Potential Speakers
| Name | Organization/Topic | Who contacted them? | Date of Contact | Status |
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| The Giving Chain | Came up in discussion at 1/25/24 meeting | 2024/1/25 | Target date: April | |
| Alexander Style | Vinturas | October 2023 | Alexander Style has told Ned Thompson, MBA he can speak at our 5/16/24 meeting. We will follow up in March to finalize the topic and title. (1/31/24) | Alex had to postpone his 2023/11/06 presentation to 2024. I will follow up with Ned Thompson in January regarding possible rescheduling. | |
| TBD | bConnect | 2024/1/25 | ebook profilee. Alicia Noel sent a note on Dec 3 via LinkedIn and is waiting to hear back. Sent query to a 2nd person Jan 25. He's currently on holiday so I will follow up in two weeks. | Josélio Teider of the Brazil chapter has offered to inquire with a contact of his at Serpro. (1/29/24) | |
| Rishi C | Farm to Plate | 2024/1/25 | Scheduled Presentation date: 5/18/24. Alicia will follow up in March re: topic and title. (2/1/24) | Alicia Noel sent follow up to Rishi on January 25, 2024. Saptarshi responded that they plan to launch in late March. We're discussing tentative presentation dates in April. (1/30/24) | |
| TBDA | Circular | |||
| ? | EBL research and projects in Turkey | ? | Ayhan Köseoğlu will speak with a colleague about speaking during a meeting. |
Future Topics
| Topic | Comments | When |
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| Why NOT blockchain? | Per Ayhan Köseoğlu , Invite people from big banking/finance companies and hear from them why they aren't adopting blockchain. | |
| Integration | Per Ned Thompson, MBA , there are banking projects integrating blockchain tech with legacy systems. | |
Electronic Bills of Lading (EBLs) | per Ned Thompson, MBA : I attended a BIMCO webinar a few weeks ago and the talk was all about utilizing blockchain to digitize bills of lading and other trade documents. As we know, BIMCO is part of FIT along with Swift, ICC, FIATA, and DCSA, so it was great to hear that blockchain is considered one of the technologies to revolutionize trade transactions. In our eBook, we focused on some of the companies that are leading the charge in electronic trade documents including Wavebl and Tradewaltz. I think that eBL's will be a use case that helps put blockchain on the map and I think this is a great avenue for Hyperledger Fabric to market its capabilities. Not sure how to do this, but I think this is an opportunity for Hyperledger to differentiate itself and get more exposure. Thoughts? --- This would be a good webinar topic and/or a blog post. | |
2024 - project/effort idea AI in blockchains(SC-TF related) | Discover and document how firms are planning or currently employing AI for blockchain supply chain solutions where the underlying technology is Hyperledger Fabric. Process: Deliverable: Similar to eBook published in 2024 NOTE(Jeff Pribich - 02/06): Willing to begin exploring this project to provide SIG with specific information on deliverable. | |
2024 - project/effort idea How do NFTs address supply chain inefficiencies? Produce a document on current use for this purpose or document(tech). | NFTs eliminate many of the issues supply chains are known for, as they can enhance traceability and reduce the need for constantly checking in to see who has your materials. Ultimately, this would result in lower supply chain costs, and these savings could be passed onto consumers. Still, it’ll probably be a while before this technology is widely adopted in supply chains. | |
2024 - project/effort idea Platform differentiation | Perform a competitive analysis between Fabric and current other popular platforms that provide an SC-TF solution. NOTE(Jeff Pribich - 02/06): Should this entry be removed from this list as this has already been performed. | |
2024 - project/effort idea Risk: How can blockchain display and provide guidance on risk as situations change during shipping | Can AI assist? Technical view on how this can be provided and/or how is blockchain transparency enabling risk reduction - who is using this advantage? NOTE(Jeff Pribich - 02/06): After further review, this effort would be a portion of the proposed project entitled "AI in blockchains(SC-TF related)" | |
2024 - project/effort idea Deeper dive study on how blockchain(Fabric) thwarts product fraud and tampering. | Was touched on slightly during our e-Book effort. This idea promotes working on a very detailed level as to how Fabric(target blockchain) enables fraud detection and allows for the creation of a process preventing fraud. Seems as if there is more maturity in this space with everledger for example.
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2024 - project/effort idea Produce a diagram or e-guide on how exactly blockchain operates for SC-TF | Process definition required especially around involvement of the Fabric technical groups. Opportunity for synergy between SIGs. | |
2024 - project/effort idea Where / How is crypto utilized in blockchains for SC-TF such as hedging due to price changes? | ||
2024 - project/effort idea What are the business reasons for firms/corporation not adopting blockchain for Supply Chains? | Process steps for this effort need further clarity at this time(01/2024). Through online research and interviews define the stumbling blocks, differential attitudes and incorrect assumptions on value/benefits and what has changed. | |
2024 - project/effort idea Consumer use of the supply chain - direct purchases from manufacturing firms. | The idea associated with this project is to produce a document strategizing how consumer use of SC blockchain will allow for direct purchase from manufacturers of goods. How to avoid use of Amazon for example utilizing the same technology. | |
2024 - project/effort idea Produce a document detailing the financial advantages of blockchain technology for SC-TF usage. | Form of the output would detail the blockchain(Fabric) intricacies enabling cost advantages for SC-TF usage. Examples: How do smart contracts-chaincode enable partial payments? Transaction efficiencies. Efficiencies to transaction processing, reduces manual tasks such as aggregating and amending data, and eases reporting and auditing processes. Enables traceability and close tracking to prevent product damage from spoilage, theft and lost goods. Process definition required especially around involvement of the Fabric technical groups. Opportunity for synergy between SIGs. | |
SIG Blog | We have the opportunity to share supply chain and trade finance information via a SIG blog. Topics could include speaker presentations, relevant projects that use Hyperledger, industry new that is relevant to the SIG community. Questions: How often? Who wants to write a post? How long should we expect them to be? Blogposts should be written by one or more SIG members, and edited (by someone with strong English writing skills) by at least one other person before being shared to the SIG blog. | |
Mitigating environmental impact of blockchain use | How are organizations that use blockchain as a tool for supply chain and trade finance managing the environmental impact of the technology use? Are companies using private chains that are only powered by renewable energy? What about minimizing environmental and human costs of lithium mining for use in batteries? | |
| FinTech(Trade Finance) | Use of trade finance(FinTech) across supply chains. Investigate how specific industries, especially small to mid-size industries) utilize FinTech to corral financing of supply chain operations. Some examples are: 1) Warehouse Receipt Financing: Utilize assets(commodity) as collateral. 2) Small and mid-size companies have three core assets that can be used to obtain financing: approved invoices, inventories, and purchase orders. | |
Minimizing the trade finance gap | ||
Tokenization | ||
Digital credentials | ||
Beyond Track and Trace | ||
Interoperability | ||
Governance |
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| Business models | ||
| Standards bodies map | https://scorecoalition.org is doing work in this area. |