Blockchain 101 - 2018 Iowa IT Symposium

Learn the basics of blockchain technology along with applicable use cases in the global food chain.

Transcript

1. Blockchain 101 Andy Brudtkuhl Director of Emerging Technology National Pork Board
2. Emerging Technology And the evolving food system
3. Technology Digital Food Agriculture
4. Agenda •Why are we here? •What is Blockchain? •How does it work? •Blockchain in Ag and Food •Case Studies
5. Why are we here?
9. Farmer 0.0 • Transition to Ag • Domesticating Plants Farmer 1.0 • Manual Labor • Localized Farmer 2.0 • Tractors / Machinery • Fertilizer • Modern Genetics • Globalized Farmer 3.0 • AI/ML • IoT • Robotics • CRISPR • Blockchain The Evolution Of Farming Neolithic 19th Century 20th Century 21st Century Peter Diamandis, singularityhub.com
16. Consumers will pay 10-13% more
17. What is Blockchain?
18. What is a blockchain? •It’s Just A Database •Distributed Ledger •Decentralized •Immutable •Encrypted
22. Benefits •Radical Transparency •Immutability of Records •Traceability of Records •Real-Time •Efficiency Gains
23. Public vs Private • Public • Ethereum • Bitcoin • Private / Permissioned • Hyperledger • IBM • Azure • AWS • R3 / Corda • Ripple
26. Blockchain In Agriculture
27. Blockchain In Ag •Provenance •Traceability •Trust •Efficiency
28. Provenance Where is this product from?
29. Traceability Where has this product been?
30. Trust Can everyone trust the authenticity of what you are selling?
31. Efficiency Real-time data and transactions
34. Case Studies
39. Maersk Consortium •IBM + Maersk bringing Blockchain to international logistics •Impacts exports and logistics
40. Singapore – DiSA + KMP •Digitally track pork •RFID Tagging at birth •From Pig Farm in Indonesia •To Consumer in Singapore •Encrypted Records
45. Scalability in Ag / Food •Save Time and Money •Create and Capture Value •Drive Efficiencies in the Food Chain
46. Questions? ! https://agchain.xyz " @abrudtkuhl # linkedin.com/in/andybrudtkuhl