I was there and I listened intently to the presentation.

Ms Dirkes seems professional but the talk lacked enthusiasm. It seemed that she was doing a job.

Those in the audience were given no reason as to why they should use or build on the platform.

At the end she made it a point of saying that BitShares was just a little job for her and they she was involved in other Blockchain projects.

Sorry to say but I found the end result to be negative.