David Stringer-Lamarre, MD of FortisCL was pleased to attend this event organised by Imperial Women’s Network and hosted by Oracle. David is an aumnus of Imperial College London.

Many topics were covered including blockchain, artificial intelligence, machine learning and big data analytics.

A welcome address was delivered by Erin Hallett, Head of Alumni Relations, Imperial College Business School.

The keynote presentation was delivered by Anthony Welfare, Director of Innovation Strategy, Oracle.

Marta Piekarska, Director of Ecosystem, Hyperledger, spoke about developments within the blockchain.

This was followed by a panel discussion, moderated by Hugh Halford-Thompson.

The panel members were:

• Anna Poberezhna, Founder, Smart4tech
• Jon Geater, Member Representative to the Governing Board at Hyperledger
• Leanne Allen, Director of Financial Services, KPMG
• Shannon Walker, Director of Information Architecture, Deloitte

Image, left to right: Xia Chen, Anna Poberezhna, David Stringer-Lamarre, Audrey Vanderpuye