Blockchain Ireland Week

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Security Tokens are where digital assets meet regulation. There is a surge of innovation in this sector as the first issuances take place – from VC funds like CosimoX to bonds from major financial institutions like Societe Generale. We examine what is happening and why this matters.

1. Opening, history and use case re tokenising VC funds: Connor Cantwell, Partner https://cosimox.com, https://cosimoventures.com, https://ndau.io
2. Tokenising Property – Yeun Wong, CEO & Managing Partner http://labsproperty.com
3. TBA: Erin Grover, https://coras9.com
4. Moderated Panel discussion: “What are security tokens and why are they a gamechanger?”
– Moderator: TBA
– Panelist: Connor Cantwell, Partner Cosimo Venture Partners
– Panelist: Brian Elders, Founder & CEO http://www.cryptoib.biz
– Panelist: Kevin O’Meallain, Founder https://blockchainhub.ie

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We welcome the founders and senior executives of 3 significant exchanges to share with us their thoughts on the evolution of the global digital assets marketplace. In particular we will examine the new trend of IEO’s or Launchpads that are enabling companies (typically early stage tech companies) to raise significant funding by way of issuing a token to the cuostomers of these marketplaces. We welcome;

– Qi Yu, Founder & CEO of https://tokenize.exchange

– Dylan Sharkey, CRO of https://exmarkets.com

– Peter Nagle, Founder of https://www.bitcove.ie

With opening “Blockchain – Footloose and Fancy Free” from Michael O’Sullivan – Founder & CEO http://blockchainvheel.com

Moderated by Sean Patwell, Founder & CEO of Causeway8

With thanks to Republic of Work, who are provding the event space https://www.republicofwork.com

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***IMPORTANT NOTE: Please note that this event has a 20 euro fee (+ €2 PayPal fees) from which €10 will be given back to anyone who shows up to the course. Any remaining money will be used to cover some event and group cost. We have taken the decision of charging this small fee due to people not showing up to previous courses and keeping others in the waiting list***

You can bring your own laptop for the Hands-on part but If you don’t have any computer at hand you can always look at someone else’s screen, some low cap coins will be sent to you, for you to keep.

You will learn about:
• How Bitcoin and Blockchain works.
• How to buy and sell safely.
• How to securely store cryptocurrencies.
• Privacy, rip-offs and other risks.
• Trading on Exchanges, TA essentials.
• Hands-on -> Setup a wallet, send & receive coins, backup your wallet.

-This event may be streamed live on internet and/or recorded if three is enough demand. Touch base if you are interested to join remotely: DublinCryptoTalks@gmail.com re: online trading course-

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ConsenSys Grants will fund projects that are building the foundational infrastructure, tools and components required to improve the developer and user experience of Ethereum.

Date: May 24th – 26th

Location: ConsenSys Ireland, 48 Ringsend Road, Dublin 4

What you can expect: Breakfast, lunch and dinner will be provided as well as prizes for the top three presented projects.

Participants Criteria:
Must have an interest and/or basic understanding of Ethereum, UX/UI, writing code or any skill that will help create the next great project on the Ethereum blockchain.

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Are you assessing your options for raising finance via the STO or IEO route? Or are you exploring the more traditional route of equity finance from VC funds, angel investors or crowdfunding? Andrew Tzialli is the head of leading law firm Philip Lee’s crypto and blockchain group and a partner in the corporate team. As part of Blockchain Week 2019, Andrew is hosting a walk-in clinic at the Dublin 2 offices of the firm on Monday 27th May. He is offering half hour consultations at no cost to discuss the options available to blockchain companies looking to raise finance and to answer other legal questions you may have in respect of your startup.

NB The half hour consultation is free of charge, but bookings must be made in advance through the event page. Walk-ins without bookings cannot be accommodated.

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Blockchain Ireland Week is a celebration of blockchain community around Ireland May 24th – 31st. Join us at the Portershed for a chat about opportunities for blockchain in Financial Services and connect with people building solutions to meet this demand.

Hosted by Dave Cunningham, guests announced shortly.

Dave Cunningham is a serial entrepreneur, startup mentor and co-founder of Galway City Innovation District. He has had both success and failure in multiple sectors as Founder and CEO including retail, healthcare, medical device, business conferences, financial technology and not for profits. Dave brought the Lean Startup Conference to Europe in 2016/7 and is a regular speaker at conferences around the world such as Paris Fintech Forum, Sibos and Innovate Finance Global Summit.

