Sir Richard Branson's Third Annual #Blockchain Summit On His Private Island Nector kicks off

Sir Richard Branson and the Bitfury Group are hosting another  ‘exclusive’ bitcoin and blockchain retreat on Branson’s private Necker  Island. The third annual Blockchain Summit will feature a host of cryptocurrency and blockchain industry luminaries.

The ambitious agenda explores how blockchain technology can be applied in everything from economic empowerment to identity, music, conservation, ocean protection — with the latter three especially fitting topics, given Branson’s work in music and conservation and others. Many attendees were keen to discuss on how to use crypto tokens to create social good such as reducing air pollution.

Many large organizations are adopting blockchain technology like IBM, JPMorgan Chase, Microsoft, Visa and Intel, while non-governmental organizations such as the World Economic Forum, World Bank and the International Monetary Fund are exploring or even testing its possibilities.

Here is glimpse of summit 

 

Few of big speakers include

• Brian Forde - MIT
• Michael Casey - MIT 
• Imogen Heap - Famous singer
•  Jennifer Morrison - President,Conservation International
• Saadia Madsbjerg - Rockefeller Foundation
• Young Sohn - Samsung Electronics
• Gigi Brisson- Bitpesa founder 
• Elizabeth Rossiello - Bitpesa CEO
• Vinny Lingham - founder of blockchain identity startup Civic

Few of summit random clicks

Source - Forbes

In opening night remarks, Sir Branson said, "You’ll find at every single  corner you turn, you’ll find something magic — it might be a lemur, a  gigantic iguana, a giant tortoise, a flamingo. This is where a lot of  great ideas are born."  

In the first day's session, several groups announced a conservation  effort that was using blockchain technology to record data in some of  the few remaining thriving marine ecosystems called hope spots.

During a panel on using blockchain technology in music,  singer-songwriter Imogen Heap, who said the idea of blockchain and music  is "inevitable". She also stated that there is no database of all the artists & their work due to which anyone who wants to do business with them, it’s really hard !

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