28 Sept 2023 - Emerging Technologies Meeting Agenda

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Date

28 Sept 2023 - 10 am EST / 3pm BST

Untracked attendees

• Grishma Prasad
• Giuseppe Bertone (Swirlds Labs)
• Lucas Weng (Itaú Unibanco)
• Alan Hammes
• Andrew Aitken - Hedera

Meeting notices

• FINOS Project leads are responsible for observing the FINOS guidelines for running project meetings. Project maintainers can find additional resources in the FINOS Maintainers Cheatsheet.

• All participants in FINOS project meetings are subject to the LF Antitrust Policy, the FINOS Community Code of Conduct and all other FINOS policies.

• FINOS meetings involve participation by industry competitors, and it is the intention of FINOS and the Linux Foundation to conduct all of its activities in accordance with applicable antitrust and competition laws. It is therefore extremely important that attendees adhere to meeting agendas, and be aware of, and not participate in, any activities that are prohibited under applicable US state, federal or foreign antitrust and competition laws. Please contact legal@finos.org with any questions.

• FINOS project meetings may be recorded for use solely by the FINOS team for administration purposes. In very limited instances, and with explicit approval, recordings may be made more widely available.

Agenda

• [x] Convene & roll call (5mins)
• [x] Display FINOS Antitrust Policy summary slide
• [x] Review Meeting Notices (see above)
• [x] Approve past meeting minutes
• [x] Welcome & Announcements
  • [x] New Brain Trust Members
  • [x] Updates on current projects
  • [x] Updates on Blog
  • [x] Notices about upcoming events/deadlines
• [x] POC Program (No Update this month)
• [x] Deep Dive
  • [x] Hedera Platform Overview
• [x] Call to action
  • [x] POC Program
  • [x] Primers
  • [x] Brain Trust membership
• [x] AOB & Discussion
• [x] Thanks & Close Out

Zoom Details

• https://zoom.us/j/98538837792?pwd=ZHg3QVVnaCtOT0tEZSs5c0hrZTg1dz09
• Meeting ID: 985 3883 7792
• Passcode: 152455

Join by Phone

• Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/adl5rhui4P

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Patrick Downing | Github 👋

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András Velvárt - Response.

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Peter Smulovics / Morgan Stanley 🏦

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Mike @ ZNGLY

[michael-a-shelton]

Michael Shelton / JPMorgan Chase

[mimiflynn]

Mimi Flynn / Morgan Stanley

[mcleo-d]

James McLeod / FINOS

[mikecave]

Mike Cave / Hedera

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Alex Scammon / G-Research

[gregscullard]

Greg Scullard / Swirlds Labs (building the Hedera Network) checking in.

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Kendall Perez | FINOS

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Alvin Shih / Morgan Stanley

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Keith O'Donnell / Feynic

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Polina Levyant / GSR Markets

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Meeting minutes:

