The IBM company constantly demonstrates that it wants to stay at the forefront of global technical development. His incursion in recent years in emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, the cloud, the Internet of Things (IoT), virtual reality, security and blockchain, has led him to create a world-class meeting to showcase his advances and future plans in all these areas. The IBM Think 2018, which will be held between March 19 and 22 at the Mandalay Bay complex in the city of Las Vegas, is the definitive stop for all IBM developments.
This event will aim to show the public all the innovations of the different developments of the company, with speakers from the likes of Ginni Rommety, IBM CEO, Maya Leibman, American Airlines CIO, Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, and the famous scientists Michio Kaku and Neil deGrasse Tyson to discuss and discuss the future of developing technologies, with titles like "IoT and AI: This changes everything", "Trading coffee with blockchain" and "From science fiction to reality: the Quantum computing is here "in star space.
One of the main focuses of the conference, in which IBM will reveal future plans, is the application of distributed accounting technology (DLT) in various fields, with special emphasis on its usefulness for Latin America. The demonstration of the use of blockchain in the commercialization of coffee and the use of distributed accounting in the IBM Food Trust is expected to guarantee the transparency of the origin of the food used by Walmart.
Similarly, the progress made in activities such as safe supply chains and efficient financial services will be shown. In addition, the monitoring of the joint project with the logistics leader Maersk to digitize supply chains will be presented.
IBM also hopes to show the public the advances in artificial intelligence of the Watson AI platform and its relationship with the Internet of Things (IoT) using the Hyperledger Fabric blockchain. Scope in which Iñaki Niharra, director of services IoT in IBM Spain, recently said in a piece of opinion for CriptoNoticias that the adoption of the blockchain technology will generate businesses worth 3,100 million dollars by 2030, and estimates that the market for IoT will grow to 457 billion dollars by 2020. The executive, who believes that the rapid growth of the IoT puts networks in danger because hackers are also moving fast, says that authentication and standardization in each of the elements of the IoT are essential aspects for widespread adoption, and IBM is working on it.
Unlike in previous years, such as 2017, when IBM World of Watson, IBM Connect and IBM Continuous Engineering for the Internet of Things Summit were held separately, IBM Think 2018 represents the first time IBM has combined all its annual launch events in a single experience, promising to be the meeting place for those interested in all the technological areas that the company is developing.
In addition to the traditional talks and presentations, IBM will share keynote sessions, discussion panels, laboratories and live demonstrations of the projects under development. Among the sample campuses there will be games like Star Trek: Bridge Crew, running with the help of a virtual reality platform developed by the company, and even a Maseratti car controlled by voice using the Watson artificial intelligence system as a personal assistant.
IBM is one of the traditional companies most involved with the applications of distributed accounting technology. The company announced a few days ago its collaboration with the organization it-willbe.org with the aim of using the blockchain to increase trust and citizen participation in the care of about 200 children living in the streets of Bombay.
The IBM THINK 2018 will be a demonstration and discussion event about the advantages of the technologies that will set trends in the coming years and CriptoNoticias will be there to cover the most relevant talks and announcements of this great conference. We invite our readers to follow us on our social networks to live the experience with us.