Blockworks Conference: Everything You Missed
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More than 300 attendees from New Zealand’s and international blockchain community got together to network, engage with experts, and spark new ideas at Blockworks Conference on 11–12 October.
At the heart of the conference were 4 workshops, 2 panel discussions and 14 sessions covering many of the biggest topics in blockchain, including smart cities, mobility, supply chain, tokenisation and payments, data ownership, and real-world examples of practical blockchain applications.
David Corbett, Senior Manager at PWC said: “At Consensus in New York, it was all PowerPoint. This blockchain conference took a big step forward with actual product being demonstrated in most presentations and strong real — world use cases for the technology.”
Blockworks workshop programme on Day 1 started with an introduction to blockchain session from Savannah Peterson, founder of Savvy Millenial and MC at the conference. Microsoft and IBM covered templated deployments for building a distributed ledger and network effects. Meanwhile Centrality’s team showcased a demo of our ecosystem working in real time, which was positively received.
“I was surprised to explore how blockchain technology can apply our daily lives without any complications, and the tone of value from Sylo and SingleSource live demo. We can’t wait to test our blockchain ecosystem at the next Centrality Hackathon.” — Michael Khuwattanasenee, participant of Blockworks Hackfest.
MC Savannah Peterson kicked off Day 2 with an opening keynote followed by Aaron McDonald, CEO at Centrality. He dispelled the mind trick of the existing ‘sharing economy’ where users seem to be sharing a lot but big corporates benefiting the most.
“At Centrality, we want to create a different kind of sharing economy: social, privacy — oriented one. We want to UNdo what’s been done, UNcorporate the world and build new UNeconomy”, — Aaron McDonald, CEO Centrality
Semanie Cato and Eryn Lovell from Trackback, an asset management solution within the Centrality ecosystem, shed the light on how blockchain can change the supply chain ecosystems for New Zealand, ensuring businesses can prove provenance and users can be sure the product they’re buying is legitimate and safe.
Next up, Boyd Cohen, Executive Director of Blockchain Cities Alliance led a session on smart cities and mobility. It was evident from his presentation that the status quo falls short of what mobility should look like in the 21st century. Also the CEO of decentralised mobility company iomob, Boyd shed light on alternative ways to move around cities.
The lineup of speakers was packed with more experts such as Dene Green, General Manager at NZ Post; Marc Pascall, CEO of New Zealand Blockchain Association; Joshua Vial, Co-Founder of Enspiral Dev Academy; Michael Williams from Microsoft, Adam Lyness from Cryptopia and other blockchain enthusiasts form different industries.
Wrapping up the day was Āhau, one of the winners of Blockworks Hackfest who presented their idea in front of an audience of hundreds of blockchain enthusiasts, sharing the importance of whakapapa or genealogy and describing how blockchain can help us to store this information.
With the positive uptake of both Blockworks Hackfest and the Conference, we aim to hold another series of events. So, stay tuned for more details on Centrality’s next hackathon and upcoming conferences.
To stay up-to-date on the progress of Centrality’s ecosystem, follow us on Twitter and our Telegram Announcements channel, plus join our community on Centrality’s Official Telegram, Instagram, Reddit and Facebook.
