Decentralized 2018 blockchain event powered by the University of Nicosia.
The Decentralized 2018 event is one of the most awaited summits of this season, It follows a massive success of Decentralized 2017 last year.
On 14th-16th November 2018 at Divani Caravel hotel, Athens, Greece, Over 1000 attendees from about 50 countries around the globe, 70 speakers are going to represent on the Decentralized 2018 event.
Decentralized is powered by about 30 sponsors like Microsoft, Consensys, Unitedcoin, Pumapay, Bitshares, Oracle, Harneys, excelon, for more checkout the sponsors and supporters of this event.
There will be more than 20 exhibitors to showcase great products and 30 media partners
Decentralized 2018 is going to address many practical solutions and upgrades in the blockchain world, blockchain mass adoption, blockchain regulation, banking and payment systems, blockchain education, ethics and cryptocurrencies, blockchain mobile banking and so on.
Currently blockchain technology is undergoing some of the key steps to let a mass adoption in most sectors be it healthcare, computer science, economic projects, social networking and so on. This event will clearly make it more practical to disrupt industries in these sectors by blockchain technology.
These industries are set to be disrupted by blockchain as a result of this event.
- Healthcare; Authentication of medical information, fast processing of information and safety and elimination of third party entities.
- Banking; Speed,transparency and global capability in transactions, eliminating third party entities to for low to no fees on transactions, scaling down on the manipulation of the economy by authorities.
- Insurance; Establishing trust through blockchain contracts, practical integration of real-world data with blockchain smart contracts.
- Cloud storage; complete ownership of data, decentralized servers are not prone to hacks.
- Charity and Crowdfunding; Eliminating corruption that can't otherwise be fought on a system without clear and authenticated blockchain records.
There are more industries like voting, agriculture, education,online music and real estate.
Among many speakers, Jameson Lopp, Roger Ver, Garrick Hileman, Peter Rizun, Eva Kaili, Susanne Tarkowski, Amos Meiri, Antonis Polemitis, Spiros Margaris, Dimitris Litsikakis, Efi Pylarinou, George Giaglis, Joshua, Scigala, Stefan Loesch, Matt Starkey, Cherie Aimee, Anthony Alleyne, Tey AL-Rjula, Denis Avrilionis, Lee Bailey, Jeffrey Bandman, Andrea Bracciali, gregor Borosa, Yannis, Charalambidis, Aristos Christofides, Nicolas T. Courtois. for more checkout speakers of the Decentralized 2018 event.
Want to know more about each speaker? check out my last posts from here and here
Each speaker will talk about a particular topic and this agenda is a great representation of the activities.
This event is mainly powered by the University of Nicosia, the first University to offer a fully accredited MSc in cryptocurrencies.
The University of Nicosia, supporting blockchain through education and research.
The University of Nicosia is the largest university in Cyprus, a very reputable university with about 12000 students doing on campus programmes from over 100 countries around the world. For more check out University of Nicosia.
The university also offers long distance learning for those in distant areas.
University of Nicosia is recognized as leading institution in blockchain education and research, and it's easy to see why.
The first class to graduate in MSc in digital currencies did so in 2016 and since then the University has steadily adjusted to accommodating more students taking courses in digital currencies. As of now about 22576 are enrolled in a MOOC(mass open online course) course, this a free introductory long distance course in digital currencies at UNIC.
The MOOC course is taught by renowned Bitcoin experts Andreas Antonopoulos and Antonis Polemitis, fortunately they are going to present at the Decentralized 2018 blockchain event.
The University of Nicosia was the first University in the entire world to accept bitcoin as tuition payments, first to write legitimate academic results onto the blockchain.
An education in digital currencies signifies a mass adoption in the near future. That means a certified digital currency graduate is already ahead of the game, with many blockchain projects coming up it's easy to compete in the job market or contribute to these projects.
Now that more people are adopting the blockchain technology, education about digital currencies has become a necessity in world.
Decentralized 2018 is going be a great overall representation on the current blockchain solutions to world problems,
Be sure to join here and be apart of this two day summit.
Official summit website
https://www.decentralized.com/
Speakers
https://www.decentralized.com/speakers-2018
Promotional Video
University of Nicosia
Sponsors
https://www.decentralized.com/sponsors2018/
Press Releases
https://www.decentralized.com/blog/category/press/
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