Gathered at the recently held summit, was a host of top officials from spheres of government, civil society and the technology sector.
Conferences at the Bellagio Center are intended to establish and strengthen connections across disciplines and geographies. The summit was a gathering of Prominent leaders to talk about Blockchain Technology and its social impact. Discussions focused around working to harness blockchain tools to support good governance, financial inclusion, and environmental protection. The intellectually stimulating 3-day summit that was held at the Bellagio Center in Italy was working in conjunction with the Blockchain Trust Accelerator (BTA) and the Rockefeller Foundation.
Bitlumens Founder and CEO Veronica Garcia did not miss out on this event. Veronica joined participants that include Bermuda’s Premier, E. David Burt, Rockefeller Foundation Vice President Zia Khan, as well as representatives from the United Nations and the World Economic Forum. Several senior leaders from civil society and tech companies such as — Microsoft, ConsenSys, and Hyperle were also present.
Speaking at the event was Cara LaPointe, a senior fellow at Georgetown University’s Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation. Cara and her team are set to release a framework for blockchain ethics. This consists of main areas of focus that blockchain designers should be considering from the beginning starting with governance, identity, data ownership and other factors.
Bitlumens’ mission coincides with the theme from the event. Bitlumens offers a Blockchain based Microfinance platform that gives access to renewable energy in Latin America and developing countries. Bitlumens provides electricity that reduces CO2 and health hazards. Bitlumens solar devices replace kerosene lamps and reduce use of plastic and bio-fuels. The sensors collect data to verify carbon and black carbon mitigation.
This technology also promotes customer savings, and financial inclusion. Clients own their own data that can be sold to the government or to development banks. The data runs in a private blockchain and is connected to our sensors. By tokenizing the closed economy it allows cost reductions for remittances. Allowing the ability to send a remittance directly to a machine and activate it. Achieving great social impact and development through technological advancements, such as this, can only be made possible with blockchain technology
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