Identity, Blockchain and Cryptography

Identity, Blockchain and Cryptography

Our current Internet is flawed, as many of the protocols were created for machine-to-machine communications, and with little integration of human identity. One of the main challenges in building the next generation of the Internet will be the integration of digital identity. So we had a conference last week, and invited a number of leading professionals in the area. Here is my little introduction:

And then it was onto an Introduction to IOTA — a feeless cryptocurrency by Serguei Popov, University of Campinas:

Next it was the visionary lead of Andy Tobin from Evernym:

And then we saw how Andrew Trask addresses privacy issues within machine learning:

And then it was onto a great Scottish SME, with Garry McKay outlining appii:

Next, Dr. Naseem Naqv outlined Blockchain research, evidence-based Blockchain, and establishing benchmarks and framework:

And it was back to another great Scottish SME, with Stuart Fraser from Wallet Services and who outlined cross-supply chain assured manufacturing records:

And then one of our new PhD students —Pavlos Papadopoulos — outlined Securing DNS with Blockchain:

And a PhD student going into his 2nd year — Adam Hall — outlined Privacy-enhancing Machine Learning:

Then it was the greatness of Dr Michael Scott, and who outlined MIRACL:Deploying complex cryptography — removing the friction:

Prof Christine Bamford then defined her focus on Blockchain for Good in the Age of Humtech:

In the last session it Justin Maxwell from Blockpass IDN, and who have been supporting the Blockpass ID Lab:

Then it was one of the most independent of thinkers — Philip Sheldrake — and who outlined Generative digital identity — beyond self-sovereignty:

And finally it was Chris Eckl, CTO at Sitekit Systems Ltd, and who showed a vision for the future of identity and trust:

Overall, a construtive day, and we look forward to next year: