Laura Spinaci - Podcast Details

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Blockchain & Innovation Mentoring Lab Leveraging the Ethereum stack with Yaz Khoury EPISODE SUMMARY Yaz Khoury Director of Developer Relations at the Ethereum Classic Cooperative walk through the Ethereum Stack Yaz Khoury BIO Yaz Khoury is the Director of Developer Relations at the Ethereum Classic Cooperative. His background is both hardware and software engineering spanning projects across robotics, space colonization, blockchain, machine learning, and data analytics. He is currently the Vice-Chair of the Testnet Working Group at the Ethereum Enterprise Alliance (EEA)." Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ykhoury/ Twitter: @Yazanator FOLLOW B...

2020-04-1930 min

Blockchain & Innovation Mentoring Lab Blockchain Governance & covid-19: challenge or opportunity?EPISODE SUMMARY Virtual Panel + Q&A Before covid-19 we discussed the value of blockchain in every possible way, every conference, and meetup. Now that we are stepping in a long economic slowdown how can we sell blockchain projects? If on one side governance has been so far one of the biggest challenges, on the other side, it might be possible that consortium based business models will be boosted by this crisis. a) many initiatives funded by governments b) private initiatives where companies for the first time accept to cooperate rather than...

2020-04-1951 min

Blockchain & Innovation Mentoring Lab Worldwide economic crisis, COVID-19: does it still make sense to work on Blockchain?EPISODE SUMMARY Where blockchain can play a role in this worldwide crisis we are leaving. Read the article on Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/worldwide-economic-crisis-does-still-make-sense-work-laura/ BIO Laura Spinaci Digital & IT Transformation | Executives Advisor | Blockchain & Innovation Mentoring Lab Founder EPISODE LINKS FOLLOW Blockchain & Innovation Mentoring Lab: Linkedin - https://buff.ly/2RePMwi Twitter - https://twitter.com/@lallispinaci Medium - https://medium.com/@lauraspinaci Meetup - https://w...

2020-03-2504 min

Blockchain & Innovation Mentoring Lab Interview with Youakim Badr, Ph.D., HDR Associate Professor of Data Analytics Division of Engineering The Pennsylvania State UniversityEPISODE SUMMARY We spoke about his research on IoT identities and open blockchain and challenges that are meant to be sorted out through it. BIO Youakim Badr Dr. Youakim Badr is Associate Professor at Pennsylvania State University. Along the way of his research activities, Dr. Badr has worked extensively in the area of service computing and information security. His research interests lie primarily in the area of designing and deploying “smart” and “secure” connected devices and services for the Internet of Things. In particular, he conducts research activiti...

2020-02-1119 min

Blockchain & Innovation Mentoring Lab IoT and DLT: Interview with Dragan Boscovic, Director of the Blockchain Research Lab at the Arizona State University, Data Technologist, Entrepreneur, Investor, InnovatorEPISODE EPISODE SUMUP We spoke about his research about IoT and DLT as a service. The IoT challenges and how blockchain can help to improve the security between IoT devices exchanging data, the technologies have been used, and the go-to-market approach and main challenges Dragan Boscovic BIO Seasoned ITC industry executive and senior technology expert with proven track record in conceiving strategies and managing development, investment and innovation efforts as related to advanced technologies, products and mobile services. Based on extensive international experience uniquely positioned to release latent potentials and...

2020-02-1033 min

Blockchain & Innovation Mentoring Lab Entrervista con Valentin Encinas Blockchain Chapter Lead en Accenture EspanaEPISODE SUMUP Hablamos sobre diferentes tecnologías de blockchain públicas y privadas y las diferencias entre Hyperledger, Quorum, IPFS, Interledger. También hablamos sobre los desafíos regulatorios y la necesidad de continuar educando a las empresas sobre qué usar blockchain y casos de uso. BIO Nací un día del año 1974. Cuando tenía 11 años, fui al cine a ver "Juegos de Guerra", y desde entonces supe lo que quería hacer en mi vida: trabajar con ordenadores. A los 13 años me escapaba al...

