ACRP Insight Events

Summary

Emerging blockchain technology holds the potential to help airports resolve customer-facing and operational challenges, including those introduced by COVID-19. Blockchain technologists and seasoned airport stakeholders from around the world convened online to hear experts explain blockchain and its potential applications and use cases at airports. Presentations focused on provenance tracking, data sharing, privacy as well as blockchain basics and use cases to help airports navigate the new normal.

TRB's Conference Proceedings on the Web 28: Introductions to Blockchain and Airport Operations in a COVID-19 Environment summarizes the discussions and presentations from the event in Washington, D.C.

 

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Presentations

Session 1: “WHAT IS BLOCKCHAIN AND HOW IS IT RELEVANT TO THE AIRPORT INDUSTRY?

• John Payne, CEO and Principal Consultant, Pueblo Technology Group, Inc., (Moderator)
• Dr. Victoria Adams, CTO, Value Technology Foundation
• Nelson Petracek, CTO, TIBCO Software

Session 2 - BLOCKCHAIN IN USE AT AIRPORTS - CUSTOMER-FACING APPLICATIONS

• Xiaochen Zhang, Partner, Wemerge Capita (Moderator)
• Dan Mapes, Founder, VERSES
• Brian Xin, Founder, Xing Han Da Technologies

Session 3 - BLOCKCHAIN IN USE AT AIRPORTS - OPERATIONS-FACING APPLICATIONS

• Maurice Jenkins, Director Information Systems and Telecommunications, Miami Dade County, Aviation Department (Moderator)
• Christophe Ancolio, Innovation Manager, Amadeus
• Stephen Leng, Managing Director, EquiNordic Group
• Amar More, CEO, FCILT, UNECE Trade Facilitation Exp
• Sherry Stein, Head of Technology Strategy, SITA

Session 4 - PROVENANCE TRACKING (Roundtable Discussion)

• Dr. Victoria Adams, CTO, Value Technology Foundation (Moderator)
• Vincent Annunziato, Director, Customs and Border Protection
• Jim St. Clair, CTO, Dinocrates Transformational Technology Services

Session 5 - PRIVACY CONCERNS

• Erich Dylus, Associate, Vedder Price (Moderator)
• Solomon Wong, President and CEO, InterVISTAS
• Tom Plofchan, Managing Partner, Pangiam
• Shannon Wu, Cofounder, Identity Review
• Jesse Leimgruber, Co-Founder, Bloom Protocol

Session 6 - DATA SHARING

• Siegy Adler, Founder, SC Adler & Associate (Moderator)
• Kevin O’Sullivan, Lead Engineer, SITA
• Silvio F. Pupo, CEO, Logos Capital Group
• Simon Brown, Head of IT, Operations, Heathrow