Hyperledger Global Forum 2022

Rapid growth among a number of racial and ethnic groups means the nation is becoming more diverse more quickly than expected. The data shows that as the country grows, its racial makeup is changing. In an increasing number of places, no individual race constitutes a large majority of the population. Ensuring a sufficient supply of workers with the appropriate skills and credentials and addressing the lack of diversity among high-tech workers have become central public policy concerns. This presentation seeks to shed some light on the imperative of preparing a diverse talent pipeline in the broader FinTech industry. Specifically, the speaker elaborates on the essential role that higher education plays in preparing the diverse workforce that represents diverse demography. The presentation focuses on innovative and successful strategies to engage HBCUs in building capacity and developing talent in all areas of FinTech. The speaker discusses efforts that lead to the creation of the largest network of HBCUs that are engaged in FinTech research and education across the nation.

Waleed is going to present 2 real world projects, that his team has implemented.

The first project is for public sector; The courts of Basel city make certain court's files available on their portal for judges / journalists / lawyers / parties. These can be read online or downloaded. Deadlines are an important working tool for the courts, and the release of documents and access to documents must be traceable. This traceability is guaranteed with postal letters. Waleed's team used Blockchain technology to replace the postal letters with digital reports.

The second project is for Siemens Mobility Switzerland. Machines should provide measurement data to be checked and approved by different parties. These Data should be read automatically from the machine and written in to the Blockchain. A certificate will be created and will be approved by another party which is responsible for that.

Hyperledger Fabric is used for various use cases all over the world. However, it was hard for non-English speakers to learn the technology correctly because the official documentation was written in English and updated quickly. The quick updates made the local language's learning resources outdated soon. To remove the language barrier, Hyperledger Fabric Documentation Working Group started translating the official documentation in various language. When the content is available in the native language, more non-English speakers will easily learn and adopt Hyperledger Fabric technologies. As one of the sub-groups, Japanese Doc WG was launched in July 2020. Japanese Doc WG created the translation contribution process, communication channel (e.g. monthly Zoom meeting, Japanese chat group) and Kanban board. To improve the productivity and quality, Japanese Doc WG made Japanese terminology and introduced a translation tool while collaborating with translation experts. Japanese Doc WG also hosted Meetups to increase the number of contributors. In this session, Japanese Documentation WG will share their experiences for other language communities to work on the translation.