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Insurance Ireland – Accenture Strategic Alliance Partnership Blockchain Breakfast Briefing

The Insurance Ireland-Accenture Innovation Task Force are delighted to invite you to the first in a series of industry breakfast briefings and engagements focussed on innovation in the insurance industry. Thisseries is being kicked off with a briefing on Blockchain.

The agenda aims to highlight the potential disruption and transformation Blockchain may have on the insurance industry and will also act as an opportunity for those new to Blockchain to build an understanding of the core principles and the general premise of how this technology works.

In addition, the topic will be brought to life by the Accenture Innovation Centre in Sophia Antipolis (Blockchain Center of Excellence) who will provide a virtual demo of Blockchain in action in the Insurance Industry.

The briefing will be held in the Accenture Centre of Innovation 7 Hanover Quay, Dublin 2 on the 6th of December and will run from 8.00am until 9.30am. If you or specific members of your senior teams and organisation are interested in attending please RSVP to Amanda Garland  – amanda.garland@insuranceireland.eu by Friday, 2nd December.

If you have any further questions please contact Laura Farrell – Laura.farrell@insuranceireland.eu or John Morrissey john.m.morrissey@accenture.com 

 

 

 

Agenda 

  • 7.30am  Registration Tea & Coffee/Refreshments 
    8.00am Kevin Thompson, CEO, Insurance Ireland and Adam Kelly, Head of Insurance, Accenture Ireland – Welcome 
    8.05am John Velissarios – Global Blockchain Technology Lead, Accenture – Blockchain – An Introducation – What is it and why is everybody talking about it?
    8.25am Anudeep Chauhan, Managing Director, Accenture UKI Insurance Strategy Practice – Emerging Trends within the Insurance Industry using live examples and client conversations about Blockchain 
    8.45am Jean – Baptiste Delinselle, Senior Manager, Accenture, Sophia Antipolis, France – Virtual visit to Accenture Blockchain Innovation Centre in France with demo
    9.20am Anudeep Chauhan and John Velissarios – Closing comments 
       

 Speakers 

Anudeep Chauhan, Insurance Strategy Lead &  Managing Director, UKI Insurance Strategy Practice

Anudeep Chauhan is a Managing Director in the UKI Insurance Strategy practice. He has over 15 years of experience developing and implementing corporate strategy and operations transformation programs in the Insurance industry. His experience spans Operating model development, distribution channel management and claims effectiveness programs. In recent months Anudeep has had numerous conversations and engagements with insurance clients in London in the area of Blockchain. 

John Velissarios, Global Blockchain Technology Lead, Accenture

John Velissarios is Accenture’s Global Blockchain Technology Lead working with industry teams to develop the firm’s global Blockchain delivery capability. John returned to Accenture to take up this role following a leave of absence where he was the CEO of a Blockchain start-up developing leading edge enterprise grade crypto-currency wallet solutions for exchanges, hedge funds, banks and HNW individuals. John specialises in capital markets, payments and financial services.

 

Jean-Baptiste Delinselle, Blockchain R&D Senior Manager, Accenture 

Jean-Baptiste Delinselle is a Senior Manager in Accenture with experience in Next Generation technologies and innovation in the Insurance and Banking sectors. He is a member of the Accenture Technology Labs, the dedicated technology Research and Development organization within Accenture, which has been turning technology innovation into business results for almost 20 years. He is also a key member of the Sophia Antipolis Blockchain R&D. Sophia Antipolis Blockchain R&D is the Accenture Blockchain Center of Excellence providing access to both technical and business expertise around Blockchain.

 

 

 

 

This Insurance Ireland Event is open to Insurance Ireland members only or by invitation from our CEO.