Introduction to Blockchain and Airport Operations in a COVID-19 Environment (2020) / Chapter Skim
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15 SESSION 3 Blockchain in Use at Airports: Operations‐Facing Applications Maurice Jenkins, Miami‐Dade County Aviation Department, Moderator Presenters Christophe Ancolio, Amadeus Stephen Leng, EquiNordic Group Amar More, Kale Info Solutions USA Sherry Stein, SITA Maurice Jenkins stated that it is important to think about the role of airports in the safe and efficient movement of people and cargo, and how blockchain can help meet those industry demands in the current environment. This session included discussions on operations-facing blockchain applications at airports, such as cargo and baggage handling and provenance tracking.
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16 The effort began in 2019 and started with bringing on airline partners (though Amadeus was unable to involve any airport partners in the project)
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17 Blockchain can be compliant with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) , a European Union and European Economic Area data protection and privacy regulation (feasibility)
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18 A focus on the consumer, and Shared distribution of value. Leng stated that it is also vital that a network has broad benefits that do not just provide capabilities to the few.
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19 More noted that there are still significant commercial, legal, and technical barriers to the widespread adoption of blockchain. Sherry Stein stated that SITA is a cooperative organization owned by the airline industry and representing airports and airlines, border management, and aircraft.
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20 large, beyond individual implementation. Stein noted that SITA has also looked at the potential to combine IoT and blockchain to provide information around shipments and management of perishables, for which a certain temperature has to be maintained, or items that are subject to breakage.
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21 Stein stated that the building blocks for blockchain applications include Stakeholder collaboration and buy-in; Standards for operational practices and buy-in; Consensus on how blockchain will be used to create more integrated and efficient processes; A framework for trusted data exchange; and Privacy and data protection principles around what will be shared, who has rights to write and share data, and what data stay. Stein noted that above all, governance is key.
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