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Pecha Kucha & Closing Remarks

Pecha Kucha

Submit your Pecha Kucha abstract here to present on your chosen topic for 5 minutes.

Hosts: Abel Maciel and Darya Bahram
Presenters: Purva Gupta and Provides Ng

The session will end with a discussion.

Closing Remarks

Dr Abel Maciel, CBC Director, will briefly close the day’s proceedings.

Please note the agenda is subject to revision.

SESSION 3
Legal Tech Frameworks and Automation

Presentations by:

Darya Bahram (ACA/Centre of Construction Law & Dispute Resolution, KCL)

[No description available.]

Anthony Day (IBM)

Blockchain Won't Save Construction

A discussion of how to establish business networks using Blockchain technology to transform the construction sector. Unpacking why digital transformation has been slow to arrive in Construction, how to think about the business case for transformation, and demonstrating some examples where Blockchain is driving progress in Construction and analogous sectors.

Gavin Johnson (aGenium)

[No description available.]

The session will conclude with a panel discussion.

Please note the agenda is subject to revision.

SESSION 2
Smart Legal Contracts for Construction

Presentations by:

Richard Saxon CBE

Built Environment as a Service: a Blockchain use case

Digital innovations are improving the present working of the construction industry, but the opportunities for digital transformation lie in how technologies could enable new business models with better outcomes for all stakeholders. One of these potential transformations is the ‘Servitisation’ of the provision of built environment, changing the supply model from a product to a service. Pressure for this change is coming from both the demand and supply sides. Some occupiers are seeking serviced space on a flexible basis, with no responsibility for maintenance, whilst some suppliers of advanced systems are offering to provide their products as rented services, overcoming customer reluctance to commit capital. This paper will explore the potential and how blockchain could support such a business model on a ‘smart contract’ basis.

May Winfield (Buro Happold)

How to Use Smart Contracts to Improve Construction: Legal Issues and Obstacles

Smart contracts are increasingly being considered to increase efficiency within the construction industry. Smart contracts have tremendous potential benefits for the industry. However, all such new innovations and technologies bring new risks and untested potential legal issues and contractual complications, and therefore potentially expensive disputes or simply not achieving their expected benefits. In this practical presentation, May considers the most viable purposes they can currently likely be implemented for - including potentially eradicating retentions - the obstacles and risks these could pose, and how to mitigate many of these risks with clear, express contract terms and other process measures.

Alastair Moore (Mishcon de Reya LLP)

System builds around DLTs are only 10 years old and figuring out where and how they can be applied in the real economy is still at an early stage of development. Whilst the Finance industry has seen many early use cases, we will discuss the diffusion and adoption of the technology more broadly, illustrating this with projects Mishcon de Reya have helped deliver. In the talk we’ll set out how we see different applications developing and how considerations like energy consumption are being addressed.

The session will conclude with a panel discussion.

Please note the agenda is subject to revision.

SESSION 1
White Paper: Blockchain & Construction Cashflow

Presentations by:

The CBC Financing & Procurement Working Group

The Impact of Blockchain on Construction Cashflow

The white paper team will give an overview of key points from the CBC’s white paper on The Impact of Blockchain on Construction Cashflow and consider next steps.

Fernando Santiago (BIG INNOVATION CENTRE, APPG BLOCKCHAIN)

[No description available.]

Massimo Pellegrino (IEEE)

[No description available.]

The session will conclude with a panel discussion.

More information will be available shortly. Please note the agenda is subject to revision.

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Opening Remarks

Welcome presentations by:

Dr Abel Maciel (CBC)

Prof Philip Treleaven (UCL Computer Science)

Please note the agenda is subject to revision.