Open Tech Calendar

Group Member Short Stories - What we are doing in Blockchain

We have 3 guest speakers from the group who will each speak for 20 minutes on what they are currently doing in Blockchain.

Confirmed Speakers:

Alan Keir, Technical Director, Wallet.Services
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Alan is a software architect with background in computational physics and cryptography. He specialises in secure scalable cloud services and delivered several early BlockChain projects.

Kent Mackenzie, Director, Deloitte
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Kent leads Deloitte’s FinTech practice in Scotland working alongside many clients locally and globally to consider, develop and embed a range of technology solutions in cognitive analytics, blockchain, robotics and AI. Kent also works closely with Scottish government bodies in developing the FinTech strategy for Scotland and helping the community realise the opportunity that exists to emerge as a global FinTech centre of excellence. Having spent over 15 years in Banking and Risk Management Kent understands the finer points of the industry challenge, and where ‘FinTech’ can be applied.

Andrew Kennedy, Senior Engineer, Cloudsoft
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Andrew Kennedy is a senior engineer at Cloudsoft, and the founder of the Clocker project, where he works on application management across cloud and container ecosystems. Our HLF project is a blueprint for the Hyperledger Fabric that can be deployed using Cloudsoft AMP giving developers access to their own blockchain fabric anywhere in the cloud. This makes developers lives easier, since they can start creating new blockchain applications without having to worry about the underlying blockchain infrastructure, which is taken care of by the Hyperledger Fabric.

Event schedule:

6:30pm : Arrive, Networking, Beer & Pizza
7.00pm: Presentations
8.00pm: Discussion / Q&A
8.30pm: Networking and Drinks