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This event will be hosted by Matheson. The event will be free of charge for all attendees and the topics on the evening will include:

*An introduction to Blockchain Ireland

*An overview of the legal framework around Blockchain

*Coinbase 101- an overview of our products and apps

*How blockchain and cryptocurrencies are changing the modern perception of money and wealth

* Blockchain economy/ICOs

Pre-registration will commence at 5:30pm at 70 Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, Dublin 2, with the event kicking off at 6pm. Join us for food and drinks after and we look forward to meeting you then!

Limited tickets available. This event will be a ticket only.

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In the beginning, there was only Bitcoin. Today, there are more than two thousand crypto assets, and growing. What is this new world of Blockchain and digital assets all about?

Blockchain is the technology that underpins digital assets such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Litecoin.  It is rapidly changing the way humans transmit and store value, and soon digital assets will replace traditional wealth creation assets, such as equities and other wealth creation vehicles.

The movement towards Asset Tokenisation is going to transform how future wealth is created. Isn’t it time you understand what this new digital economy has in store for humanity?

What you will learn:

• What is Bitcoin, Blockchain, and the broader digital asset ecosystem?
• Why is Bitcoin considered ‘Digital Gold’ and how can one Bitcoin be worth nearly €5,000?
• What social and business problems can the Blockchain ecosystem solve?
• What is Asset Tokenisation and what new opportunities should we be looking towards for future wealth creation?

Blockchain is expected to transform businesses across multiple sectors, particularly the financial services sector. Both at home and abroad, national governments and international bodies are developing strategies and policies that will shape the future of the technology within the financial services. Mai Santamaria, Senior Financial Advisor at the Department of Finance, and Craig Dunn, chair of the International Standards Committee for Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies (ISO TC 307) and co-chair of the Australian Government’s Fintech Advisory Group, will present at the morning seminar and will participate in a Q&A session chaired by Lavinia Morris, SVP – Head of IT with SMBC Aviation Capital, and member of the National Mirror Committee for Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies Standards.

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In association with Blockchain Ireland Week, we would like to invite you to a seminar entitled “Legal Issues Arising in Blockchain Projects” on Tuesday, 28 May.

An expert panel of lawyers from McCann FitzGerald will highlight and discuss many of the legal challenges faced by people launching or running blockchain projects. The discussion will include:

1. Financial services regulation (eg in relation to ICOs and tokenisation);
2. Privacy and data protection implications;
3. Litigation, fraud and investigations.

The panel discussion will be followed by a Q&A session. Each speaker combines deep specialist knowledge of relevant areas of law with real world experience in applying that knowledge to technological innovations. As such, this will be an excellent opportunity to learn about important legal issues that need to be navigated when launching any commercial Blockchain project.

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While the development of blockchain is ground-breaking and has many operational benefits, it also presents unprecedented challenges, for users and for policy-makers alike. Craig Dunn and Emilio Davila-Gonzalez discussed how standards are being developed, at international and European level respectively, to foster acceptance and application of these new technologies, and to develop appropriate policy responses.

About the Speakers:

Craig Dunn was appointed Chair of the International Standards Technical Committee for Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies (ISO/TC 307) in 2017. He also chairs the Australian Government’s Fintech Advisory Group.

Emilio Davila-Gonzalez has been Head of ICT standardisation at DG Connect at the European Commission since 2017, working on the coordination of Standardisation policy and liaising with European Standardisation Organisations.

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Exclusive opportunity to hear experts in the space of fundraising for blockchain projects. You will hear from Michael O’Sullivan, data scientist with http://blockchainvheel.com/ who has collected and analysed data from over 10,000 ICOs followed by editor Simon Cocking, the number one expert on ICO Bench and advisory to some of the most successul ICOs (and some of forgotten ones).

From stats to first hand knowledge of what went on behind the scenes, this is one exclusive masterclass not to miss.

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Use the Openstar platform to create decentralized workflow solutions with a DLT component.

This will be an explanation of Openstar features and a frank discussion of how it stacks up against other options …

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Blockchain – a driver of sustainability

Deloitte would like to invite you to our blockchain breakfast on the 30th May. This session will focus on how blockchain can support businesses trying to solve issues surrounding sustainability and our panel will share their stories about how blockchain is supporting their sustainability initiatives globally.

