2019-07-08 Meeting notes

Date

Jul 8, 2019

Attendees

• @Marco Carvalho

• @kentydotcom

• @jeff stollman

• @Bret Carpenter

Introductions (New)

• TBD

Topics

From last meeting

• TBD

New

• FDA Wants to Use Blockchain to Keep Food Safe (https://fedtechmagazine.com/article/2019/07/fda-wants-use-blockchain-keep-food-safe)

Discussion

• Kent
  
  

  • IoT

    • Google "enabling sensors to talk to blockchain"

    • < $10/device

    • Pilot by request - need data to try it

    • Hashing on device

    • Kent to follow-up

  • General discussion

    • Using computer vision to track and assign hash

  • Traceability

    • Shifting the liability

    • Insurance impact

  • How do you envision to setup pilot for food chain?

    • GS1 + EPCIS events

• Jeff

  • IoT

    • Ideal to have sensor on the product - follow the product

    • Now its mostly environment - Monitoring environment vs. product

  • Data is an Asset/source of revenue (especially for pharma)

  • Multiple different blockchains, e.g. for leafy greens, mangoes, tuna, etc.

    • Interoperability does not exist

    • change of custody and ownership when dealing with multiple carriers

    • increase complexity when consolidating different industries into a blockchain

  • General discussion

    • Audit the audit technology - "Blockchain auditor"

  • EPCIS events

    • Challenge with Aggregation and Disaggregation - especially in pharma

• Marco

  • IBM Food Trust

    • Doesn't "feel" like a real blockchain due to control of IBM

• R3 Corda + Ripe.io for traceability - would be nice to get more info

• R3 Corda - usage of token for traceability

• Bret

  • IoT

    • Using simulation / VR to track

Goals

Discussion items

Action items