Conference to probe impact of blockchain

MANAMA: The Economic Development Board (EDB) has signed up as strategic partner for the Bahrain FinTech Bay (BFB)’s inaugural global blockchain conference next month.

The conference, BlockOn 2018 – Redefining Finance, is scheduled to take place on November 22 at the Wyndham Grand, Bahrain Bay, under the patronage of EDB chief executive Khalid Al Rumaihi, who is also executive board chairman of BFB.

BlockOn expects to attract more than 300 global innovators and professionals including a diverse group of regulators, entrepreneurs, investors and financial industry executives who will convene to explore the impact of blockchain on finance and other industries and its applications ranging from trading and payments to security and legal ownership.

Seminars, panels, keynotes and fireside chats will be accompanied by roundtables and demos to and from the blockchain community.

Discussions will be followed by dedicated breakout sessions divided into business and technical tracks to train C-level innovation leaders on blockchain and at least 30 developers by the end of conference in the writing of blockchain smart contracts for financial services.

The conference will also see BFB present the results of its BlockOn Survey which is currently in progress.

Organisers have invited industry professionals to take part in the survey running at www.surveymonkey.com/r/YT6SBYP.

“Bahrain is a natural home for BlockOn – an event which embraces both the challenges and opportunities of innovative technologies, as well as the regulations that underpin it,” Mr Al Rumaihi said.

BFB chief executive Khalid Saad said with the EDB’s support, the event would feature a world-class roster of speakers and an agenda that would help participants more fully grasp and leverage the transformative nature of blockchain.

Also partnering with BlockOn are: Roland Berger and GBM with Cambridge as corporate partners; Blockchain, Careem, Pikcio and Rain as supporting partners and GetSmarter and Blockchain Academy Global as knowledge partners.

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