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banking, real estate and health care. Panelists from government and industry experts discussed security, transparency and the multipurpose usage aspects of this emerging technology. Our moderator was David Logsdon, senior director, Public Advocacy, CompTIA and our panelists included Amy Davine Kim, global policy director and general counsel, Chamber of Digital Commerce; Seth Robinson, senior director, technology analysis, CompTIA; Joel Waterfield, director, state and local tax practice, Grant Thornton; and A. Michelle White, director, shared services and IT products contract operations, GSA. While security and blockchain have often been synonymous, our panelists agreed that this aspect hasn’t yet been perfected. Moreover, our panel cautioned not to overemphasize the security applications of blockchain and to pay attention to its other benefits. Immutability, for example, is a key benefit, providing a sense of trustworthiness to the data that, once imparted, cannot be changed.

Lerman Senter PLLC; David Goldman, chief telecom counsel, House Energy and Commerce Committee; Kelsey Guyselman, policy advisor, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP); and Charla Rath, vice president, Wireless Policy Development, Verizon. The panel set out the definition of wireless spectrum: invisible airwaves that transmit bits of data through the air. All agreed it was an enabler, not just of the Internet of Things but also of Wi- Fi, TV, cell phones, GPS and virtual reality. There was consensus that spectrum allows you to be connected while not being tethered to a computer and finding more spectrum for commercial use has not been an easy task. Still, there was a detailed discussion of efforts by the FCC to make more of this important resource available to spur on innovative new products and services. Tool No. 4: Blockchain: What Does the Future Hold? Often referred to as the next big transformational technology, blockchain has some real applications – including use in government and some private industry sectors such as

The NJ Tech Council at the 2018 DC Fly-In.

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