MEDIBLOC TIMES is back!
We’ll be sharing our news and updates every other Tuesday so stay tuned! This is what we’ve been up to the past two weeks.
[Community Updates]
1) KOITA Forum (April 25)
Eunsol gave a keynote speech at a technology innovation forum held and sponsored by Korea Industrial Technology Association and the Ministry of Science and ICT. C-level executives and researchers of member companies attended the event and listened to keynote speeches of blockchain experts.
2) <The ICO-craze> hosted by BaselArea.swiss (April 26)
MediBloc team attended an event organized by BaselArea.swiss. The event was moderated by Thomas Brenzikofer, Senior Project Manager ICT & Precision Medicine & Director of Day.One, an initiative under BaselArea.swiss that aims to create a world-leading hub for healthcare innovation.
3) Korea University EMBA Care Program (April 26)
Eunsol participated in a panel discussion at Korea University EMBA Care Program forum. The forum was hosted by KU Alumni of Graduate School of Management and Executive MBA, with the theme of ‘Blockchain: effect and prediction’. The panel, though not alumni of KU, involved representatives of MediBloc, JPMorgan, IBM, Intel, Penta Security, and TrustVerse.
4) In Basel with healthcare industry specialists (April 27)
MediBloc team attended an event organized by Innovation Center at the University of Basel where selected healthcare industry specialists in Basel gathered to brainstorm ideas to co-create MediBloc’s patient-centric data ecosystem. Specialists from Novartis, Roche, University Hospital of Basel and others joined to discuss potential collaboration opportunities.
5) Mirae Asset Blockchain Business Seminar (May 2)
Eunsol gave a keynote speech at Mirae Asset Blockchain Business Seminar. Mirae Asset Financial Group, headquartered in Seoul, was founded in 1997 and provides innovative products and solutions through a diversified investment platform to investors around the world.
6) Social Security Information Service seminar (May 4)
Eunsol gave a keynote speech at SSIS, a quasi-government agency under the Ministry of Health and Welfare. SSIS supports health and welfare information projects by collecting and providing related information and developing information systems.
[MediBloc in the Media]
1) KOITA holds a technology innovation forum with the topic of the blockchain technology by ZDNet Korea
*Link: http://www.zdnet.co.kr/news/news_view.asp?artice_id=20180423161535&type=det&re=
2) Open Blockchain Association general meeting with SKT, Kakao, Shinhan by Sedaily
*Link: http://decenter.sedaily.com/NewsView/1RYF592FFT
3) Blockchain-based healthcare services by newstown
*Link: http://www.newstown.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=324227
Thank you for your continued support and we’ll be back in two weeks!
👉🏻MediBloc Official Website: https://medibloc.org
MediBloc is a team of medical professionals, data architects and blockchain experts. Both founders are computer scientists, but prior to establishing the team, they had worked in medical industry as certified physician and dental surgeon. As a team, MediBloc aims to tackle the problems entrenched in PHR market and return the ownership of personal health information to individual patients using blockchain technology.
