Prof. Marcus Foth

Prof. Marcus Foth

P1-004 New approaches to smart trade hubs proof of concept; P1-014 New approaches for smart trade hubs POC deployment

Marcus Foth is Professor of Urban Informatics in the QUT Design Lab, Faculty of Creative Industries, Education, and Social Justice, at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane. He is also an Honorary Professor in the School of Communication and Culture at Aarhus University, Denmark. Marcus’ research brings together people, place, and technology. His current research foci include: urban media and geoprivacy; data care in smart cities; digital inclusion and participation; blockchain and food supply chains, and; sustainability and more-than-human futures.

P1-014 Completed

New approaches to blockchain technology, blockchain governance and digital communities for smart trade hubs – Project 2: POC deployment – technical platform consolidation with use cases

Smart Trade Hubs Project 2 builds from Project 1 to develop a 'demand pull' business model enabled by the Proof of Concept (POC) technology platform. Leveraging the learnings of previous activities, this project is introducing other supply chains to the table.
P1-004 Completed

New approaches to blockchain, governance and digital communities for smart trade hubs: a modularised and scalable program of research – Project 1: Proof of concepts

The overarching aim of this multi-stage project led by BeefLedger was to develop the soft and hard digital infrastructure needed to support the growth of smart trade – infrastructure that would overlay and complement the physical elements of export hubs: transport infrastructure, storage, logistics and suchlike.

Securing transactions from farm to fork: tapping the global potential in blockchain-enabled smart trade

Hear BeefLedger Chair Warwick Powell discuss the ‘Smart trade’ team’s blockchain-backed digital platform and its potential to streamline cross-border trade.

World-first blockchain-enabled credentialled marketplace – eCommerce 3.0 is here

QUT and Smart Trade Networks have just launched the world’s first fully blockchain-enabled credentialled marketplace. In their next 'Smart trade hubs' project, just commenced under the CRC, they plan to extend it to other commodities and markets.

Smart trade platform progresses from POC to Asian expansion

In stage 2 of the Smart Trade Hubs program, QUT and SCP Capital will extend their blockchain-backed digital trading platform, developed for premium beef exports to China, to high-value fruits, wines and artisan liquor destined for markets across Asia.

Marcus Foth: food and data interaction expert

QUT Design Lab head and Professor of Urban Informatics Marcus Foth undertakes cutting-edge transdisciplinary work that “brings together people, place and technology". He's also leading the CRC's Smart Trade Hubs project, and using his expertise to help save wombats and bees.

Future Food System CRC’s first smart trade hubs research project kicks off

BeefLedger and an interdisciplinary research team at QUT will work with food-buying groups across Australia and China to explore blockchain-based approaches to streamlining cross-border trade, in the initial proof-of-concept stage of a multi-stage Future Food Systems project that will develop the soft and hard digital infrastructure needed to support the growth of smart trade.

BeefLedger: Technology for secure, streamlined, transparent transactions

New CRC partner BeefLedger, with its expertise in blockchain technology and hands-on experience in the Chinese market, will be a boon to participants looking to export premium high-value food products. And that doesn’t just mean beef. Driven by a belief […]
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