Blockchain Conference

Decentralization is essential to effective use of blockchain technologies, but power consumption has caused infrastructure to be consolidate in locations that can provide cheap power.  Envion recently closed the #6 ICO of all time to address this problem of centralization by solving real-world problems for the energy industry—providing a sustainable, profitable solution that address pain points for two industries.  Building the blockchain technologies of the future will require even more creative infrastructure solutions with provide a bridge between blockchain and non-blockchain worlds.

The GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) is the new EU-wide law on Data Protection coming into effect in May this year, and affects all companies doing business with users in Europe. For blockchain in particular it is a big challenge to navigate within the boundaries of this game changing regulation on data privacy. 

In this talk, you will learn more about the GDPR and how it affects Blockchain environments and it’s particular challenges as well as opportunities for using blockchain to become more compliant to the GDPR.

What happens when design decisions are made by engineers? Currently, that's what is mainly happening: technology got developed by geeks and engineers and at the end comes the question: so, how users can use it? Can they use it at all? Do they understand how to use it?

Any product development should start with a user need and then look at a Blockchain technology. Is it applicable in this case? Will it solve user problems? At the end, most of the products on the market are for a mass usage and should be targeted to different type of users. The talk will be about how to make a product using Blockchain technology usable and how to apply design thinking from early steps.

Most of us have heard the word „blockchain” on multiple occasions. We are aware that this technology opens a wide array of possibilities, and we heard about the use cases in fintech, logistics, governance, in energy and pharmaceutical markets. Still, the barrier to adapt the technology in running businesses is very steep.

Cultural Places is the first holistic platform in the cultural sector that connects

visitors, institutions, artists, content creators and donors. Cultural Places will

disrupt the cultural sector as it redefines the relations between all stakeholders

and creates new business opportunities. The core is its own crypto currency – the

Cultural Coin – based on blockchain technology. That reinvents and simplifies

cultural financing, sponsoring and ticketing.

Cultural Places is created, developed and run by Oroundo Mobile. Oroundo is an already

successful international start-up with the vision to create the largest social

network and the most notable partner for culture and tourism. The company was founded 

by Patrick Tomelitsch and Klaus Windisch in 2014 and is headquartered in Vienna, Austria – 

Europe’s stronghold of music and art. Oroundo operates in 6 countries with 4 offices, 

more than 30 employees and 34 partners.