Hermann Rapp

Co-Founder and Director
Block Asset Technology

Hermann is a Co-Founder and joint Managing Director of Block Asset Technologies, leading Technology & Research. As chair of the ISITC Europe Academic Forum, Herman has recently been involved in co-creating a framework of standards for testing and implementation of Blockchain DLT projects. This is now an open ISITC initiative and they are in the process of creating a global technical committee. He has also developed the technology roadmap for Block Asset Technologies.

Having worked both in industry and academic research over the last years, Herman is heavily involved in integrating the technological, business and legal aspects to make this new generation technologies work in industry and will be applying his expertise to the big Blockchain Debate on Day 2 of Clearing & Settlement World.

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Hermann.

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DAY 2 – 15TH NOVEMBER

Wednesday, October 11th, 2017

13:30 The Big Debate: Blockchain crossing the post-trade world: Does this development have the potential to signal the end of clearing and settlement as we know it or is this just a fantasy?

The threat of CCP disruption and disintermediation: Can distributed ledgers fully replace centralised clearing and settlement utilities?
Are the arguments for Blockchain without contention? – it reduces post-trade costs, mitigates risk, promotes transparency and enables real-time efficiency
Can Blockchain seamlessly fit into an existing ecosystem of technology without major consequences? – it reduces netting benefits, increases systemic risk in relation to instantaneous settlement and smart contracts, is ungovernable and targetable by hackers?
Real-time settlement, cost reduction and the elimination of counterparty risk: Could the proposed benefits of a distributed ledger be achieved independently of this technology?