the Alibaba Cloud data computing platform; responsible for product development and commercialization of the 11.11 massive data parallel processing platform, supporting thousands of enterprises for cloud and bigdata driven transformation.

Invited Talk: VeriTAG

Use of Blockchain for Document Protection and Its Application in Trade

Abstract:

In many countries and in many businessess, the use of original copies are still required. Why is it so and what can blockchain do to solve this problem and in solving this problem, what are the benefits? veriTAG work closely with IMDA to tackle this problem and have taken a firm step in tackling this issue through blockchain.

Speaker:

Jason LIM

Founder and CEO of veriTAG

Jason Lim, a Singaporean serial entrepreneur has spent the last 20 years starting and running successful businesses in China and Singapore. A market savvy business developer, Jason has a proven track record of building new businesses from scratch. These businesses have established good reputation within the technology industry, particularly in cities such as Shanghai, Nanjing, Wuxi, Tianjin, Shenzhen, Beijing and Chengdu. His success was recognized by the Wuxi government, for which Jason won the coveted title of “530 Leading Entrepreneur” award in 2013. In 2013, Jason founded veriTAG, a Singapore based technology company that focuses on product and asset tagging methods that are linked to the Cloud – henceforth coined as cloud tagging solutions.  veriTAG core competencies are veriTAG, patented track and trace blockchain authentication solution, veriHUB, one stop solution food export platform to China and veri$HOP, a blockchain enabled loyalty program.

veriTAG won the IMDA blockchain challenge twice – once for putting veriTAG food safety solution and blockchain and a 2nd time for enabling documents security and authentication on TradeTrust through integration with veriTAG blockchain platform build on NULS. veriTAG also secured a tender with ST Engineering to build veriSECURE for SFA sandbox which will integrate GPS tracking into veriTAG blockchain solution. veriHUB is a recognized PSG solution under Enterprise Singapore. veri$HOP has secured partnership with keruyun to extend our loyalty program into keruyun POS system to serve the Singapore F&B and retail market.

Invited Talk:  Aid:Tech

Digital ID for this Decade – Why It’s More Important Than Ever

Abstract:

Blockchain, digital ID, SDG’s, data , privacy, control, GDPR, data science, AI, Machine learning

Speaker

Joseph Thomson

CEO, Aid:Tech

Joseph Thompson is the CEO and Co-Founder of AID:Tech, the world’s first company ever to deliver international aid using blockchain technology in 2015. Since then, they have won multiple international awards from Citi, IBM, MasterCard, French Government, Dubai Government to name but a few. The core of their blockchain platform is providing digital identity and building applications on top for micro-insurance, remittances, KYC/AML, welfare delivery and medical entitlements. Joseph is the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Pioneer for blockchain technology. AID:Tech are the first blockchain company to received direct investment from two governments. AID:Tech are also winners of the Game Changer of the Year Award for fighting corruption, which was presented by Director of the IMF, Christine Lagarde.