Join us to hear from a panel of industry experts who will highlight their experiences within critical areas for sustainability such as supply chain, climate change and poverty. Our panel includes:

Guido Van Staveren, CEO, Moyee Coffee

Ray Jordan, CEO, Self Help Africa

Niall Dennehy, COO, AidTech

Amy Pugh, Manager, Deloitte EMEA Blockchain Lab

Event Details:

Event registration begins at 8:30am, with the panel discussion itself opening at 9:00am. The event closes at 10:45am.

Venue:

Deloitte, The Garage, Whitaker Court, Dublin

We look forward to seeing you there.

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Blockchain Ireland Week is a celebration of blockchain community around Ireland May 24th – 31st
#BlockchainIrelandWeek

Agenda:
-6:00 pm – Networking
-6:15 pm – Latest Crypto News
-6:30 pm – Topic 1 *– (TBD, please vote)
-7:10 pm – Q&A and topic discussion
-7:30 pm – Networking
-8:00 pm – End

After the event some of us will continue networking over a pint or two at O’Donoghue’s pub in Suffolk St. feel free to join us too.

* topics will be updated few days before the meetup date, please vote here https://www.meetup.com/Dublin-Crypto-Talks/polls/1279041/

This is a free event and anybody is welcome so please feel free to invite your friends and colleagues and let’s dive into the world of cryptocurrency for the night!

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Join us in The Building Block on Thursday 30th May from 6.15pm for an evening of food, drinks and networking with Sligo’s fast growing tech cluster.

The event will kick off with some networking followed by a panel discussion between LiveTiles, E3 Retail, and Overstock where they will discuss the current technology landscape in Sligo, the attractions of the North-West for a growing tech company, and open roles coming-up in Sligo. Our panel will be joined by a special guest, to be announced before the event.

Following the panel discussion we’ll be handing over to guest speakers to discuss blockchain, as part of Blockchain Ireland Week.

Kieran McGowan from Overstock subsidiary Medici Land Governance will give a talk on “Land Titling on Blockchain – Changing a billion lives”.

The final talk of the evening will come from YoungHwi Cho from Steemhunt who will give a talk titled “Distributed apps – Connecting the business world to crypto”

As always we’ll have some great local food, craft beers and an opportunity to speak face to face with the site leads in each company. If you’re looking for a challenging career in the North West or looking for an opportunity to leave the traffic behind, join us and find our more.

Tickets are free but limited so book yours early!

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Exploring the role for blockchain and new technologies in creating an archive and attribution record for the professional dance community.

There have been a number of successful implementations of DLT technologies in tracking digital IP and creating proof-of-existence, copyright and ownership records. We lend our curiosity to the field of dance and examine the potential of DLT and other digital technologies to enhance attribution and authorship records.

We explore:

– how to protect the rights of choreographers to have their role acknowledged within a chain of attribution.

-how to create a proof-of-attribution for movements/segments/acts/entire works. This may include various forms of documentation – dance notation, digital imagery, and other media files.

-the potential for AI, computer vision and other autonomous technologies in determining, testing and oversight in a proposed new system.

Speakers include: Yvonne McNamara /Barrister at Law; Fiona Delaney /CEO, Origin Chain Networks; Saad Shahid, CeADAR Research Centre; Ríonach Ní Néill, Ciotóg; Ismael Arribas /Tech Entrepreneur, Spain introducing myceliaformusic.org.

Panel discussion and Q&A.

Held in association with Blockchain Week

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The Irish Institute of Digital Business and Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology are delighted to invite you to attend a 2-hour blockchain seminar discussing a number of implications of blockchain adoption, tokenisation and coin offerings.

Agenda:

• 11.00-11.20:

Speaker: Mr Eamon Walsh, Head of Department of Accounting and Information Systems at GMIT

Talk title: Digital Identity: Born on the Block

• 11.25-11.45:

Speaker: Dr Pierangelo Rosati, Assistant Professor of Business Analytics at DCU and Director of Industry Engagement at The Irish Institute of Digital Business

Talk title: Leveraging Security Token Offering to democratise access to “elite” products: the case of algorithmic trading

• 11.55-12.15:

Speaker: Dr Andrew Le Gear, CTO of Horizon Globex

Talk title: Blockchain Utopia Meets Regulated Reality: Why the SEC Ruined the Token Party

• 12.20-12.40:

Speaker: Dr Trevor Clohessy, Lecturer and Researcher of Transformative Technologies at GMIT

Talk title: Blockchain and Gamification: A Match Made in Heaven?

• 12.40-13.00:

Closing Questions and Answers:

• 13.00:

Lunch and Networking