A Forum on Blockchain Technology and Airports

This Insight Event will focus on blockchain technology and airport operations with a special focus on its potential uses and real-world applications to address challenges associated with public health concerns, including COVID-19. The virtual event will span two days and feature cross-disciplinary panels of technologists, airport operators, public health specialists, and entrepreneurs to discuss blockchain applications and their potential to transform operations, cargo handling, the traveler experience, and associated security, provenance, and privacy challenges. The event will take place Tuesday, August 4th and Wednesday, August 5th, 2020.  Register here

• Record URL:
  http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=4636
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Contract to a Performing Organization has not yet been awarded.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $120000
• Contract Numbers:

  Project 11-08(19-01)

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Airport Cooperative Research Program

  Transportation Research Board
  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC    20001

  Federal Aviation Administration

  800 Independence Avenue, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20591
• Project Managers:

  Schatz, Theresia

• Start Date: 20180914
• Expected Completion Date: 20201231
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airport operations; Airports; Communicable diseases; Computer security; Information processing; Information systems; Public health; Technological innovations; Technology; Workshops
• Identifier Terms: COVID-19
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Data and Information Technology; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01677211
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Transportation Research Board
• Contract Numbers: Project 11-08(19-01)
• Files: TRB, RiP
• Created Date: Jul 30 2018 3:03PM