Collaborative NRIs:





Speakers/Resource persons

Session format and timing

The session will focus on the blockchain technology and digital currency development in different nations and some use case or examples will be shared. The session speakers will handle presentations of particular cases which implement the Blockchain technology, discussing potentialities and challenges that persist within the use of this tool. Meanwhile, the session moderator will lead diesucssions on several key questions to explore the insights from session speakers. Finally there will be the discussions on opportunity and challenges. How does the industrial people, technical community and government to work together to improve this technology and which mechanism will be adopted to enhance the communication. A discussion with the audience will be held during the session.1. Armenia IGF

2. Brazil IGF3. China IGF4. Nigeria IGFMr. Arvin Kemberi, Diplo FoundationMs. Nathalia Sautchuk Patricio, Brazil IGFMr. Olutoyin Justus Oloniteru, CEO Digital Extra Limited, Founder of Spindiar Cyberlaw CentreMr. Patric DAI, Qtum Foundation ChairMr. Satish Babu, APRALO ChairMs. Tian Luo, China IGFMr. Walid Al-Saqaf, Member, Internet Society Board of TrusteesMr. Olutoyin Oloniteru, Nigeria IGF

Round table, 90 minutes long.



Relevance of the issue

A blockchain is a distributed database that maintains a continuously growing list of ordered records. By design, blockchains are inherently resistant to changes in the data; once recorded, the data in a block cannot be altered retroactively. The blockchain is actually a way to structure data. It is usually associated with the foundation of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum. Despite this more usual implementation blockchain can be also applied to several other situations where it is necessary to keep an ownership history for information and interactions. It has the potential for many other uses, for example, helping to develop more transparent and distributed social and economic structures. The session is quite relevant to shed light on the debate of all these uses of the blockchain technology. Among several different alternative uses for the blockchain technologies, we can highlight some: a proof of concept in which blockchain is used to track artwork objects as well as loan processes between museums; the Massachusetts Institute of Technology created a proof of concept to make available course completion certificates, enabling the authenticity inspection of them without the need of nominated authorities; United Arab Emirates proposed a solution to track diamond’s origins with the use of blockchain technologies; a commercial solution for the use of Internet of Things equipment along with blockchain systems so as to improve trustworthiness in any sort of transaction; and there’s also an ongoing debate prospecting possible uses of blockchain as a replacement for Digital Rights Management (DRM) technologies.





Onsite moderator(s)

Representatives from: Dr. Yuri Grin

Dr. Grin will also share the info about ITU blockchain focus group.



Online moderator(s)

Online moderator: Armenia IGF

Online participation and interaction will rely on the WebEx platform. Those joining the session using WebEx (either invited members of the Panel or the general audience) will be granted the floor in the discussion segment of the workshop. People in charge of moderation will strive to entertain onsite and remote participation indiscriminately. One idea is to inscribe everybody (onsite and online participants) in a single queue and project it onto the screen. Social media (twitter) will also be employed by the online moderators who will be in charge of browsing social media using some hashtags (to be defined).

Rapporteur(s)

China IGF, Nigeria IGF, Armenia IGF, Brazil IGF

Online participation logistics

Online participants will be treated equally as the onsite, and the online moderator will post guiding questions to have them engaged.