Disrupting Capital: Blockchain, Healthcare and ICOs
Blockchain & ICOs: we’ve gotten used to the buzzwords, but the need for clarification and insight grows greater every day.
In collaboration with the WLOUNGE ecosystem, Finlab AG, KPMG, Iconiqlab and EOS Berlin, Iryo will be organising an event to shed light on the latest and most significant topics within the current crypto environment.
This event requires registration. Please write to tjasa@iryo.io for a code to register.
Blockchain technology has begun to disrupt a variety of traditional industries, for example, what constitutes a payment tool, how are transactions processed, how can and should they be executed, through which avenues should startup capital truly be raised?
EOS: The next big thing?
A common issue with decentralised systems are their inability to scale effectively. Bitcoin can handle close to 6 transactions per second, Ethereum around 30, compared to Visa that handles on average around 2,000 transactions per second. EOS is planned to be released this June and promises much higher scalability and sustainability. EOS claims that the new chain will eventually allow for millions of transactions per second, through a different approach to the verification of transactions.
Unlike existing blockchain systems which require for all the transactions to be verified by all the stakeholders in the system (Proof of Work), EOS is built on an election model where the community chooses and supports representatives called block producers. These producers then take over the verification process for the whole system, allowing for a higher number of executed transactions (Proof of Stake).
ICOs
Powered by the rise of the Ethereum blockchain, 2017 saw a surge of blockchain projects, many of them holding ICOs to raise funds. Lacking regulation, this influx of capital opened the floodgates for a large number of scams. More than $5 billion was raised through Initial Coin Offerings in 2017, $6.3 billion in Q1 of 2018, shortly after the market went through a large correction in April.
With GDPR, legislation catching up, advertising bans on social media and other restrictions, the market is slowly but surely maturing, however, the rapid pace of change is opening up new questions, requiring new answers.
We invited top speakers to address these issues at our event, Disrupting Capital: Blockchain, Healthcare & ICOs. Join us on May 17th in Berlin!
Agenda
18:30–19:00 Registration
19:00–19:10 Welcome remarks by Iryo and W lounge
19:10–19:30 How are blockchains evolving? Will Bitcoin & Ethereum stay relevant after the release of faster, more scalable chains?(Severin Deutschmann, Leader of EOS Berlin)
19:30–19:50 Blockchain and healthcare: what are the main misconceptions?(Vasja Bočko, CEO Iryo)
19:50–20:30 Are ICOs dead? How are traditional VCs looking at blockchain startups and what are the key things GDPR will challenge?
Panel discussion with:
- Stephan Schütze (Board member at FinLab AG),
- Thomas Cox (Blockchain Governance Expert),
- Lukasz Musialski (Co-founder of Iconiqlab),
- Mike Lobanov (General Partner at Target Global),
- Florian Daniel (Senior Associate at DWF Legal).
Moderated by Tjaša Zajc (Journalist, Business Developer at Iryo)
20:30–20:45 Q&A with the audience
20:45–21:30 Networking
About the speakers
Stefan Schütze is a member of the management board at FinLab AG — a German publicly traded Fintech investor and company builder. FinLab AG invested in Iconiq Lab blockchain accelerator and is in coordination with Block.one to launch a $100 million joint adventure to accelerate the development of blockchain software EOS.IO projects in Europe.
Thomas Cox is a blockchain governance expert with extensive experience in
management consulting, executive coaching, and leadership training across industries.
Lukasz Musialski is the co-founder & Portfolio Director at Iconiq Lab — a Decentralized VC Club and Initial Coin Offer Accelerator.
Florian Daniel is a senior associate at DWF Legal, who specialises in intellectual property rights, media law, copyright law and unfair competition law. He also provides advice in internet law and e-commerce law, with an emphasis on personal and press rights.
Vasja Bočko is the co-founder and CEO of Iryo — a Slovenia startup building a participatory blockchain driven healthcare network creating a medical AI and big-data research platform. Prior to Iryo, he was a senior product manager at Bitstamp — one of the oldest and most respected cryptocurrency exchanges in the world.
Tjaša Zajc is the business developer at Iryo, and a healthcare journalist/researcher exploring the adoption of digital health around the globe through the Faces of digital health podcast.
Severin Deutschmann is the founder of the EOS Berlin community and actively involved in various EOS projects around the globe (1174039A).
Mike Lobanov is a general partner at Target Global, a pan-European VC firm with offices in Berlin, Tel Aviv, Moscow and San Francisco, that invests in tech deals worldwide, but primarily in Fintech and B2C Internet space in Europe, Israel and USA.
More on Iryo: Telegram |Website |Whitepaper |Twitter |Newsletter
