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AI + Blockchain + IoT
Moving from the hype to making it real
The EmTech AG Forum is an open collaboration forum focused on development of solutions to overcome barriers to the adoption of viable applications of artificial intelligence (AI), Blockchain and IoTs for securing and optimizing the food value chain: from the source to the table. The open space collaboration forum empowers all participants to share, learn and collaborate to identify where solutions are needed. If you are interested in submitting a speaker presentation submission, please fill out the registration form.
You need to be at the top of the learning curve to continue being an effective partner.
Be prepared to share, learn and contribute
Your participation includes:
- Insights to progress and lessons learned viable POCs and pilots
- Open collaboration for building consensus on what is viable and what technical and/or data standards are needed to drive adoption
- Opportunity to instantiate or participate in IEEE SA platform projects to test ideas that will contribute towards industry adoption.
- Opportunity to contribute ideas and/or take a leadership position in the Open Crowd-Source White Paper “Roadmap to Conformity Assessment for Blockchain in Food Traceability”
Agenda
This agenda is currently in development. We are currently accepting speaker and tech pitch submissions. See submission details and deadlines in the registration section.
Time |
Session Name |
| 7:45 AM – 8:30 AM | Breakfast & Registration |
| 8:30 AM – 8:55 AM | WELCOME REMARKS IEEE Standards Association Dr. Ramesh Ramadoss Chair, IEEE Blockchain Standards Committee |
| 9:00 AM – 9:45 AM | Headline Presentation Speaker: TBA
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| 9:45 AM – 10:15 AM | Blockchain Case Study Speaker: TBA |
| 10:15 AM – 11:00 AM | Pilot in Progress Speaker: Thomas Burke This session will include demo of the technology and 30 minutes for the attendees to question and learn more about the technology. Attendees will be given preliminary documentation before the event to prepare for the session. |
| 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM | TECH PITCH ROUND I Now accepting submissions. Please see participation section for details. |
| 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM | INTERACTIVE LUNCH |
| 1:00 PM – 1:40 PM | THE ROLE OF OPEN DATA AND FOOD SAFETY Speaker: TBA |
| 1:40 PM – 2:10PM | Pilot in Progress Speaker: TBA |
| 2:10 PM – 3:10 PM | TECH PITCH ROUND II Now accepting submissions. Please see registration section for details. |
| 3:10 PM – 3:40 PM | THE GROWERS PERSPECTIVE: NEEDS, USES AND VIABILITY OF BREAKTHROUGHT ECHNOLOGY ON THE FIELDS Speaker: TBA |
| 3:40 PM – 4:40 PM | OPEN MIC WHITEBOARD COLLABORATION In this session, all participants will bring three ideas on solutions and challenges to drive adoption of the technologies.
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| 4:40 PM - 5:00 PM | REPORT OUT FROM OPEN MIC Speaker: Group Leaders |
| 5:00 PM - 5:15 PM | CLOSING REMARKS |
| 5:15 PM - 6:00 PM | EMERGING STARS NETWORKING RECEPTION See the latest groundbreaking concepts using AI, Blockchain and/or IoT not yet commercialized but with opportunity to be a game changer in the future. |
Session Name
Session Name
IEEE Standards Association
Dr. Ramesh Ramadoss
Chair, IEEE Blockchain Standards Committee
Session Name
Headline Presentation
GETTING TO THE REAL USES FOR GLOBAL BLOCKCHAINS IN THE AGRICULTURE DOMAIN
Speaker: TBA
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Blockchain Case Study
USING BLOCKCHAIN AND IoT TO VERIFY AND VALIDATE FROM GROUND TO GLASS
Speaker: TBA
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Pilot in Progress
OPEN WATERS, OPEN SOURCE FOR SEAFOOD TRACEABILITY WITHOUT BORDERS
Speaker: Thomas Burke
Food Traceability and Safety Scientist, Global Food Traceability Center, Institute of Food Technologists
This session will include demo of the technology and 30 minutes for the attendees to question and learn more about the technology. Attendees will be given preliminary documentation before the event to prepare for the session.
Session Name
TECH PITCH ROUND I
Four companies will showcase their latest POCs and Pilots on the latest solutions and ideas innovating the agriculture value chain.
Now accepting submissions. Please see participation section for details.
Session Name
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THE ROLE OF OPEN DATA AND FOOD SAFETY
Speaker: TBA
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Pilot in Progress
THE ROLL OF AI IN STEPPING UP FOOD SAFETY INSPECTION
Speaker: TBA
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TECH PITCH ROUND II
Four companies will showcase their latest POCs and Pilots on the latest solutions and ideas innovating the agriculture value chain.