2020-02-0840 min

Blockchain & Innovation Mentoring Lab Interview with Scott King - Product Manager, ING DLT team.EPISODE SUM UP: At the EU Blockchain Congress in Barcelona where Scott spoke about the DLT Projects being run within ING. We discussed their work in research, specifically enhancing privacy through the use of Zero-Knowledge Proofs, and their application in the context of blockchain. He also introduced projects like Komgo, a trade commodity finance solution already live in production, as well ING’s focus on driving further DLT initiatives to production this year. Scott King BIO: Product Manager within ING’s Distributed Ledger Technology Team, a large area of S...

2020-01-2511 min

Blockchain & Innovation Mentoring Lab Interview with Pradipa Karbhari Director, Azure Partner Growth and Ecosystem at MicrosoftEPISODE SUM UP: At the EU Blockchain Congress in Barcelona, we spoke about the overlap between blockchain and IoT, as an example Azure FarmBeats a business-to-business offering available in Azure Marketplace where customers and partners can collaborate together. Pradipa Karbhari bio: IT and Business Operations/Strategy Leader with expertise in the following areas: • Enabling the Azure Onboarding of startups and partners across various industries/technologies • Architecting for the Cloud, Edge, Hybrid Scenarios leveraging AI/ML/IoT/Big Data/Analytics/Blockchain • Managing Global Cross-Functional teams •...

2020-01-2104 min

Blockchain & Innovation Mentoring Lab Interview with Csilla Zsigri Senior Analyst Blockchain & DLT at 451 ResearchEPISODE SUM UP: Interview with Csilla Zsigri senior analyst at 451 Research, a global research and advisory firm. I interviewed Csilla Zsigri at the IoT world congress in Barcelona where she led a panel discussion about Blockchain-based systems used for verifying certificates, licenses, university degrees, & professional skills. Who Are You? What Do You Have And What Do You Know? Verify Your Claims Digitally! The use case of trusted credentials is showing up across industries–education, energy & utilities, financial services, government. For example, utility companies, in partnership with compliance organizations can implement a blockchain-based credentials system for technicians who go...

2020-01-1514 min

Blockchain & Innovation Mentoring Lab Blockchain: the business perspective. Interview with Doctor Trevor Clohessy PhD Lecturer/Researcher: Transformative TechnologiesEPISODE SUM UP: We spoke about his book - Blockchain: the business perspective - and how the organizations approach blockchain for enterprise, business models, the core of decentralization and how to capture the value, dApps, how to drive awareness about what blockchain is, and where can bring value. Trevor Clohessy bio: Trevor Clohessy is an assistant professor in business information systems and transformative technologies at GMIT School of Business since September 2018. Prior to this post, Trevor was an assistant professor at the National University of Ireland Galway business school and a...

2020-01-1522 min

Blockchain & Innovation Mentoring Lab Interview with Rebecca Aspler, Director of Product Management at UnboundEPISODE SUM UP: We spoke about blockchain for enterprise, way to improve security in use cases like IoT, digital identity, and blockchain trends within corporations and startup worldwide. Rebecca Aspler bio: Rebecca is leading the Blockchain product line at Unbound Tech, a Multi-Party Computation (MPC) security company. Before joining Unbound, was the co-founder and VP products at Ofakim Group, Israel’s largest B2B financial risk management and cross border payments the company, protecting and transferring a monthly B2B amount of 5B USD. Prior to...

2019-12-3026 min

Blockchain & Innovation Mentoring Lab Blockchain PLaybook: 5 steps to production and beyondEPISODE SUM UP: Blockchain PlayBook is a guide, a high-level roadmap where are shared lessons learned, open questions, market data, and assumptions for the future. It is a view top-down rather than top-down from the technology about the main insights of blockchain for enterprise. It is meant to be NOT complete, but it is detailed enough to provide a snapshot of what is going on that frequently is open to subjective misinterpretation. About Blockchain benefits over traditional IT solutions Five steps to production Lessons learned Key success factors Main Barriers & open questions ...

