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Pandemic Webinar #2: Supply Chains in Global Pandemics

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Author: Alex Tapscott, Jim Regenor, Dale Chrystie
Release Date: April 14, 2020

Abstract:

This hour-long webinar is part two in a four-part series on blockchain and pandemics. Alex Tapscott opens the discussion, with Dale Chrystie from FedEx and Jim Regenor from VeriTx walking through opportunities and challenges as their supply chains are confronted with the realities of the pandemic.

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