Joining Forces for Blockchain Standardisation

The "Joining Forces for Blockchain standardisation" webinar focused on the following topics: 

• Identity, 
• Interoperability,
• Governance, 
• Smart Contracts.  

A closing panel of distinguished experts from industry and standardisation organisations discussed how to better structure cooperation between the different stakeholders and standardisation bodies in order to maximise synergies and resources, and minimise fragmentation risks. 

The Webinar has been opened by Pēteris Zilgalvis, European Commission, DG CONNECT, Head of Unit Digital Innovation & Blockchain and involved speakers from:

• CEN/CENELEC JTC 19,
• ETSI ISG PDL,
• IEEE,
• INATBA,
• ISO TC307,
• ITU-T,
• OASIS,
• other entitities and independent experts working with blockchain standardisation and technical specifications.

A closing panel of distinguished experts from industry and standardisation organisations discussed how to better structure cooperation between the different stakeholders and standardisation bodies in order to maximise synergies and resources, and minimise fragmentation risks.

The webinar brought together more than 400 experts working with blockchain standardisation from all over the world. Regions actively participating: Europe, North America, South America, and Asia. Though, no registrations from mainland China (except speakers). No registrations from Africa.

Some registrations by country: Spain 63, Italy 41, Germany 34, Belgium 25, France 17, USA 17, India 7, Brazil 7, Japan 2, Australia 2, Canada 2, Peru 1, Pakistan 1, Mexico 1, Indonesia 1, Hong Kong 1, Vietnam 1 and others.

Event Report: https://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/dae/document.cfm?doc_id=68644

Disclaimer: The summaries included into the event report reflect the opinions and interventions of speakers, and do not necessarily constitute an official position of the European Commission.

Speakers: https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/events/cf/joining-forces-for-blockchain-standardisation/speakers.cfm

 

Agenda

 

09:00

Welcome, Goals of Workshop and Agenda

Pēteris Zilgalvis / Rapolas Lakavičius, EC

09:15

INATBA’s Blockchain Standardisation Efforts

Mark Taverner, INATBA

Slides: https://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/dae/document.cfm?doc_id=68427

09:30

Blockchain Standardisation Landscape

Ramesh Ramados, IEEE

Slides: https://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/dae/document.cfm?doc_id=68428

09:45

ISO TC307 Presentation and Liaison Overview

Craig Dunn, ISO TC307

Slides: https://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/dae/document.cfm?doc_id=68429

     

10:00

Privacy and Identity

 

 

Chair: Rapolas Lakavičius, EC

Ignacios Alamillo, Astrea,  ISO TC307

Slides: https://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/dae/document.cfm?doc_id=68430

 

 

Paolo Campegiani,  Bit4id,  ISO TC307

Slides: https://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/dae/document.cfm?doc_id=68431

 

 

Carlos Pastor, Bolsas y Mercados Españoles, Alastria, EBSI

Slides: https://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/dae/document.cfm?doc_id=68432

     

11:00

Interoperability

 

 

Chair: Lukas Repa, EC

Gilbert Verdian, Quant Network, ISO TC307 - interoperability SG

 

 

Wei Kai, CAICT

   

Ismael Arribas, Kunfud, INATBA

Slides: https://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/dae/document.cfm?doc_id=68434

   

Nena Dokuzov, Slovenian Government, UNECE, OECD BEPAB 

Slides: https://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/dae/document.cfm?doc_id=68433

 

 

 

12:00

Lunch Break Presentations:

   

- Traceability and digital evidence on three blockchains by startup Claudia

- IEEE P2418.2 Data Format for Blockchain Systems

- Blockchain in Energy Global Standard: IEEE P2418.5

- Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) Use in Healthcare and Life Sciences

Ismael Arribas, Kunfud, INATBA

Slides: https://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/dae/document.cfm?doc_id=68435

CLAUDIA Certificate: https://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/dae/document.cfm?doc_id=68445

Ming Li, China electronic standardization instituteCESI, IEEE

Claudio Lima, Blockchain Engineering Council, IEEE Blockchain Energy Standards P2418.5

Slides: https://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/dae/document.cfm?doc_id=68437

Heather Flannery with John Greaves, IEEE EMBS P2418.6 

Slides: https://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/dae/document.cfm?doc_id=68436

      13:00 Governance     Chair: Emilio Davila Gonzalez, EC

Monique Bachner, Bachner Legal, INATBA

Slides: https://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/dae/document.cfm?doc_id=68438

    Pietro Marchionni, EBSI, CEN/CENELEC JTC19     Roman Beck, University of Copenhagen, OECD, UNECE, ISOTC307 - Governance WG    

Thomas Cox, IEEE’s P2145 “Blockchain/DLT Governance Standards, Enterprise DLT Live

Slides: https://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/dae/document.cfm?doc_id=68439

      14:00 Smart Contracts     Chair: Thomas Reibe, EC Julien Bringer, Kallistech, ISO TC307    

Chaals Nevile, Enterprise Ethereum Alliance

Slides: https://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/dae/document.cfm?doc_id=68440

   

Arnaud Le Hors, IBM

Slides: https://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/dae/document.cfm?doc_id=68441

   

Sven Hildebrandt, Distributed Ledger Consulting, INATBA

Slides: https://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/dae/document.cfm?doc_id=68442

      15:00 Coffe Break Presentations by ETSI:    

- Smart Contracts

- Permissioned Distributed Ledgers ISG

Tooba Faisal, King's College London 

Slides: https://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/dae/document.cfm?doc_id=68443

Diego Lopez, Telefonica I+D

Slides: https://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/dae/document.cfm?doc_id=68444

      15:30 Panel Discussion: Cohesion in global blockchain standardisation Ismael Arribas, Kunfud, INATBA  

Co-chairs: 

Pēteris Zilgalvis / Rapolas Lakavičius, EC Andrea Caccia, CEN/CENELEC JTC19     Jayavaradhan Sambedu, Curl Analythics     Pamela Dingle, Microsoft     Daniel Riedel, OASIS     Suzana Moreno, BNDES       16:30 Q&A   17:00 Closing