BSIC Webinar: Revolutionizing Food: The Agricultural Supply Chain
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Helping ensure that our agricultural supply chain is efficiently managed and supports all parties - from the farmer to the end consumer - is top of mind for the future of agriculture . Blockchain-based technologies allow us to have transparency for several elements - from digital identity to traceability, record keeping and financial transactions.
Genevieve is an expert on the commercial application of Disrupted Ledgers for critical supply chains. She led AgriLedger’s collaboration with the World Bank and Haiti’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry to deliver a Distributed Ledger Technology pilot. The project went live in May 2020, allowing Haitian fruit farmers, customers and families to reap the benefits of higher prices and improved food security.
Genevieve was nominated by the Financial Times to the top 100 BAME in UK technology in 2019 and was a named a winner of the ComputerWeekly 2020 Women in Software. She is vice-chair of techUK’s Distributed Ledger Technologies Working Group, which provides strategic direction for all UK activities related to DLT. Genevieve is also an inaugural member of the Advisory Group for the Estonian Government’s eResidency initiative.
A sought-after voice, Genevieve has spoken on emerging technologies at numerous high-profile conferences around the world, sharing the stakes with the likes of Edward Snowden, Tim Berners-Lee, and Vint Cerf.