2019-12-3013 min

Blockchain & Innovation Mentoring Lab Innovation, Enterprises and Digital LabsEPISODE TITLE Innovation, Enterprises and Digital Labs EPISODE SUM UP: In the near feature, all companies will become software companies, but meanwhile, is the mindset of corporations and medium-sized organizations leaning towards innovation and digital transformation. About - Innovation & Enterprises - Innovation & Labs - Conclusion Laura Spinaci Bio Master's Degree in Computer Science, 15+ years 360 digital executive international experience in several countries within corporations, consulting companies, digital agencies, startups, and Innovation Labs. Ex...

2019-12-0506 min

Blockchain & Innovation Mentoring Lab Blockchain and Supply Chain: what mattersEPISODE SUM UP: Supply chain is a giant field, backbone of many industries, where there are rooms of consistent improvements. Blockchain, by design, reflects the infrastructure that suits supply chain dynamics and processes. Combined with other technologies like IoT, BigData, RIFD, blockchain promises network participants unprecedented visibility leading towards a transformative impact in the next years. About 1-What is Supply Chain 2-How Blockchain capabilities can fix Supply Chain 3-Use cases: Manufacture, Aviation, Consumer Goods and Retail Laura Spinaci Bio

2019-12-0426 min

Blockchain & Innovation Mentoring Lab The overlap between IoT and DLTEPISODE SUM UP: IoT is a combination of hardware and software that allows data exchange between machine to machine, machine to human, machine to cloud. Data is without any doubt the most valuable digital asset on internet, and blockchain is the proper network of Value - Exchange. Listen to what IoT and DLT have in common. Laura Spinaci Bio Master's Degree in Computer Science, 15+ years 360 digital executive international experience in several countries within corporations, consulting companies, digital agencies, startups, and Innovation Labs. Extensiv...

2019-12-0304 min

Blockchain & Innovation Mentoring Lab Sustainability, IoT & BlockchainEPISODE SUM UP: What IoT and Blockchain can do for the United Nations 2030 Agenda for sustainable developments. On May 8th, 2019 I did a speech about IoT, Blockchain, and Sustainability, at the Green Tech Innovation event organized by EU Business School. The interest in IoT started growing when I realized that blockchain technology will be the catalyst for IoT adoption and that the combination of IoT, blockchain, and supply chain will greatly foster future sustainable developments in line with the United Nations 2030 Agenda for sustainable developments. Laura Spinaci Bio Master's Degree in Computer...

2019-12-0211 min

Blockchain & Innovation Mentoring Lab Interview with Zain Rana CEO and Founder of PharmeumEPISODE SUM UP: Pharmeum is a decentralized data-powered network to fuel AI and Digital Health Apps powered by PHRM Coins based on Hyperledger Fabric. I interviewed Zain Rana, Pharmeum CEO and Founder, at the IoT world congress in Barcelona where he gave a 45 min speech explaining what is Pharmeum. The current healthcare system makes the interaction between your doctor, pharmacy, and health insurance companies highly inefficient. In addition, it costs more for every party, to carry out the procedures in a slow, inefficient, paper-based way. Pharmeum is the world's first Blockchain and AI solution, e...

2019-11-1108 min

Blockchain & Innovation Mentoring Lab Blockchain & Innovation Mentoring Lab, the Origin StoryEPISODE SUM UP: Laura Spinaci CEO and Founder of Blockchain & Innovation Mentoring Lab explain how the Blockchain Mentoring Lab was born, its target market and the future ahead. Blockchain & Innovation Mentoring Lab provides services to enterprises, consulting companies, and blockchain organizations that need to be connected within blockchain for enterprise ecosystem to the right partners, clients, and talents, in order to streamline their business. Laura Spinaci bio: Master's Degree in Computer Science, 15+ years 360 digital executive international experience in several countries within corporations, consulting companies, digital agencies, startups, and I...

2019-11-0404 min