Blockchain & Energy

Blockchain & Energy

Thursday, 27 September 2018 - 5:00pm to 6:00pm

How can the blockchain technology be used in the field of energy? Today and tomorrow. Revolution or just  hype?

Join us for a presentation by Dr. Christoph Sutter, live from Switzerland.

Dr. Sutter will explore the role of blockchain as a disruptive technology in the energy sector.

While the original application of blockchain was to facilitate the trading of cryptocurrencies, the technology can also be used to facilitate the trading of electricity. How blockchain can be applied - and whether it can live up to the hype - are explored in  this presentation.

Event Location: 
Australian-German Climate and Energy College
Level 1, 187 Grattan Street, University of Melbourne
3010 Parkville , VIC
Victoria
Videos
Speakers
Axpo Group

Christoph Sutter is the Head of Renewable Energies, Axpo Group, Switzerland.

He is a Member of the Management Board of Axpo Power AG responsible for the development, construction and operation of power plants in the field of renewable energy. In addition he is the Chairman of the Axpo Spin-off elblox, a blockchain based  P2P trading platform for renewable energy.

Before joining Axpo, he was the CEO of South Pole Group, a company he co-founded in 2006 that is providing sustainability solutions globally. Prior to that he worked as a strategy consultant at McKinsey & Company in Zurich.

Christoph Sutter was nominated as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum and as Social Entrepreneur of the Year by the Schwab Foundation.

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