Decentralized 2018 Blockchain Summit And The Keynote Speakers.
There are different fast growing technologies in this 21st century, and Blockchain technology which is considered as one of the most remarkable technology findings is changing the world in a very fast speed. Private and public institutions, business heads, scientists, and technologists have noticed the enormous disruptive possibilities in blockchain technology, which can be used to share secured information, conduct researche, exchange different assets and tender digital contracts. The concept of blockchain can be used to improve the management of medical, legal and financial records.
Due to the fast increase in the number of individuals, governments and firms looking to get involved in blockchain technology, many events around the world have been specially dedicated to educate, inform, create collaborations, and transfer knowledge to the people about the current trend in blockchain and cryptocurrencies. These conferences also bring cryptocurrency enthusiaststogether to share ideas, keep each other updated and explore more opportunities in the space.
"Decentralized 2017" was one of the most successful blockchain events organized by the University of Nicosia, with the primary aim of focus on political and business implications of blockchain technology covering various industries in the world. The last conference that took place from the 2nd to 3rd of November 2017 in Europe was a success. The event housed over 1000 attendees, 30 sponsors, and about 20 projects to introduce their products and services.
Decentralized 2018 has been organized, to take place in Divani Caravel, Anthens, Greece, a world-class summit with the purpose of sharing knowledge, business ideas and political implications of blockchain technology. There are over 1000 registered attendees from more than 50 countries, with over 70 speakers set to make presentations. The event starts on the 14th to 16th of November 2018, supported by The university of Nicosia, which is the first university to provide a degree on blockchain and MSc in Digital Currency.
Decentralized 2018 Speakers
Decentralized 2018 has organized a good number of remarkable speakers to share their knowledge and experience in different fields of blockchain technology, some speakers are as follows:
Jameson Lopp - (Casa Infrastructure Engineer)
Jameson Lopp is a bitcoin core developer and blockchain enthusiast, he studied at The university of North Carolina where he majored in Computer Science.
Casa (https://keys.casa/) is a personal key system that highly secures your data and digital assets.
Jameson has worked as an engineer for crypto asset wallets since the year 2015. He created Statoshi, a fork of Bitcoin Core that analyzes statistic of Bitcoin and its nodes, he is also the founder of Mensa’s Bitcoin Special Interest Group, and founder of the Triangle Bitcoin & Business meetup. He is known for how he spends his spare time waxing philosophical, upon the nature of Bitcoin.
Roger Ver - (CEO Bitcoin.com)
Bitcoin.com (https://www.bitcoin.com/) is a cloud bitcoin mining platform, a cryptocurrency blog, with other useful crypto features.
Roger Ver was among the first persons that invested huge amounts of money in cryptocurrency-related startups as the industry was beginning to transpire, he was among the first people to start bitcoin projects while the industry was still new. Due to his early adoption and voluntary activities of promoting blockchain technology, people call him the Bitcoin Jesus.
He has promoted blockchain and cryptocurrencies ever since he knew the technology. In 2011, Roger Ver's company, Memorydealers.com, was the first mainstream company to start accepting bitcoins as payment. Furthermore, he created Bitcoinstore.com, the first website in the world to acknowledge bitcoin as a payment option for a thousand of items.
Nearly single-handedly, Roger Ver funded the seed rounds for the entire first generation of Bitcoin businesses.
Garrick Hileman - Blockchain.com Head of Research and Mosaic.io Co-founder
Blockchain.com (https://www.blockchain.com/) is a platform with a wallet that is used to store, send, receive and trade cryptocurrencies, Mosaic.io (https://www.mosaic.io/) is a decentralized market intelligence network.
Garry Hileman is a PhD graduate of economic history from the London school of economics where he also teaches about cryptocurrencies and distributed leading technologies. He was ranked as one of the 100 most influential economists in the UK and Ireland, he is a researcher at the University of Cambridge and his researches has been published with the FT, BBC, CNBC, WSJ, NPR, and other media.
Dr Peter Rizun - Chief Scientist of Bitcoin Unlimited.
Bitcoin Unlimited (https://www.bitcoinunlimited.info/) is an organization that provides a voice to all stake holders in the bitcoin ecosystem, this organization also provides software used by about 40% of the Bitcoin network's mining power.
Peter Rizun is a well-known physicist and entrepreneur who lives in Vancouver, Canada. He graduated from The university of British Columbia with a Bachelor's degree in Engineering Physics, he also hold a Ph.D. in Medical Physics from the University of Calgary.
Peter co-founded and manages Ledger, the first peer-reviewed academic journal in the world dedicated to cryptocurrency research, published by the University of Pittsburgh. He was the recipient of the $105,000 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) CGS Doctoral Award and was recognized as a “Leader of Tomorrow” by the Alberta Science and Technology Foundation (ASTech).
Eva Kaili - MEP (Member of European Parliament)
CHAIR OF STOA European Parliament.
She is a Member of the European Parliament, elected since the year 2014, as the chair of European Parliament (STOA) Science and Technology Options Assessment body, she has been actively supporting innovations in technology most especially the blockchain growth in Europe. Eva Kaili holds a Bachelor's Degree in Architecture and Civil engineering with a master's Degree in European politics. She supports other active fields such as m/eHealth, Big data, Fintech and Cybersecurity.
Susanne Tarkoswki - Founder and CEO Bitnation
Bitnation (https://tse.bitnation.co/) is a decentralized border-less voluntary nation (DBVN)" that inputs vital records, identity and other legal events using blockchain technology.
Susanne Tarkoswki is a world-class and multiple award-winning entrepreneur, a crypto activist and writer. She founded Bitnation in 2014 the world first DBVN. In 2017, she won the UNESCO Netexplo Award for Bitnation, and was named by WIRED as one of the innovators of the world fighting for your online privacy.
These are just a few from the 70 speakers that will be present at the Decentralized 2018 Blockchain Summit. Get your tickets and experience more about Blockchain Technology.
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Decentralized 2018 Useful Links:
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University Of Niscosia: https://www.unic.ac.cy/
Press Releases: https://www.decentralized.com/blog/category/press/