The joint roundtable between the UCL ‘DigitalDisruption’ consortium (which is a partnership between RPL and UCL)  together with FIBREE (the Foundation for International Blochain in Real Estate Expertise) took place on 17th March 2021.

There is a a full video of the event, moderated by Jeremy Barnett which where speakers from KR1, Polkadot, Aave and Robonomics explained the capabilities of the new tech and experts in Real Estate considered where this could all play a part.

Click Here to visit the UCL website where there is a link to watch the recording.

Blockchain and AI: the new dawn for Smart Cities.

An article by Jeremy Barnett for Digital Bytes (Team Blockchain) and an interview with Radio Blockchain.

Jeremy was the guest author for Team Blockchain’s edition 16th December 2020 of Digital Bytes, which can be downloaded by clicking the link here. In the article, Jeremy explained the background research into smart city data that the DigitalDisruption consortium at the Bartlett, UCL had conducted and then talked about the RPL pilot that is being conducted around the collection of statutory data, especially fire safety data, following the recommendations into Grenfell Tower by the Hackitt Report and the Building Safety Bill.

On Friday 18th December, Jeremy was a guest of Pierre Bourque and Jonny Fry on the Blockchain Radio show, click hear to listen to the show  where they talk about smart city data, AI and blockchain for the real estate sector.

Resilience Partners are delighted to announce that, following a period of extensive research with UCL Estates, they have released a commercial version of their PIM software service (Project Information Modelling) which captures critical statutory data through the life of a construction project in the blockchain, for search, verification and statutory compliance.

For further enquires please contact Jeremy.Barnett@Reslieince-Partners.co.uk.

On 11th July 2019, Resilience Partners Ltd partnered with the Bartlett Real Estate Institute to launch the new Knowledge Transfer Network for the Real Estate sector, to be called ‘Digital Disruption’.

The breakfast launch attracted approximately 90 attendees from a variety of sectors, including major Real Estate Asset developers, owners and managers, Family offices, Law firms, Blockchain consultants and Academics, all interested in how the new disruptive technologies such as Blockchain, AI can work with IoT, BIM and other transformational technologies to change the way in which the Real Estate market will function.

Jeremy Barnett and Simon Addyman explained about RPL’s views on Structured Data and Tokenisation, and set out how their pilot project with RY Properties is building a use case on RPL’s PIM and DRM² demonstrator platforms. There then followed a fascinating panel discussion, moderated by Jeremy which looked at legal, technical and investor perspectives on tokenisation of real estate assets.

For a full report on the event please follow the link to the BREI website.

Resilience Partners Limited have today announced the partnership with the Bartlett Real Estate Insitute [BREI] at UCL, who are based at Here East in Stratford to form ‘Digital Disruption’ which is a knowledge transfer network which will engage in research, education and training at both executive and post graduate level, together with forming an industry network that will develop the use of Blockchain and other emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence in the Real Estate Sector.

There will be a breakfast launch at 8 am on 11th July 2019, at UCL Gordon Street. Tickets have already been sold out, but a limited number of invitations can be obtained by application here, using the RPL ticket application.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/blockchain-in-real-estate-breakfast-briefing-tickets-62879659755

Initial supporters of the ambitious project include Barclays, CBRE, Greystar and other major sector specialists. Further information including speakers and the format will follow shortly.

Next week Jeremy will be delivering a presentation to the Becon Blockchain Solutions Forum at Barcelona (23rd and 24th October) on the use of Blockchain for the safe design of buildings, post Grenfell Tower.

He has also been invited to moderate two panel discussions on Investing in the Crytpo Economy and the Role of Exchanges in the Crypto Economy.  Speakers currently notfied are:

Max Kantelia – Co-Founder, Anquan Capital

Dennis O’Neill – Co-Founder, O’Neill Capital Advisors

Alex McDougall – Bicameral Ventures

At the recent CBC meetup Tokenisation in Construction. we announced the CBC plan for a Community Interest Company project to be called ArkiToken.

This will be an open source method of collecting critical information from a major construction project for later use. We see the data set being of value to developers, managers of buildings, for regulation and compliance, environmental management as well as legal and other dispute resolution use cases.

At the meetup, a number of speakers talked about their perspective of how tokenisation could work in this sector. All agreed that the construction sector is wide open and that the market is waking up to the vast potential.

A recording of the session where over 130 people attended is available on youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPKhiWn7Kto&t=4100s

Resilience Partners are concentrating on designing and building a demonstrator of the open source tools in conjunction with the computing department at UCL. We are also concentrating on the business case or ‘Token Economics’ models that clients will need to develop.

We are also starting to build a demonstrator of our Algorithmic Dispute Resolution System which we are calling Br1ck. Our aim is to act as consultants in this highly specialised field, identifying value in major construction contracts, and delivering saving by use of the new open source tools that we are helping to develop.

Please contact Jeremy on Jeremy.Barnett@Resilience-Partners.co.uk for further information.

Jeremy Barnett was invited to give evidence to the House Lords Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence on Tuesday 17th October.

The session was broadcast live on House of Lords TV and is available to watch here: House of Lords TV 17.10.17

The questions included the following:

1. What, in your opinions, are the biggest opportunities and risks for the law in the UK over the coming decade in relation to the development and use of artificial intelligence?
2. Does the ethical development and use of artificial intelligence require regulation? If so, what should the purpose of that regulation be?
3. It is likely that artificial intelligence systems could at some point malfunction, underperform or otherwise make erroneous decisions which cause individuals harm. Do new mechanisms for legal liability and redress in these situations need to be considered, or are existing legal mechanisms sufficient?
4. If new legislation was to be introduced to deal with the issues presented by artificial intelligence, should the UK Government go it alone and look to lead the way, or should they seek to collaborate with other governments to create international frameworks for legislation?
5. As artificial intelligence systems become increasingly autonomous in practice, will the legal system need to change in order to reflect and accommodate this autonomy, or are current mechanisms sufficiently adaptable?
6. When artificial intelligence systems are developed or trained using publicly-owned data, or personal data, who should own them? Should alternative models for individuals or trusts to retain ownership over personal data be explored?
7. What impact is artificial intelligence having on the legal profession itself at the present moment, and how do you anticipate this developing over the next decade?
8. If there was one recommendation you would like to see the committee make at the end of this inquiry, what would it be?