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SUMMARY:Blockchain technology and its potential application to supply chai
 n traceability - Mark Harrison (Milecastle Media Limited\, providing techn
 ical consultancy to GS1)
DTSTART:20151210T140000Z
DTEND:20151210T150000Z
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CONTACT:Rengarajan
DESCRIPTION:Blockchains are the technology behind digital crypto currencie
 s such as BitCoin - but they can be used not only for rethinking how we tr
 ade and exchange monetary value.  Because they exist as an irrefutable led
 ger or log of transactions\, they can also be used for traceability and se
 cure information sharing within supply chains and for checking the provena
 nce of the products we buy - are they sustainably produced?  are they genu
 ine or are they counterfeits that have been inserted into legitimate suppl
 y chains.  This seminar provides a technical introduction to how blockchai
 n technology works - and how it could be applied to improve traceability a
 nd secure information sharing within supply chains.
LOCATION:Seminar room 1\, Institute for Manufacturing\, Cambridge
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