Now accepting submissions. Please see registration section for details.
Session Name
THE GROWERS PERSPECTIVE: NEEDS, USES AND VIABILITY OF BREAKTHROUGHT ECHNOLOGY ON THE FIELDS
Speaker: TBA
Session Name
OPEN MIC WHITEBOARD COLLABORATION
In this session, all participants will bring three ideas on solutions and challenges to drive adoption of the technologies.
Session Name
REPORT OUT FROM OPEN MIC
Speaker: Group Leaders
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Session Name
EMERGING STARS NETWORKING RECEPTION
See the latest groundbreaking concepts using AI, Blockchain and/or IoT not yet commercialized but with opportunity to be a game changer in the future.
Speakers
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Thomas Burke
Thomas Burke is the Food Traceability Scientist at IFT’s Global Food Traceability Center (GFTC). Currently, he is a technical lead in interoperability piloting for the Global Dialogue on Seafood Traceability, an initiative funded by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. The Global Dialogue is a business-to-business framework facilitating the creation of data and IT architecture standards addressing traceability use cases in the seafood sector, such as catch legality, food safety, and labor accountability. Burke also researches emerging technologies, protocols, and related processes pertaining to food traceability systems, namely blockchain, data capture integration, open source interoperability tools, and artificial intelligence. At GFTC, he has led the creation of a food traceability course entitled “Demystifying Traceability”, an online introductory course for food professionals and interactive, standards-based traceability workshop curricula. He previously worked as a Food Safety Analyst at the Georgia Department of Agriculture, working on food outbreak investigations, emergency response, regulatory policy, and informatics. He has a Bachelor of Science in microbiology from Kansas State University and is an MPH Graduate in Residence in epidemiology at Emory University.
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Dr. Ramesh Ramadoss
Ramesh Ramadoss is an entrepreneur, researcher, author, and international speaker based in Silicon Valley. He is a co-chair of the IEEE Blockchain Initiative. He is also the chair of the IEEE Blockchain Standards Committee. He is the Founder & President of BitCasas Inc., which is building a cross-border investment platform fueled by tokenization of mortgage loans backed by US Real Estate. He received his Bachelor of Engineering degree from Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai Kamaraj University, India in May 1998 and PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder in May 2003. From Jun. 2003 to Dec. 2007, he was employed as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Auburn University, Alabama, USA. He has 10 years of industrial experience as a Manager/Director in technology companies in Silicon Valley. He is the author or coauthor of 1 book, 4 book chapters and 55 papers. He has conducted R&D projects for DARPA, NASA, US Army, US Air Force, Sandia National Labs, and Motorola Labs.
Why IEEE SA is hosting this workshop?
In November 2018, the IEEE SA in collaboration with the IEEE Blockchain Initiative was the first to host the industry’s exclusive Blockchain for Agriculture Forum. The two-day educational and open collaboration Forum delivered the following outcomes:
- Kick-off of the P2418.3 DLT for Agriculture Standards Working Group
- Local for local Pilot Program – Onboarding farmers to Blockchain for New Financial Opportunities (in Hawaii)
- The Creation of the Blockchain for Food Traceability Conformity Assessment Program (Now accepting participants for the Open Crowd-Source Contribution to the Roadmap White Paper!)
3 Ways to Participate
Register Now
Register as a Forum Attendee – Only 75 seats available
Forum attendee registration includes two-days of education and open collaboration for solution sessions, breakfast and lunch, Day 1 welcome reception, opportunity to participate in and Blockchain for Food Traceability Crowd-Source whitepaper. Register before 1 November 2019 to SAVE $100 and guarantee a seat at this Forum.
Tech Pitch Presentation
Only 12 available (4 per category)
If you are a start-up with a revolutionizing application of IoT, Blockchain or AI to secure, trace or create new opportunities in the food chain, then you need to pitch it here. Tech presentations will be assigned on first-come basis.
Emerging Stars Poster Presentation
Only 10 available
If you are a researcher, technology developer or tech guru with a technology idea that will deliver a solution in the Food Chain that not has yet been commercialized, then submit your concept for review and acceptance.
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Inquiries
If you have questions about submitting a presentations or have general questions about the program, please contact:
Maria Palombini
IEEE SA Life Sciences Director
e: m.palombini@ieee.org
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