SMART DUBAI

DUBAI BLOCKCHAIN STRATEGY

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THE WORLD IS WITNESSING RAPID ADOPTION
OF BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY

$1.1 BILLION LEADING

INVESTED GOVERNMENTS
BY PRIVATE SECTOR IN EXPLORING BLOCKCHAIN
2016 ALONE TECHNOLOGY

UNITED STATES (DE) SWEDEN

600 NEW Company incorporation Real-estate transactions on
COMPANIES
! records stored on Blockchain Blockchain
ACTIVE IN (Delaware)
BLOCKCHAIN TODAY

SINGAPORE UK
Invoicing on Blockchain Blockchain used to monitor
distribution of grants
$290 BILLION
VALUE ESTONIA GHANA
EXPECTED MARKET
VALUE IN 2019 E-Citizen records, e- Land registry in Blockchain
payment keys and medical
records secured on
Blockchain
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BLOCKCHAIN WILL DO FOR
TRANSACTIONS WHAT THE INTERNET DID
FOR INFORMATION

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SO, WHAT IS BLOCKCHAIN?

WHAT IS BLOCKCHAIN?
Blockchain is a distributed database shared by
every participant in a given system

“Blockchain is the second revolution after the internet”

“It will do for transactions what the internet did for information”

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TODAY’S CITIZEN INFO IS FRAGMENTED, PURCHASING A CAR
REQUIRES AT LEAST 6 LOCATION VISITS
Government ID

TRUSTED THIRD PARTIES

Dealer Employer

FRAGMENTED DATA

CENTRALIZED CONTROL
Car Purchase
Gov Registration Bank
6 Location Visits
~ 50 Paper Pages
LIMITED SECURITY

Insurance

MANUAL CONTRACTUAL TRANSACTIONS

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WITH BLOCKCHAIN, A CLOUD BASED DATABASE OF CITIZEN
INFO IS SHARED BY PARTICIPANTS
Government ID

NO CENTRAL AUTHORITY
Dealer Employer

SHARED IDENTICAL DATA

JOINT CONTROL
Car Purchase
Gov Registration Bank
1 Location (Dealer)
0 Paper
CRYPTOGRAPHICALLY SECURE

Insurance

SMART CONTRACTS ENABLED

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“DUBAI WILL BE THE FIRST CITY FULLY
POWERED BY BLOCKCHAIN BY 2020”
His Highness Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Al Maktoum
On the launch of the Dubai Blockchain Strategy, October 5 2016

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DUBAI BLOCKCHAIN STRATEGY

GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY INDUSTRY CREATION GLOBAL LEADERSHIP

USE CASES GLOBAL BLOCKCHAIN CHALLENGE BLOCKCHAIN NETWORK

BLOCKCHAIN PAAS SKILL DEVELOPMENT GLOBAL RECOGNITION

FOUNDATIONAL BLOCKS DUBAI SMART CITY ACCELERATOR EVENTS

BLOCKCHAIN POLICY SDO ACCELERATOR AT DFA

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DUBAI BLOCKCHAIN STRATEGY

GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY INDUSTRY CREATION GLOBAL LEADERSHIP

USE CASES GLOBAL BLOCKCHAIN CHALLENGE GLOBAL RECOGNITION

BLOCKCHAIN PAAS SKILL DEVELOPMENT BLOCKCHAIN NETWORK

FOUNDATIONAL BLOCKS DUBAI SMART CITY ACCELERATOR EVENTS

BLOCKCHAIN POLICY SDO ACCELERATOR AT DFA

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THE DUBAI BLOCKCHAIN
STRATEGY WILL IMPACT ALL
SECTORS IN THE CITY

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DUBAI BLOCKCHAIN STRATEGY

Use Cases Timeline

OCT - DEC

3 BUILD ENTITY PROOF OF

MAR. - APR.

