Hub: Data Analytics Users Group

Description

Blockchain: Usage Patterns in Data Analytics and Supply Chain
Presented by Doug Bebber, Chief Scientist, The Apollo Group

​Blockchain is a technology that has generated both interest and confusion in the past few years with the current success of one of its first use cases, Bitcoin.  

While the headlines speak of billions of dollars of investments from IBM, Microsoft, JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs and others, there are many other disruptions being developed which disintermediate central control in applications outside of finance.  Blockchain applications go well beyond the public use cases of Bitcoin and Ethereum, as the open source technology is appropriate for private permissioned-based use cases as well.

In this workshop, Doug Bebber, Chief Scientist of The Apollo Group, will give an overview of Blockchain and the current usage patterns related to analytics and supply chain.

About the Data Analytics Users Group
Key regional leaders in manufacturing and the Department of Defense supply chain have identified the use of data analytics as an important technology impacting our region's competitiveness. To accelerate our region’s learning and investment, the Quad Cities Manufacturing and Innovation Hub has formed a Data Analytics Users Group for members to discuss and leverage their knowledge regarding this particular technology.

Why attend? Hear from local experts regarding state-of-the-art technologies instrumental in analytics and best practices for their use. No matter what your knowledge level, this night will offer an opportunity to build your understanding of this evolving skill set and its business benefits.

• Agenda:
• Introductions and welcome
• Users group and tech team objectives
• Speaker/topic: Doug Bebber, The Apollo Group
• Getting connected: 90-sec. “Needs & Leads”

This program is presented by the Quad Cities Chamber's Quad Cities Manufacturing Innovation Hub and the Illinois Defense Industry Adjustment Program. 

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This content was prepared as part of the Illinois Defense Industry Adjustment Program, a partnership between the University of Illinois System, the Quad Cities Chamber of Commerce, and the Voorhees Center at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC), with financial support from the U.S. Department of Defense, Office of Economic Adjustment (OEA).  It reflects the views of the Quad Cities Chamber of Commerce and does not necessarily reflect the views of the OEA. For more information, please visit www.IllinoisDIA.org.