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Future Blockchain Summit.virtual
Digital Keynote Episode 1: 'A Global economic crisis is looming. Now is the time for Blockchain to leave self-isolation'
Featuring:
H.E. Dr Aisha Bint Butti Bin Bishr
Director General, Smart Dubai (UAE)
Ken Rutkowski
TEDx Speaker, Award winning Talk Show Host of “Voice of Disruption” (US)
Ben Tregenna
Head of Informatics, United Nations Environment Programme (UK)
David Suomalainen
Advisor, Swedish Ministry of Infrastructure and Head of Blockchain (Sweden)
Tony Sun
Deputy Director, Blockchain Products & Solutions, Ant Financial (China)
Dr. Marwan Al Zarouni
CEO, Dubai Blockchain Centre (UAE)
Key insights & learnings from our Digital Keynote
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Government and private sector entities in Dubai are either working on or have already implemented Blockchain use cases across 8 industries; finance, education, real estate, tourism, trade, health, transportation and security
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Blockchain has a marketing problem; no one has come up with a simple way to make it understandable to the general public and we need to find better methods to develop our message
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I love the math and theory behind Blockchain, I think it is a really elegant and powerful solution. However, the problem is in the application and you’ve got to get that right
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In regards to the Swedish land registry we saw that it was more resilient than other structures, it gives more transparency and lowers transaction costs. When scaled these benefits offer massive potential
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In terms of supply chain, it is the traceability of Blockchain with a combination of IoT and other technologies that will help revolutionize the retail world
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The effect of the bitcoin halving event historically is not an immediate surge, but eventual surge that leads to an increase in value due to scarcity of bitcoins in circulation
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Future Blockchain Summit.virtual is excited to partner up with our friends at Encrypted to bring you a podcast version of our first ever Digital Keynote "A Global economic crisis is looming. Now is the time for Blockchain to leave self-isolation". Podcasts will be a frequent addition to our .virtual initiative so stay tuned for some more exciting content!
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