00:04:41.520: Keith J. O'Donnell welcomes attendees to the meeting and mentions a unique approach for this month's meeting. 00:05:00.190: Kendall Waters Perez takes over to discuss the Linux Foundation Antitrust policy and topics that cannot be discussed. 00:05:26.690: Kendall Waters Perez talks about the Finos project leads' responsibilities. 00:05:48.440: Kendall Waters Perez emphasizes adherence to antitrust and competition laws. 00:06:28.340: Keith J. O'Donnell introduces an avatar but decides not to use it for the full session. 00:06:55.180: Keith J. O'Donnell mentions the use of QR codes and asks attendees to have their phones ready. 00:07:18.820: Barbie introduces the meeting agenda. 00:07:42.130: Keith J. O'Donnell skips the POC program and mentions other content to cover. 00:08:03.680: Keith J. O'Donnell talks about the Brain Trust Meeting and Blog. 00:08:54.340: Keith J. O'Donnell talks about various blogs run by the Barbie and Ken teams. 00:09:30.140: Keith J. O'Donnell mentions upcoming events. 00:10:48.730: Keith J. O'Donnell introduces Andrew Aitken from Hedera, who will discuss their platform. 00:12:33.130: Andrew Aitken introduces himself as the Chief Open Source Officer for Hedera. 00:13:33.890: Andrew Aitken mentions Hedera's unique governance and council. 00:14:16.380: Andrew Aitken provides an overview of Hedera's platform layers. 00:15:37.560: Andrew Aitken talks about the sustainability aspect of Hedera and the Guardian platform. 00:16:02.760: Giuseppe Bertone from Swirlds Labs introduces himself as part of the sustainability team. 00:17:50.050: Giuseppe Bertone discusses the Guardian-enabled sustainable applications. 00:18:59.130: Giuseppe Bertone explains the components of Guardian and its flexible policy workflow engine. 00:19:51.810: Giuseppe introduced Guardian as a trust chain solution for digital assets and identity. 00:20:24.799: He highlighted the importance of digital identities for individuals and entities. 00:20:56.190: Giuseppe emphasized that Guardian is user-friendly and integrates easily with existing tools. 00:21:37.560: He mentioned that Guardian has regular releases with new features and community-driven updates. 00:22:57.380: Giuseppe discussed the main services used in Guardian, such as ACE, consensus service, Token Service, and IPFS network. 00:23:46.849: He explained that users can start with Guardian by downloading and running their own instance or using partners like Envision. 00:24:23.050: Giuseppe provided links to documentation, real-world examples, and community resources. Greg Scullard (SwirldsLabs) introduced Stable Coin Studio, an open-source toolkit for stable coins: 00:24:58.740: Greg explained that Stable Coin Studio simplifies the deployment of stable coins on the Hedera network. 00:26:09.870: He described the benefits of stable coins, such as stability and real-world value. 00:27:22.639: Greg highlighted the toolkit's components, including an SDK, terminal-based interface, and React-based user interface. 00:29:09.090: He mentioned that users can try Stable Coin Studio by visiting stablecoinstudio.com. 00:30:34.169: Greg encouraged engagement with the open-source repository, documentation, videos, and the community on Discord. 00:39:31.710: James McLeod expresses interest in collaboration and bundling primers and blog posts. 00:40:00.330: James McLeod asks if primers and blog posts can be bundled into publications. 00:40:36.600: Keith J. O'Donnell discusses plans for distilling primers, recording podcasts, and making them more accessible. 00:40:57.050: Keith J. O'Donnell mentions their efforts to engage more voices for the podcast. 00:41:17.230: Andrew Aitken talks about making content more interactive and accessible. 00:42:00.910: Andrew Aitken suggests packaging primers in simple formats like PDF or email for wider distribution. 00:43:06.069: Keith J. O'Donnell discusses creating simple packages of primers for easy sharing. 00:43:37.770: Peter Smulovics raises a question about people who may not believe in coins. 00:45:02.360: Andrew Aitken responds to Peter Smulovics' question about non-believers in coins. 00:45:06.040: Greg Scullard adds to the discussion about the early challenges of the DLT industry. 00:46:09.020: Greg Scullard talks about the need to prove the utility of DLT technology. 00:47:27.200: Michael Wilson shares information about the adoption of distributed ledger technology. 00:49:03.750: Keith J. O'Donnell asks Andrew Aitken about Hadera's use cases in the Open Source and Finance Forum. 00:49:44.480: Andrew Aitken expresses interest in having Hadera's representation at the forum. 00:50:18.020: Keith J. O'Donnell: Keith mentions something about injustice. 00:50:20.000: Michael Wilson: Michael talks about the progress of a generative AI project for the insurance space, launching in New York on October 12th. 00:50:40.020: Michael Wilson: Michael begins discussing the use of Vertex AI in the project and demonstrates how it can be used for conversational search. 00:52:48.720: Michael Wilson: Michael discusses the challenges of using Vertex AI's pre-alpha documentation and invites others to collaborate. 00:54:19.860: Keith J. O'Donnell: Keith suggests turning the conversation into a blog post within zenith. 00:55:50.640: Alvin Shih: Alvin proposes a project related to scraping financial documents for AI training and regulatory horizon scanning. 00:58:29.240: Keith J. O'Donnell: Keith expresses interest in the proposed project and plans to follow up on it.