1 IDENTIFY CITY
EXPERIENCES
Analyze existing services and
CONCEPTS
Meet entities regularly to review
Proof of Concept progress to provide
experiences to identify support
APR. - OCT
challenges and determine

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opportunity for Blockchain SCOPE BLOCKCHAIN USE CASES 2018 +
WITH GOVERNMENT ENTITIES
Provide technical expertise to scope
use cases and provide business and
4 LIVE
CITY
IMPLEMENTATION
action plans

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BLOCKCHAIN USE CASES

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DUBAI BLOCKCHAIN STRATEGY

GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY INDUSTRY CREATION GLOBAL LEADERSHIP

USE CASES GLOBAL BLOCKCHAIN CHALLENGE GLOBAL RECOGNITION

BLOCKCHAIN PAAS SKILL DEVELOPMENT BLOCKCHAIN NETWORK

FOUNDATIONAL BLOCKS DUBAI SMART CITY ACCELERATOR EVENTS

BLOCKCHAIN POLICY SDO ACCELERATOR AT DFA

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INDUSTRY CREATION
Feb 5 Launched the Global Blockchain Challenge
2017 GLOBAL
BLOCKCHAIN Apr 21 Finalists Selected
CHALLENGE
May 30 Pitch Event with 21 Start Ups from Around the World

May 26 Consensys Launched Blockchain Academy

SKILL
DEVELOPMENT
Oct 22 56 Blockchain Developers Graduated from Dubai

May 31 Launched the Accelerator operated by Startupbootcamp

DUBAI SMART
CITY Oct 25 Selected 10 Start Ups for Cycle 1 from 1000 Applications
ACCELERATOR
Feb 28 Start-up Demo Day and end of cohort 1

Feb 12 Launched with 3 Blockchain Start Ups

SDO
ACCELERATOR AT Feb 12 – Apr 9 Start Ups Explore PoCs
DFA
Apr 10 MoUs Signed with Avanza and Consensys

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DUBAI BLOCKCHAIN STRATEGY

GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY INDUSTRY CREATION GLOBAL LEADERSHIP

USE CASES GLOBAL BLOCKCHAIN CHALLENGE GLOBAL RECOGNITION

BLOCKCHAIN PAAS SKILL DEVELOPMENT BLOCKCHAIN NETWORK

FOUNDATIONAL BLOCKS DUBAI SMART CITY ACCELERATOR EVENTS

BLOCKCHAIN POLICY SDO ACCELERATOR

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INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP
Nov 16 Barcelona Global “City Award” for Blockchain

Jan 5 Dubai Blockchain United Nations Case Study Published

GLOBAL
Nov 11 Dubai Blockchain World Economic Forum Case Study
RECOGNITION
Nov 26 CNN Blockchain Episode

Jan 31 Blockchain Report with 1776

BLOCKCHAIN
Jan 2018 Smart Dubai joins Hyperledger Alliance
NETWORK

May 15, 2016 World Blockchain Forum

Feb 5 Global Blockchain Challenge Launch
Mar 6 World Blockchain Forum
Mar 15 Announcement of Dubai Blockchain Partners
Apr 10 MoUs with Blockchain Companies at SDO Accelerator
EVENTS
May 30 Global Blockchain Challenge Event
Sep 25 Blockchain Middle East Forum
Oct 24 World Blockchain Summit
Jan 14 Unlock Blockchain Event
May 2 Future Blockchain Summit (DWTC)

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BLOCKCHAIN IS A NASCENT
TECHNOLOGY, ALL EFFORTS NEED
TO BE ALIGNED

Implementing a nascent
technology like blockchain
on a city scale is like building
a car and driving it at the
same time

ALL EFFORTS NEED TO BE

ALIGNED AND
COORDINATED
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WE ARE BRINGING GLOBAL
AWARENESS TO THE FULL
POTENTIAL OF BLOCKCHAIN

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DUBAI: THE BLOCKCHAIN CAPITAL OF THE WORLD

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