Crash Course on Smart Ledgers (Blockchains) 2018 - London (B) | Z/Yen Group | 18 July 2018 | Z/Yen Group Limited, 41 Lothbury, London EC2R 7HG, UK

Smart Ledgers have the potential to transform the way people and organisations handle identity, transaction, and debt information. The ability to have a globally available, verifiable, and untamperable source of data provides anyone wishing to provide trusted third party services, i.e. most financial services firms, the ability to do so cheaply and robustly.

Blockchain technology is a form of MDL. The technical success and excitement surrounding Bitcoin’s distributed ledger, ‘the blockchain’, has convinced doubters that distributed ledgers can work securely in harsh environments and, while a bit complicated, can work commercially. People are now exploring in earnest applications for traditional financial markets – transforming custody products, helping in wholesale insurance deal rooms, providing consolidated tapes or price reporting, reducing systemically important financial institution (SIFI) “too big to fail” risk, reducing pricing monopolies, providing greater data persistence, improving transparency, collateral management, etc.

With hands on exercises using Blockchains in business scenarios, these courses offer a unique opportunity to grasp the theory and practice of Smart Ledgers/Blockchains. You will leave the course with:
• A basic appreciation of the technologies that underpin Smart Ledgers
• Understanding of the different types of Smart Ledgers and how they can be used
• Chance to see and use live Smart Ledgers with business data
• Discussion with industry leaders of how the technology could be used for your business or industry

2018 Speakers

Professor Michael Mainelli
Z/Yen

Professor Mike Smith
Z/Yen