Konstantinos Kalogerakis on the Blockchain “Human Network”

From October 30th to November 1st, hundreds of blockchain professionals from industry and academia are joining forces in Athens, Greece at Decentralized 2019 to engage in workshops, talks, and networking. One prominent keynote speaker was Konstantinos Kalogerakis, whose talk was titled Activating the Greek Ecosystem, representing the Hellenic Blockchain Hub.
Konstantinos Kalogerakis is a versatile and highly-faceted manager with extensive experience in digital transformation and marketing operations. He’s passionate about innovation and new exponential technologies having both strategic and practical experience in implementing cross-functional, value-adding initiatives and programs, focusing lately in the FinTech area.
As Vice-Chairman at the Hellenic Blockchain Hub, he spoke on their vision:
“The initial vision of the Hellenic Blockchain Hub was ‘blockchain nation.’ We need to put this kind of very optimistic goal to make some steps ahead. That was at the end of 2017.
The first thing a blockchain hub should do is activate important groups, starting from public decision-makers, then private industry consultants, banks, and every big or medium company, universities, researchers, blockchain developers, startups, and anyone interested in this technology who could provide content.
It’s all about knowledge sharing: It’s a human network.”
Kalogerakis’ blockchain hub came with a big vision, and that had to be matched by execution:
“Hellenic Blockchain Hub is a not-for-profit organization that has been a legal entity as an association since 2018. Three pillars are promotion, education, and consultation.
We’ve been highly active since 2018. Started in 2018 with incorporation and ended with a lab organized to explain blockchain and DLT’s implication for the Greek economy.
This year, we’ve hosted a big conference called UnConference, provided a TEDx talk, concluded a draft of a policy paper for SEV, and more.
Within this timeframe, we’ve on-boarded 22 companies, registered 78 blockchain developers, on-boarded over 500 members, and signed 7 memorandums of agreement.”
Indeed, their execution has matched their grand vision, and there are many more opportunities ahead:
“We see many opportunities in the Greek market, across the public sector, transport / logistics / supply chain, energy, and financial services.
As a way forward, there are many more activities planned, including a crowd hackathon for Industry 4.0 at the end of November, discussing with the Ministry of Energy to find a small-scale Proof of Concept, facilitating proofs of concept in the private sector, and more.”
