Background
Over the past years, Internet of Things (IoT) technology has been increasingly in the news with many articles and usage. IoT appears to be an important new development which will allow integration of Internet based technologies into every sphere of life including the area of Trade Facilitation Objective This Conference seeks to establish some clarity and a collective understanding of the potential of IoT technology for supporting trade and trade facilitation as well as the other business and government activities where the United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT) has projects.
To reach this objective, a range of experts will talk about the various aspects of IoT technology and will take questions from the floor. You will also hear from organizations, from different sectors, about their experiences and lessons learned from implementing IoT-based pilot projects or operational systems. Speakers will talk about the use of IoT in transportation (including a seaport), finance, supply chains, agriculture, energy and other sectors. It will also address Security and Authentication issues of IoT applications. Come, learn and contribute to the discussion.
Target Audience
- UN/CEFACT Experts interested in associating IoT with UN/CEFACT standards and deliverables
- Potential users of IoT in all fields of activity (even outside UN/CEFACT)
- All parties that have an interest in easier cross border trade
- Decision makes in the field of Trade facilitation Organizers
- UN/CEFACT eGovernment Domain.
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Presentations
09:00 - 09:15 – Welcome Address
- Ms. Ivonne Higuero, Director, Economic Cooperation and Trade, UN/ECE
- Mr. Tahseen Ahmad Khan, Vice Chair, UN/CEFACT
09:15 - 10:30 – IoT Technology Overview
- IoT for Trade Facilitation - Introduction
Ms. Virginia Cram, Domain Coordinator, Trade Procedures, UN/CEFACT - Enabling IoT business applications: Start up ecosystems and their role in trade facilitation
Ms. Tanya Suarez, Co-Founder of IoT Tribe CEO at BluSpecs Innovation - Data Standards for IoT based Communications
Mr. Marco Carugi, ITU-T SG20 Mentor and Q2/20 Rapporteur
Open Discussion
COFFEE BREAK
11:00 - 12:00 – Enabling IoT Business Applications
- How to make Existing Business Applications IoT Ready
Mr. Orkun Erardag, Business Development Manager – Europe North, Oracle - Beyond Blockchain – Data integrity for IoT
Mr. Jens Lund Nielsen, Head of Global Trade and Supply Chains, IOTA Foundation - Security Issues in IoT
Dr. Josef Haid, Lead Principal Technical Marketing, Infineon
Open Discussion
12:00 - 12:30 – Technology Interoperability
- UN/CEFACT Project on Smart Containers
Ms. Hanane Becha, Project Leader, UN/CEFACT
Open Discussion
LUNCH BREAK
14:00 - 15:30 – Technology Interoperability - continued
- Big Data and Use of AI in IoT
Ms. Masamichi Tanaka, Chief Strategy Officer, Uhuru Corporation - The use of IoT with Blockchain & Blockchain Smart Contracts: implementation & interoperability issues
Mr. Aires Marques, Senior Principal Blockchain Consultant, Oracle - Role of Government in facilitating Smart Trade using IoT
Mr. Ibrahima Diagne, Managing Director, GAINDE 2000 - Encoding Information in Infrastructure and use of IoT for improving transportation
Mr. Alejandro Badolato, co-CEO, Autodrive Solutions
Open Discussion
COFFEE BREAK
16:00 - 17:00 – Sectoral Examples
- IoT for Auditors and Accountants; Auditing the IoT
Mr. Eric Cohen, Audit Technologist and Certified Public Accountant - Industry Use Case 1: IoT & Blockchains combined impact on Trade & Supply chains
Dr. Ravi Shankar, Research Advisor, KrypC Technologies - Industry Use Case 2 – Use of IoT in transportation solutions
Mr. Jose Gomez Castano, CTO, INSPIDE
Open Discussion
17:00 - 17:45 – Panel Discussion
- Mr Tahseen Ahmad Khan, UN/CEFACT Vice Chair
- Ms. Virginia Cram, Domain Coordinator, Trade Procedures, UN/CEFACT
- Mr. Kaushik Srinivasan, Senior Vice President, eMudhra
- Mr. Eric Cohen, Audit Technologist and Certified Public Accountant
- Mr. Anurag Bana, Senior Legal Advisor, International Bar Association
- Mr. Aires Marques, Senior Principal Blockchain Consultant, Oracle
17:45 Closing Remarks