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First-Ever Global Conference for Blockchain in Power and Energy To Be Held in Orlando
The 2018 Global Power & Energy Blockchain Conference will be held on Nov. 1 - 2
at the Hilton Orlando. It is being co-organized by the Energy
Blockchain Consortium and the Blockchain Conference Network; its host
partner is the City of Orlando. The Consortium is dedicated to bringing a
smooth transition to blockchain for the power and energy industries.
The
next revolution to hit the power and energy industries is blockchain,
according to Jim Lawnin, a Houston venture capitalist with a history of
introducing blockchain to the energy industry. “It will definitely be
disruptive and will bring on big changes in business models and
practices,” he said. Formerly IBM’s lead partner in ExxonMobil, Lawnin
is one of the top executives and thinkers who will be participating in
the conference, addressing the future of power and energy industries in
the time of blockchain.
“This
is the world’s first conference focused on the use of blockchain
technology in the power and energy industries. These sectors will need
to adapt to embrace this transformative change,” said Tony Giroti,
founder and Chairman of the Consortium.
Llewellyn
King, a journalist and broadcaster who founded The Energy Daily and New
Technology Week, will be a moderator and speaker. “Blockchain will not
only be essential to the development and streamlining of these
industries, but it will also be fundamental to the smart cities projects
which are the rage all over the world,” he said. “This new technology
is big and critical for the utilities.”
King added, “As artificial intelligence plays a larger role in managing cities, blockchain will provide the backbone.”
Dr.
Marco Terruzzin, Director at E.ON, an international, privately owned
energy supplier, will be a conference speaker. “I believe that
blockchain will enable new business models reducing cost and creating
more value for existing and new stakeholders in the energy sector,” he
said.
Other
speakers at the conference include Jay Zoellner, CEO, Edison Energy;
Mark Knight, Chief Engineer, Electric Infrastructure Integration,
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Melisa Johns, Vice President,
Business Product Development, Duke Energy; Chris Castro, Director of
Sustainability, Orlando mayor’s office; and Dane Christensen, Senior
Engineer, National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
Energy
Blockchain Consortium is a nonprofit consortium of energy and
blockchain organizations and professionals who are committed to
leveraging blockchain technology to solve the most compelling problems
in the energy industry. The Consortium is developing an open energy
blockchain framework (named Catena™) with use cases, interoperability
standards and reference architecture.
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