2019-07-08 Meeting notes

Date

08 Jul 2019

Attendees

• Marco Carvalho

• Kent G Lau
• jeff stollman
• Bret Carpenter

Introductions (New)

• TBD

Topics

From last meeting

• TBD

New

• FDA Wants to Use Blockchain to Keep Food Safe (https://fedtechmagazine.com/article/2019/07/fda-wants-use-blockchain-keep-food-safe)

Discussion

• Kent
  
  • IoT
    • Google "enabling sensors to talk to blockchain"
    • < $10/device
    • Pilot by request - need data to try it
    • Hashing on device
    • Kent to follow-up
  • General discussion
    • Using computer vision to track and assign hash
  • Traceability
    • Shifting the liability
    • Insurance impact
  • How do you envision to setup pilot for food chain?
    • GS1 + EPCIS events
• Jeff
  • IoT
    • Ideal to have sensor on the product - follow the product
    • Now its mostly environment - Monitoring environment vs. product
  • Data is an Asset/source of revenue (especially for pharma)
  • Multiple different blockchains, e.g. for leafy greens, mangoes, tuna, etc.
    • Interoperability does not exist
    • change of custody and ownership when dealing with multiple carriers
    • increase complexity when consolidating different industries into a blockchain
  • General discussion
    • Audit the audit technology - "Blockchain auditor"
  • EPCIS events
    • Challenge with Aggregation and Disaggregation - especially in pharma
• Marco
  • IBM Food Trust
    • Doesn't "feel" like a real blockchain due to control of IBM
• R3 Corda + Ripe.io for traceability - would be nice to get more info
• R3 Corda - usage of token for traceability
• Bret
  • IoT
    • Using simulation / VR to track

Goals

Discussion items

Action items